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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 43<br />

also occurs. There are great possibilities <strong>of</strong> production, but only<br />

153,360 tons, to <strong>the</strong> value <strong>of</strong> $237,870, were mined in 1913, and<br />

hardly more ei<strong>the</strong>r year since. The brown ores are most abun<br />

dant in Polk, Bartow and Floyd counties, but workable deposits<br />

are found all through <strong>the</strong> section. The red or fossil ores are<br />

confined to Dade, Walker, Chattooga and Catoosa counties. The<br />

outcroppings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beds extend for 175 miles, and in many places<br />

<strong>the</strong> ore can be economically mined to a depth <strong>of</strong> several hundred<br />

feet.<br />

Asbestos<br />

Practically all <strong>the</strong> asbestos found in <strong>the</strong> United States has been<br />

in <strong>Georgia</strong>, only one o<strong>the</strong>r state having shown a deposit. It is<br />

confined chiefly to <strong>the</strong> Piedmont Plateau, and is used for elec<br />

trical insulation, steam pipe and boiler coverings, fire-pro<strong>of</strong> paints,<br />

and for firepro<strong>of</strong>ing building girders, plaster partitions, etc. The<br />

finer varieties are spun and woven into firepro<strong>of</strong> cloth.<br />

Coal<br />

The coal measures <strong>of</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> are confined to Sand, Lookout<br />

and Pigeon Mountains, in Dade, Walker and Chattooga counties.<br />

YONAH PLACER GOLD MINE, WHITE COUNTY

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