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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
6
The article extols Indiana as a leading agricultural power with vast farm outputs and growing manufacturing prowess. It details stock changes since 1850, lists crop and livestock totals, and notes expanding mills, glass and hardwood goods, gas-driven industrial growth, and rising factory employment, wages, and capital.
The New telephone company of Indianapolis and the New long distance company expand across Indiana. They report strong profits and growing acceptance as independent rivals to the Bell monopoly. Connections spread to neighboring states and major cities as plans extend toward Pittsburg Boston and Detroit within a year. Publics gain reliable utility and broader reach through these ventures.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald quotes an amateur palm reader discussing a peculiar gesture toward the light. The snippet notes a local interest in occult or fortune telling with focus on the maiden’s hand and perception.
The article explains Indiana's coal belts and their role in state industry. It details coal depths, belts, and major counties, noting Linton emerging as a center, and cites output, wages, and rising investment in coal lands. It also compares fuel and ore transport costs across states and markets.
Indiana’s oil production rises while natural gas supplies dwindle. Petroleum value climbs from 2.23 million in 1898 to six million in 1901 as exploration concentrates in the northern gas belt. Oil is largely used locally later, with leases securing future gas fields.
Indiana crude petroleum occurs in two formations the Trenton limestone in the Silurian and the Corinthiferous formation in the Devonian. The main producing field runs from the Ohio border west to Marion and from Warren to Hartford City, with limited pools at Peru Kellar Broad Ripple Fisher Station Alexandria and other spots. Trenton rock lies beneath the whole state but is only oil bearing where porous strata exist. shale overburden and depth limit many wells.
The Indiana natural gas field covers about 28 000 square miles in the eastern central state and is the world’s most extensive. Blackford, Delaware, Grant and Madison counties lead production while others show activity in Jay, Howard, Hamilton and more. Gas pressure has declined from 325 to 159 pounds. reserves remain large with untapped areas kept in reserve by firms. Since 1886 natural gas and timber economies transformed Indiana, with Madison County becoming the gas belt’s emotional center and urban centers like South Bend and Fort Wayne thriving on gas linked industries.
State geologist reports Indiana clay deposits rival coal and building stone in value, with annual clay product worth about five million dollars. Major deposits lie in coal measures and glacial drifts, with large plants serving Chicago and other markets across Brazil, Terre Haute, Evansville, Martinsville, and more.
A fragment notes how natural pressure confinement within a porous-rat cline might endure over time. It emphasizes the rate of pressure retention and potential decay under geological constraints.
The article explains two cement types in Indiana hydraulic and Portland. Hydraulic cement, mainly from Clark county using Silver Creek limestone, dominates early output of about 2 million barrels annually. Portland cement plants are rising in Crawford county and surrounding belts, with Mitchell and Marengo expanding capacity and other sites in Lawrence, Washington, Harrison, and Crawford showing promise pending capital.
The article notes Garland county Arkansas near Hot Springs and Orange county Indiana host most US whetstone quarries. Small scale operations exist in Orange and Martin counties. Glass sand deposits occur across several counties with local use in Madison Blackford Parke and others. Iron ores, zinc sulfides and coal regions show limited, noncompetitive deposits postwar.
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