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New Industries Rise in United States Aluminum and Arsenic
The article notes early 20th century growth in US production of aluminum, arsenious oxide, and related compounds. It cites Puget Sound Reduction Company in Seattle first producing arsenic compounds, the Pittsburg Reduction Company as sole aluminum producer, rising bauxite output in Georgia, and large scale imports and salt chemicals like aluminum sulfate and crystalline alum. It mentions prices, 1901 production figures, and upcoming expansions at Arkansas’ Bauxite plant.
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United States
Joseph Struthers
Mineral Resources
Press
United States Geological Survey
David T. Day
Puget Sound Reduction Company
Seattle
Washington
Cornwall
Devon
England
Frieberg
Germany
Pittsboro Reduction Company
Hall Patents
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Pittsburg Reduction Company
Bauxite
Saline County
France
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Greenland
Pennsylvania Salt Company
North
South America