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probably reached seven million dollars in 1915, as new mines are
being constantly discovered and opened, and old ones redeveloped.
The European War, too, has greatly stimulated the mining of
mica, bauxite and allied minerals.
The State of Georgia maintains a Geological Department under
the State Geologist, Dr. S. W. McCallie, who, with his staff of
experts, is at the service of all land owners whose properties show
indications of mineral wealth. The general and specific investi
gations of the department are continuous, and any one interested,
by the payment of postage fees, may obtain its bulletins and survey
reports, or receive the benefit of its accumulated fund of technical
information concerning the State©s abundant resources. Address,
STATE GEOLOGIST, Atlanta, Ga.
Martle
Marble is one of- the products that have made Georgia famous.
The marble deposits of the State are so extensive that it has been
estimated that all the monumental landmarks in the world could
be reproduced from them without serious diminution. They
occur in the northwestern corner of the State, through Fannin,
Gilmer, Pickens and Cherokee counties. One large deposit, more
than 60 miles long, from two to three miles wide, and from 150
STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY—SOLID GRANITE, 686 FEET HIGH