Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — Pure Kaolin Is Rare. [ARTICLE]

Pure Kaolin Is Rare.

Pure kaolin or China day is rare. It la mined in parts of Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, Missouri. Tennessee and several other states. There are workable deposits of fireclays in 18 states, Important deposits being” in western Pennsylvania, in the coal-mining region of Ohio, in a belt across New Jersey from Perth Amboy to Trenton, in parts of Maryland, Missouri, Alabama and Colorado. Ball clay Is mined in New Jersey, Kentucky. Missouri, Colorado and Florida. Brick clay ofgood quality Is found in nearly every state In the Union. A very plastic clay, known as gumbo, is found in the Southern states.