INDIANA. Abrasive. See Grindstones and scythestones, Oilstones, and Whetstones. Asphalt. Gibson County, bed several feet thick in deep well near Princeton; also seeps into bottom of a coal mine in considerable quantity at same place. Brown iron ore (bog iron ore, limonite). Clay County, Harmony and in T. 10 N., R. 6 W. Daviess County, several localities. Greene County, vicinity of Cincinnati and along creeks. Lawrence County, a few workable deposits. Martin County, south of Shoals near Coal Hollow, extensive deposits near Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad have been mined. Monroe County, small deposits along Indian Creek, formerly used in furnaces. Noble County, Ore prairie. Orange County, in many hills. Vermilion County, Nortons Creek and Hilton prairie. Occurs also at several localities in Jasper, Kosciusko, Laporte, and St. Joseph counties but is not mined. Cement material (natural). Clark County, Devonian hydraulic limestone quarried and burned for natural cement at Sellersburg, Belknap, Speeds, Watson, and Charlestown. Cement material (Portland). Plants are operating on local deposits of marl in Lagrange County at Stroh and in Kosciusko County at Syracuse; on limestone, in Lawrence County at Mitchell. Limestone worthy of consideration as source of cement material occurs in three geologic divisions: Cincinnatian series (Upper Ordovician), only in southeastern Indiana, occupying all or part of Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne counties. Mississippian series (lower Carboniferous), in belt 20 miles wide from Harrison County on Ohio River northwest to Benton County. Pennsylvanian series ("Coal Measures" or upper Carboniferous), in southwestern part of State, underlying 14 counties. See also Marl, which is suitable for Portland cement. Clay (brick). In nearly every county in the State. Indiana ranked sixth of the States in value of clay products in 1914. Clay (draintile). In nearly every county. Clay (fire). Of common occurrence, associated with coal beds in 14 counties in southwestern part of State. Mined in Clay County, at Brazil. Dubois County, Huntingburg. Vermilion County, West Montezuma, Hillsdale. Wells County, Bluffton. In many other places. Clay (kaolin). Greene County, occurs near Newark. Lawrence County, has been mined near Huron and 24 miles west of Shoals. Martin County, large deposit near Indian Springs Hotel. Occurs at other places in Lawrence, Martin, and Owen counties. Clay (pottery). Productive localities: Clay County, Brazil and Center Point. Dubois County, Huntingburg. Owen County, high-grade, pinkish red, 14 miles southwest of Freedom. Parke County, at Bloomingdale. Spencer County, at Lincoln City. Wayne County, alluvial deposits along Whitewater River. Slip clay mined at Elkhart, Elkhart County. Good quality clay, not mined at present, occurs at following places: Clark County, formerly mined near Port Fulton. Daviess County, near Washington, Cannelburg, Montgomery, and elsewhere. Fountain County, superior quality along bottoms of Coal Creek; also found near Shawnee Creek. Greene County, good grade one-fourth mile east of Cincinnati and near mineral City, was mined at Owensburg. Jefferson County, southeast of Dupont. Knox County, Enterprise mine near Bicknell. Martin County, Burns City pike, Little Boggs Creek, and elsewhere. Miami County, fine deposit on Weasaw Creek near Denver. Owen County, occurs in vicinity of Cataract, was mined at Spencer. Putnam County, superior quality near Cloverdale. Sullivan County, was mined at Pleasantville. Switzerland County, was mined at Vevay. Vanderburg County, was mined at Inglefield. Vermilion County, near Hillsdale. Vigo County, at Coal Bluff and elsewhere. Warrick County, in vicinity of Folsomville. Clay (terra cotta). Lake County, Hobart. Newton County, Brook. Coal (bituminous). Indiana ranked sixth in United States in 1914, producing over 16,500,000 tons. Coal area about 6,500 square miles in 26 different counties in southwestern part of State; 8 workable beds 3 to 10 feet thick. Produced commercially in following 19 counties: Clay, Daviess, Dubois, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburg, Vermilion, Vigo, Warren, and Warrick." Brazil Black," peculiar to northeastern part of Clay County, has special value as furnace fuel; bed approaching exhaustion. Diamond. Found in panning and placer washing gravels of glacial drifts in Brown and Morgan counties. The largest stone weighed 4 carats; a diamond weighing 2.28 carats was found in 1912. Dolomite. Cass County, quarried at Kenneth for flux. The Niagara limestone quarried along Wabash River is all dolomite. Flagstone. Decatur County, large quantities quarried at Greensburg and St. Paul. Franklin County, at Laurel; several quarries. Orange County, near Paoli. Putnam County, large quantity quarried at Putnamville. Wabash County, Wabash and vicinity. Other localities for local use. See Natural gas. Gas. Gold (placer). Occurs very sparingly in glacial drift; washed from sands and gravel along streams in Brown and Morgan counties in small quantity. Few flakes found in other counties. Grindstones and scythestones. Have been quarried in Harrison County at Leavenworth. Lawrence County, at Huron. Warren County, at Redwood Creek. See also Oilstones and Whetstones. Halite (common salt). In most deep borings or wells more or less salt water is found; not utilized. Salt was made from brines on small scale years ago in Harrison County, at Glen Fort salt works. Hematite (red iron ore). Greene County, along Ore Branch, Richland Creek, and vicinity of Cincinnati. Lawrence County, sec. 28, T. 5 N., R. 2 W.; Martin County, south of Shoals; not used. Iron. See Brown iron ore, Hematite, Pyrite, and Siderite. ford, Buff Ridge, Heltonville, Oolitic, Peerless, Walner, and Williams. Madison County, Alexandria and Ingalls. Monroe County, Bloomington, Clear Creek, Ellettsville, Sanders, Stinesville, and Victor. Montgomery County, Waveland. Orange County, French Lick and Paoli. Owen County, Quincy, Romona, and Spencer. Posey County, Cynthiana and Mount Vernon. Putnam County, Cloverdale, Greencastle, and Putnamville. Randolph County, Farmland and Ridgeville. Ripley County, Batesville, Holton, and Osgood. Rush County, Milroy. Shelby County, small quantity quarried at Waldron. Sullivan County, Carlisle. Vanderberg County, Evansville and Howell. Laurel limestone (Niagaran) quarried from extensive beds in Decatur County, at New Point, St. Paul, and Westport. Wabash County, Red Bridge; similar stone quarried near Wabash. Oolitic limestone, principal quarries: Harrison County, Corydon. Lawrence County, Bedford, Dark Hollow, and Oolitic. Monroe County, Bloomington, Ellettsville, Sanders, and Stinesville. Owen County, near Romona. Warrick County, Elberfeld. Washington County, Campbellsburg. Wells County, Bluffton, Petroleum. White County, Monon. The quarries at Bedford and Bloomington are the most extensive in the United States. Limestone (crushed stone). Grant County, crushed at Marion and near Roseburg. Wabash County, on river bluff near Wabash. Limestone (flux). Quarried in Cass County at Trimmer. Franklin County, Laurel. Lake County, Indiana Harbor. Lawrence County, Bedford. Limestone (lime). Has been or is burned in Carroll County, at Delphi. Cass County, Keesport. Clark County, near Utica. Crawford County, Milltown. Franklin County, near Laurel. Huntington County, Huntington. Jay County, Portland. Lawrence County, Mitchell. Madison County, near Ingalls. Ripley County, near Napoleon. Washington County, Salem. Limestone (road metal). Quarried in Adams County, at Decatur, Geneva, and Lenn Grove. Blackford County, Montpelier. Carroll County, near Delphi. Cass County, Trimmer. Clark County, Jeffersonville and Sellersburg. Decatur County, small quantity quarried at Clarksburg. Delaware County, Muncie and Yorktown. Floyd County, Edwardsville. Fountain County, Davis Township. Franklin County, Brookville, Derbyshire Falls, and Laurel. Grant County, Liberty Township (Fairmount). Hamilton County, small quarties southwest of Fishersville. Harrison County, Corydon. Howard County, Kokomo. Huntington County, Huntington and Warren. Jasper County, Rensselaer. Jay County, Portland. Jennings County, North Vernon and Queensville. Lawrence County, 2 miles northeast of Mitchell, Williams, and elsewhere. Madison County, west part of Alexandria. Montgomery County, Waveland. Newton County, in vicinity of Kentland. Owen County, Spencer. Putnam County, Cloverdale and Greencastle. Pulaski County, Francesville. Randolph County, Farmland and near Ridgeville. Ripley County, Nolton. Rush County, New Salem. Shelby County, Waldron. Vanderburg County, Inglefield, Evansville, and Howell. Wabash County, Wabash. Wells County, abundant in central part. White County, quarried at Bluffton, near Monon. Limestone ("rock wool "). Madison County, upper layers Niagara limestone used at Alexandria for mineral or "rock wool" by melting and blowing into threads. Marl. Calcareous marl in glacial lakes in Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lake, Marshall, Noble, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, and Whitley counties; minor deposits in Cass, Clinton, Laporte, Miami, Randolph, Vermilion, and White counties; largest marl bed is in Lake Wasassee, 1,700 acres, and thickest is 45 feet in Turkey Lake, Lagrange County. Mineral paint. See Ocher. Natural gas. Niter. Crawford and Harrison counties, occurs in caves; not mined. Oil. County, excellent quality has been mined near Ferdinand. Greene County, occurs near Washington. Martin County, has been extensively worked 1 mile west of Dover Hill. Miami County, in several places near Denver and in large quantities in vicinity of Chili. Vigo County, has been mined in Pierson Township. See Petroleum. Oil shale. See Shale. Oilstones. Orange County, produced at Bonds, French Lick, and Orleans. Peat. Peat bogs in Allen, Dekalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lake, Laporte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Wabash, White, and Whitley counties. Plant operating at Lakeville, St. Joseph County, makes fertilizer filler and briquets. Prepared and used in the manufacture of fertilizers and for stock food at Fort Wayne, Allen County. Factories for producing peat fertilizer filler have also been operated at Knox in Starke County. Peat stable litter and peat paper were formerly produced at Garrett, Dekalb County. Petroleum. Production in 1914 was 1,335,456 barrels, valued at $1,548,042. Producing wells in the following counties: Adams, Blackford, Delaware, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Sullivan, Vigo, and Wells. The main fields are in the east-central and southwestern parts of the State. Indiana is one of the eight or nine States which have produced a total of more than 100,000,000 barrels. Pyrite. Knox County, has been mined at Bicknell. Parke County, Coxville. Vigo County, mined with coal at Terre Haute and Macksville. Road metal. See Limestone (road metal). Salt. See Halite. Sand (building). Dug in Allen County, at Fort Wayne. Clark County, Jeffersonville and near New Albany. Clay County, Brazil. Daviess County, Washington. Floyd County, New Albany. Fountain County, Attica, Covington, and Silverwood. Hancock County, near Mohawk. Jefferson County, Madison. Lake County, Liverpool and Miller. Laporte County, Michigan City. Marion County, Indianapolis. Parke County, Montezuma. Porter County, Crisman and Willow Creek. Posey County, New Har27008-Bull. 624-17-9 mony. Randolph County, Farmland, Modoc, and Winchester. St. Joseph Sand (glass). Friable sandstone is quarried and crushed in Martin County, White County, near Wolcott. Floyd County, New Albany. Greene County, Johnson. Hamilton County, Lapel. Harrison County, Depauw. Madison County, bed has been quarried near Pendleton. Sand (molding). Dug in Clark County, at Jeffersonville and near New Albany. Clay County, Aurora and Brazil. Jackson County, Brownstown and Seymour. Laporte County, Michigan City. Marion County, Indianapolis. Martin County, Loogootee. Morgan County, Centerton. Parke County, Coxville. Porter County, Crocker, McCool, and 4 miles southeast of Valparaiso. Spencer County, Rockport. St. Joseph County, South Bend. Wayne County, Fort Wayne. Sand and gravel. Very abundant in many counties on bluffs and flood plains of streams. Sandstone (building). Quarried in Clay County, at Brazil. Fountain County, at Riverside. Harrison County, Corydon. Jasper County, Rensselaer. Orange County, at West Baden and Paoli, Parke County, Coxville. Perry County, at Cannelton. Putnam County, near Raccoon and Bainbridge. Spencer County, at Grandview and Rockport. Vermilion County, at Worthy. Wabash County, Lagro. Occurs in Dubois County, at St. Anthony. Parke County, at Judson and elsewhere. Warren County, at Green Hill, Independence, Williamsport, and elsewhere. Sapphire. Morgan County, bronze-colored sapphires are found in small number in gold placers. Shale (oil). Devonian. Underlies the southwestern part of the State and a considerable area in the northern part. Dips from outcrop to depth of 2,000 feet. Siderite. Fountain County, reported as occurring on Coal Creek and Wabash River. Martin County, south of Shoals near Coal Hollow. Monroe County, Indian Creek Township. Putnam County, formerly mined at Eaglesfield. Scott County, lean manganiferous ores in Vienna and Finley townships. Vermilion County, Browntown Branch and Big Vermilion River. Vigo County, Terre Haute and Brouillets Creek. About 3,000 acres in Cass, Jasper, Starke, and White counties in beds 1 to 3 feet thick. Tripoli (polishing powder). Dubois County, has been extensively worked near Ferdinand. Jackson County, deposits near Mooney. Lawrence County, Bedford. Sullivan County, near Merom. Washington County, near Bartle. "Drift marl" found in quantity in Clay County, near Carbon and Rushville. Owen County, near Gosport. Porter County, at Boone Groove. Whetstones. Indiana ranks second among States in production of whetstones. Dubois, Martin, and Orange counties, Carboniferous sandstones (Pennsylvanian and Mississippian) afford abundant good grindstone "grit." Floyd County, have been quarried at Floyds Knobs. Orange County, have been quarried at Bonds, French Lick, Orleans, Paoli, and West Baden. |