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Augusta has become a
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46 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
uoqsly for many years. It was formerly shipped to England, but
now finds a ready market with American steel manufacturers.
Mica is widely distribued throughout the Piedmont Plateau,
and has a considerable production.
The ocher mines of Georgia produce nearly half the ocher out
put of the United States. These mines are all in Bartow county,
near Cartersville, and the deposits are confined to a narrow belt
about eight miles long and less than two miles wide. It finds its
principal market in England and Scotland where it is used in
the manufacture of linoleums and -oilcloths. A deposit of ser-
petine occurs in Cherokee county, and is used for interior dec
orations, stairways, mantels, and statuary pedestals.
CR.oad-Making Material
Tripoli, used largely for making scouring soaps and polishing
powders is found in several localities in Murray, Whitfield and
Chattooga counties. Sand and gravel are both widely distributed
throughout the entire State, and all varieties of stone used in
modern highway construction occur in large quantities in many
sections. No state in the union possesses a greater variety of
road-making material than the State of Georgia. Even precious
stones are found in variety in the State. No systematic mining
for gems has been undertaken, but accidental finds from time to
time include diamonds, rubies, amethysts, rose quartz, rutilated
quartz, smoky quartz, agates, jaspers, opals, beryls, garnets,
rutiles and moonstones.