Show 01 W G Survey a II Con Them hem I The Ilie manifold uses II to 10 which gypsum Is I now applied give UM It II production irIt Importance Ground around gypsum a valuable imri PurPose ose In ture litre as SI land plaster Increasing the lie fer tel fertility of or tolls colts One nf ot the uses with which we could dispense e I Imi that list as 1 nn nu of ot Hour flour and other products gypsum may mey b be an as plaster of Paris Pari and II nil wall nil plaster m JEr Plaster nf ut Paris I Is III used principally In III molding for r forming ConnIng molds old and siti viol plas plaster ter ornaments ornament especially such uch nn nil are used useI In Interiors The glory of ot ChIna Chica gos 11 Ily might havn ha remained an Sri unrealised dr am hal had It not lIot b been en for tur th Ih h gypsum deposits ut of the coun country try The il use lilt of at plaster of nf Paris aa u i molds In the IttU f of porcelain H I extensile In III the Indus It tl I y thousands of or tons ton ar Are required for bedding the tile glass hIring tip the of grinding and polishing It II Is III I Hi alo alMU no employed as aI u Ii tiller filler In III paper aol lii n H u IL minor constituent of ot some lOin Portland 1 cements Some urne raw mw gyp Hum Mull is III used AS AI a body fur for or paint Cat eal al dried gypsum prepared with glue and pigments and sometimes celled called ala als alst t Is III applied as 81 u 11 1 thin plaster r to walls The rho use of or as well wall Plaster Is hi l mot most extensive and amid because or of Its II adaptability It lute has largely IntI lie ills III placed lime and amid seal sand mortar as R wall willi finish To 10 the many flinty people CUll con concerned In the manufacture and use ue ur of gypsum No flo on Hyp sum um Deposits In III the lie United 11 I II States which has hall just t been ho published by ly the States Staten Geological Survey Hurvy mirv will willbo willbe bo to of ot Interest The llie bulletin is II I pub published for tor or gratuitous distribution Tills Till report consist of or a comprehensive lIve dye summary l lf if the tho lie existing regarding tin Ihl lii gypsum deposits of ot the United compiled by IW Mr I 1 Amine Adams A I with the of ot seventeen other apologists who iio have havu prepared papers on the deposits of ot the states stales The lie neology geology OK 0 nay and production of or are discussed ii d by hy Mr 11 i r Adams Allam In III A n preliminary prel Ito I nary miar paper Special attention Is IR given by h him unit and his hll associates to 10 the lh eco economic economic feature of or tin tIe subject The diverse conditions ot of develop development ment lent of ot Ihl the hi deposits of o different re me reo glons arc well shown In lii the papers on the hip occurrence of ot 1111 sum In iii 1 the various sailous arou states staten ISOZ 1802 gypsum was wac wal produced In iii Michigan I I Iowa lown Texas N Nw Jw w York Ohio Olin Oklahoma California Wyoming Colorado VIm Vir Virginia 11 ginia Inta Utah Montana South Dakota Nevada toil Oregon Oreion The rio industry I 1 Is III thus seen leel to 1 be well wel distributed except In the southeastern purl part of u o othe Ih the ho United An Al occurrence recently noted In Florida and 1111 lee det de In thIs report may Ila however piove to b be of or economic value |