Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-14 | Page 6 | Flint and Feldspar

I FLINT AND FELDSPAR. "What the Product for the Year 190-1 Amounted To. Tim production of Hint or quartz In 1501 amounted to 11. 100 short tons of crude flint, vnliifd nt S2S.W). nnU 10.7M abort ton of Krounil ninl, valued at $71,700. a total of 62.270 short tons, valued ut $1W.S09. This la u. do-rroiiw do-rroiiw from 1503. n a number of quarries were Idle. Tho output camo from the Slntea of Con-noctlcut. Con-noctlcut. Maryland, New York, North Carolina Caro-lina and Pnnnylvnnln Mnrylnnd nnd I'cnn-mj I'cnn-mj Ivan fa being tho clilof contributors. Th; production of fpldspar In 1304 amounted i to 19.413 short tons of crudo feldspar, 'valued ' nt ?CG,71I. nnd 25,773 short tons of Rround fcld apar, vnlued nt S1DD.CI2, n total of 43.1SS short i tons, valued nt J!C0,32C. This la an Increase In quantity of 3207 short tony, nnd In valuo of as compared with the output for 1M3. Thceo figures of production for ISO I do not how the ontlro quantity of feldspar consumed In this country annually, for Home Is imported from Canada. Tho -foregoing fuels nro token from tho minimi mi-nimi report of Dr. Helnrlch Wc-h mado for tho Vnltrtl Stnti- geolOKlc.il survey. In It he calls attention to thv fnct that tho feldspnr deposits north, of "Waupati. "Wis., vhero thrp 1 undoubtedly un-doubtedly U larco quantity ftt nvallnblo nia-i nia-i torlal, Btlll remain undovolopcd. I ,