Excerpt from Biennial Report on the Mineral Production of Virginia, Vol. 6: During the Calendar Years, 1909 and 1910 The decrease in production and value of the mineral resources in 1908 over that of 1907 is especially noticeable in the larger industries, such as coal and coke, clay products, iron ores and pig iron, stone, talc and soapstone. Some of the smaller ones, on the other hand, Show a marked increase. The total value of Virginia's mineral products in 1908 was as compared with in 1907, a de crease oi or 31 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.