Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-06-18 | Page 10 | Slate Production Important Industry

SLATE PRODUCTION IMPORTANT INDUSTRY Tho production of slate is one of the important lesser industries of the I'nlted States. In 1913 the output of slate in this country was valued at $6,1 o. 4 . 6. an increase of $i;VJJ.rS compared with 1112. according to A. T. Coons, of the United State geological survey. In the chapter on slate from "Mineral Resources" for 1913. The Increase did not represent any unusual activity in the slate trade; it was caused by an advance in the average aver-age price of the material itself. In fact, as compared with ten years ago. when the slate output was valued at S5,til7,95, the output in 1913 shows an increase in value of only in per cent. All the eight producing srates except Maryland, Vermont, and Virginia increased in-creased in total value of output of slate over 1912, the largest increase, 14.62 per cent, being in 'Maine.