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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
The total gold yield of the state to date has been approximately
$17,500,000. Since 1843 tne production has fluctuated from year
to year, and gradually decreased, due mainly to the exhaustion
of the old placer mines. Gold occurs throughout the entire sec
tion of the State, north of the Fall Line. The ore veins vary
from a few inches to more than twenty feet in thickness, but
show generally low values, averaging from $6.00 to $15.00 per
ton.
Pig Iron and Coke
The production of pig iron in Georgia in 1913 was estimated
at 130,000 tons, and is constantly increasing. The latest figures
of by-product coke ovens output was for 1912, for coke, 13,535
short tons, valued at $56,580; tar, 668,561 gallons, value $24,337;
and gas for light and fuel, 475,386,000 cubic feet, valued at
$528,578.
Iron
The iron deposits of the State are of considerable extent
throughout the northwestern section. The common ores are the
brown, or limonite, and the fossil, or hermatite ores. Magnitite
OCHBE DRYING SHED, NEAR CARTEHSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY