NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jacob Harris Patton
Published by D. Appleton And Company
in 1888
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NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jacob Harris Patton.
Stock no. 987218
1st.
1888.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
First edition. XV, 523 + 3 pages. Red cloth, gilt titles. Includes: The coastline, coalmining, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, silver and other metals, building stone, health resorts, climate, timber, fruits, ocean resources and much more! Spine faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing, light page browning and light stains at margins. Some writing in crayon to front free-endpaper.
Front cover
Contents
- Coast-Line
- Coal
- Minor Coal-Fields
- The Alleghany Anthracite Coal-Field
- Semi-Bituminous Coal-Fields
- The Alleghany Biuminous Coal-Field
- The Central Coal-Field
- Lignite, or Brown Coal
- Pacific Coal-Fields
- Coal-Fields of the Dominion
- The Coal of Europe Compared with that of the United States
- Petroleum, Natural Gas, Iron-Ores,
- Iron in the Rocky Mountains
- Observations on Iron
- Gold, Silver,
- Quicksilver, or Mercury
- Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Minor Metals
- Precious Stones
- Clays
- Building-Stone
- Marbles of Finer Grade
- Abrasive Materials
- Graphite, or Plumbago
- Salt
- Mineral or Medicinal Springs
- Health-Resorts
- Rainfall-Oceans-Currents
- Climate of the Northwest
- The Mississippi Valley
- Irrigation
- The Food Area - Wheat Belt
- Fibers - Miscellanies
- Timber
- Grasses
- Orchard-Fruits
- The Grape - The Garden-Fruits
- Fertilizers
- Ocean Resources
- Fur-Bearing Seals - Wild Game
- Resource in Water-Power - In Land
- Tabulated Summary