Show THE MINERAL INDUSTRY DURING 1917 the mcgraw hill book company of new york has just issued the mineral industry its statistics technology and trade during 1917 edited by G A roush A B M S and allison butts A B B S the work comprises pages G by 91 inches and is a complete review of the industry for the year covered it is volume of the work the preparation of each chapter of mineral industry has been in the hands of a contributor of recognized judgment so that the quality of the information given may be kept up to its usual standard even under such difficult conditions as have prevailed the past year the present volume holds to its former scope and purposes the industries are covered both in the united states and in foreign nations and the work is intended for use in all important mineral countries the various mineral products are taken up in individual chapters arranged in alphabetical order and including the following Z abrasives aluminium antimony arsenic asbestos asphalt barium and strontium bismuth borax bromine and iodine cadmium cement chromium coal and coke copper feldspar flour spar fullers earth gold and silver graphite gypsum iron and steel lead manganese mica molybdenum monazite nickel and cobalt petroleum and natural gas phosphate rock platinum potassium salts precious stones quicksilver radium selenium and tellurium sodium and sodium salts sulphur pyrite and sulphuric acids tale talc and soapstone tin titanium tungsten uranium and vanadium and zinc the work also contains special chapters on ore dressing and coal washing data of the worlds principal mines mineral statistics it contains a complete and carefully prepared index the price of the volume is 10 net it can be secured from the mining review |