Halite. See Salt. Hydrozincite. Cherokee County, with calamine and smithsonite, Galena district. Iron. See Pyrite and Siderite. Lead. See Cerusite and Galena. Lignite (brown coal). Extensive beds in the Cretaceous strata and sparingly in Tertiary, Smoky Hill Valley; beds of good brown coal over large part of western Kansas, range from 1 to 3 feet thick; few beds in Dakota (Cretaceous) strata, all of inferior quality; most important seam, 10 to 36 inches thick, is traceable for 170 miles from the northern boundary southwestward across the State, and is found in Barton, Cloud, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic, Rice, Saline, Washington, and perhaps other adjoining counties. Limestone (building). Quarried in following places: Allen County, Gas and Iola. Atchison County, Atchison. Brown County, Fairview and Hiawatha. Butler County, Augusta and Eldorado. Chase County, Cottonwood Falls. Chautauqua County, Sedan. Cowley County, Silverdale and Winfield. Douglas County, Lawrence. Elk County, Moline. Franklin County, Ottawa and Wellsville. Greenwood County, Hilltop and Madison. Jackson County, Delia. Johnson County, Olathe. Labette County, one-half mile south of Parsons. Leavenworth County, Leavenworth. Lyon County, near Allen and Americus. Marion County, Florence. Marshall County, Beattie, Irving, Frankfort, and elsewhere. Miami County, Paola. Morris County, Dwight. Neosho County, Chanute and Erie. Pottawatomie County, Emmett. Riley County, Manhattan. Russell County, Russell. Saline County, Salina. Shawnee County, Topeka. Wyandotte County, Loring, Quindaro, and vicinity. Limestone (hydraulic, water lime, cement rock). Bourbon County, magnesian limestone occurs at Fort Scott, to some extent hydraulic. Manufactured at Fort Scott. Limestone (lime). Burned for lime: Bourbon County, at Fort Scott. Chautauqua County, at Sedan. Elk County, at Moline. Shawnee County, at Topeka. Marcasite. Cherokee County, abundantly associated with lead and zinc ores at some mines in Galena district. Requires roasting and electric treatment to remove from ore. Natural gas. Petroleum. Production in 1914 was 3,103,585 barrels, valued at $2,433,074. There were 3,054 wells in the State at the beginning of that year. Producing wells in Allen County, vicinity of Moran and Humboldt; Chautauqua County, Sedan and southern part; Miami County, high-grade oil, Paola; Montgomery County, Coffeyville, Wayside, and elsewhere in Bolton field; Neosho County, Chanute; Wilson County, in vicinity of Benedict, Neodesha, and Buffalo; Woodson County, vicinity of Toronto. Occurs at numerous other places in State. Pumice. Dug in Gove County, Quinter; Meade County, Meade; Phillips County, Woodruff; and has been found in many other places. Pyrite. Cherokee County, associated with lead and zinc ores in Galena district; also abundant in many coal mines of the State. Road metal. See Limestone (crushed stone). Salt (brine). Brines obtained from Cherokee and other shales throughout the oil and gas fields. Manufacturers of evaporated salt in Ellsworth County, Ellsworth; Reno County, Hutchinson; and Rice County, Sterling. Salt (rock). Mined in Ellsworth County, at Ellsworth and Kanopolis. Harper County, Anthony. Kingman County, Kingman. Rice County, Sterling and Lyons. Leavenworth County, Sand (building). Dug in Douglas County, at Lawrence. at Leavenworth. Reno County, at Hutchinson. Sedgwick County, at Wichita. Shawnee County, at Topeka. Wyandotte County, at Armourdale and Kansas City. Dug also at many other places. Sand (glass). Friable sandstone in Buxton formation, of suitable quality, in Montgomery County, near Caney and Independence; Wilson County, Fredonia. Sandstone. Quarried in Bourbon County, at Fort Scott, Hiattville, and Redfield. Chautauqua County, Chautauqua Springs. Cherokee County, Galena. Crawford County, Farlington and Pittsburg. Elk County, Howard. Greenwood County, Madison. Labette County, Parsons. Linn County, Pleasanton. Montgomery County, Independence. Pawnee County, Larned. Pottawatomie County, Onagą. Wilson County, Neodesha. Woodson County, Yates Center. Shale. Montgomery, Wilson, Neosho, Labette, and other counties in southeastern part of the State. Siderite (spathic iron ore). Bourbon County, occurs in Pennsylvanian (“Coal Measures") rocks on Marais des Cygnes, near Fort Scott. Also on the Neosho and many other streams, interstratified with beds of good coal. Not sufficiently abundant for use. Smithsonite (zinc carbonate). Cherokee County, mined in Galena district. Sphalerite (zinc blende). Cherokee County, principal ore of zinc in BadgerPeacock, Galena, and Lawton districts. Volcanic ash. Abundant throughout the central and western parts of the State. Produced as an abrasive in Morton and Phillips counties. Zinc. See Calamine, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, and Sphalerite. KENTUCKY. Asphalt. Asphaltic sandstones are found in the following places: Breckinridge County, quarried 2 miles southwest of Garfield and 2 miles southeast of Harned. Carter County, prospected at Soldier. Edmondson County, small tar springs and many deposits of asphaltic sandstone in Bee Spring region, quarried at Pittsburg Landing on Green River. Grayson County, prospect 3 miles south and 9 miles north of Leitchfield, large abandoned quarry at Tar Hill, 9 miles northeast of Leitchfield. Logan County, quarry 5 and 6 miles northeast of Russellville. Rowan County, prospected near Morehead. Warren County, two quarries at Youngs Ferry. Barite. Anderson County, at Lawrenceburg. Bourbon County, has been mined at Millersburg and near Paris. Boyle County, mined near Danville. Caldwell County, was mined at Fredonia and shipped. Fayette County, mined and shipped from vicinity of Lexington and from about 6 miles northwest of Lexington. Franklin County, gangue mineral of Clerk vein near Kissinger. Gerrard County, 4 miles west of Lancaster. Harrison County, in Ordovician limestone, 3 miles southeast of Cynthiana, at Lair station and vicinity. Henry County, Lockport and other points, mined and shipped. Jessamine County, 1 mile northeast of Ambrose. Mercer County, was mined near Harrodsburg. Owen County, Gratz mine and other points. Scott County, about 5 miles southwest of Georgetown, gangue mineral of Johnson vein 1 miles from Duvall station and other points. Woodford County, with galena and sphalerite at Shyrock Ferry, Shropshire, Prewitt, and other prospects. At points in Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, and Russell counties. Bituminous rock. See Asphalt. Brown iron ore (bog iron ore, limonite). Bath County, mined at Preston ore banks; occurs in Red River iron region, between Licking and Kentucky rivers-ores at base of Pennsylvanian series ("Coal Measures "); Hanging Rock region, embracing whole or parts of Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Johnson, and Lawrence counties, in northeastern part of State. Iron made from these ores noted for its excellence for castings. In abundance from Ohio River southward to southern part of Carter County; Cumberland River iron region, embracing whole or parts of Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties, in western part of State; occurs in clay and chert above Mississippian limestones; irregular shape and uncertain extent, but aggregate of ore immense; most extensive deposits are between the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and of excellent quality. Nolin district, in Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Muhlenberg, and Ohio counties; ores occur near base of the Pennsylvanian rocks ("Coal Measures "). "Oriskany" ore on north slope of Pine Mountain, Bell County, has been mined. Calcite. Fayette County, in vicinity of Morton's mill, and 6 miles north of Lexington. Livingston County, Spees mine, was mined. Mercer County, is mined and milled at Chinn mine on Kentucky River at mouth of Shawnee Run. Owen County, gangue mineral in Gratz mine. Woodward County, with sphalerite at Shyrock Ferry. Most abundant mineral associated with fluorite in western Kentucky. Cement material (Portland). Jefferson County, only plant in State in 1915 at Kosmosdale; oolitic limestone from Meade County used. Limestones suitable for Portland cement are abundant in north-central and western parts of State; in Barren County near Cave City and Glasgow; Campbell County, at Mentor; Kenton County, at Ludlow; Powell County, at Stanton; Rockcastle County, Pine Hill and near Livingston. Large quantity of pure clay suitable for Portland cement in counties of the Jackson's Purchase region in western Kentucky, west of Tennessee River. Cement material (natural). Jefferson County, cement rock first discovered in Central States in digging canal at Louisville. Quarried for natural cement. Similar materials in Lewis and other counties along western border of eastern coal field. Clay (ball). Graves County, at Hickory, Pryorsburg, and Clay switch (mined). Clay (brick). Widely distributed; used in nearly all counties of the State. Clay (fire). Ballard County, Wickliffe. Graves County (high grade). Flint and plastic clay in Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fulton, Greenup, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenton, Covington, Laurel, Lewis, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wolfe, and other counties of east Kentucky. Siliceous refractory clays in counties west of Tennessee River and also in Crittenden and Livingston counties. Clay (pottery). Ballard County, thin beds of white plastic clay from Laketown southward and in a few places in eastern part of county. Calloway County, at Pottertown. Fulton County, large quantity in bluffs at Hickman and southward to Tennessee line. Graves County, white, ball, and sagger clay mined at Clay switch. Hart County, near Bonnieville. Hickman County, pottery clay near Columbus. Madison County, Waco and Bybeetown; McCracken County, in eastern and middle portions and 5 miles south of Paducah. Marshall County, near Scales, west of Benton, near Palma; was mined at Scale and Hardin. Rockcastle County. Clay (slip). Graves County, Pryorsburg. Clay (tile, not draintile). Kenton County. Coal (bituminous). Pennsylvanian (" Coal Measures ") rocks occupy the eastern and western parts of the State. Some of the coals in both the eastern and western coal fields are coking. Twelve or more beds which range from 2 to 8 feet in thickness are identified in the eastern field. Most coals hard bituminous, semiblock, excellent for steam and domestic uses. High-grade coking coals in Big Sandy Valley. The coal-producing counties of eastern Kentucky are Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe. The coal-producing counties of western Kentucky are Butler, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, Warren, and Webster. Dolomite. Ordovician, excellent building material, found along Kentucky River in Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, and Woodford counties; a buff and cream-colored dolomite, convenient to transportation; "Corniferous" limestone in Bullitt and Nelson counties, of excellent quality and in vast quantities; quarried to some extent. Fluorspar. Caldwell County, near Princeton and other points. Crittenden County, at Crayne, Marion, and Mexico. Fayette County, in Ordovician limestone in vicinity of Morton's mill. Jessamine County, south of Ambrose, on north side of McKenna Branch. Livingston County, Salem and other points. Mercer County, with calcite and barite around bend of Kentucky River and Two Chimneys and Fantail mines. Trigg County, at Gracey. Woodford County, at Faircloths Ferry, below Brooklyn, and elsewhere, and was mined at Withrow vein near Spring station. |