1923] • Chemical Industries in North Carolina in 1922 81 



close to $2,000,000; the plant valuation is $1,500,000 and their prod- 

 ucts are worth $7,000,000. One thousand forty workmen received 

 $1,410,000 for wages in 1920 in this industry alone. The ceramic 

 plants in the state are small, only eleven having an investment, plant 

 valuation or production value of over $50,000 and thirty-six less than 

 $5,000. 



Colx€, Gas, and Tar. The first gas plants incorporated in 1889 were 

 the two Pintsch Gas Compressing Plants, located at Greensboro and 

 Rocky Mount and still in operation. The other artificial gas plants are 

 of recent origin, ha^ang been built since 1910. The latter are gen- 

 erally municipally owned and operated. The value of this industry 

 to the state is shown by the fact that the sale of its products brings 

 approximately $1,500,000 annualty. The companies employ 250 men 

 and have a combined yearly paj^roll of $350,000. 



Ores. The ores mined in the state are talc, marl, iron ore, barytes 

 and mica. These products are used in various industries both inside 

 and outside the state. The value of mines and plants totals but $550,- 

 000, while the capital invested therein is over a million and a quarter 

 dollars. There are eight active mines, twelve abandoned mines and 

 seventy-two prospects and explorations from which ores can be ob- 

 tained in the state. 



Dyeing and Mercerizhg. The dyeing and mercerizing industry 

 involves a capital investment of $900,000, a plant valuation of $250,- 

 000, a yearly production value of $570,000 with 267 employees on a 

 yearly payroll of $170,000. 



The plants in operation in this state are subsidiary to the big cot- 

 ton milling interests, the latter sending their products to be treated to 

 these conveniently located chemical treatment plants. The larger in- 

 dividual treatment plants are located at Burlington, Mt. Holly and 

 Tryon. In Durham, Hickory, Proximity, Revolution and Gastonia 

 the big cotton and knitting mills have small bleaching and dyeing 

 plants, but the financial data of these chemical treatment plants are 

 included in the cotton industry reports. 



Wood Distillation, Turpentine and Rosin. With the enormous 

 pine forests there are but eight small firms engaged in one or another 

 phase of the pine by-products business. The industry is concerned 

 primarily with the production of turpentine and rosin. The plants 



