CHAPTER XII. 



CLAY, ROAD MATERIAL, BUILDING STONE, 



WATER POWER, MINERAL WATERS, 



FORESTS AND CARBON BLACK. 



CLAYS AND CLAY INDUSTRY. 



PRESENT DEVELOPMENT. 



Brick and Tile Plants. 



Jane Lew Brick and Drain Tile Works. The Jane Lew 

 Brick and Drain Tile Works, located at the south edge of Jane 

 Lew, Lewis County, was established more than 20 years ago 

 at the old mill site near the town, but was moved to its present 

 location in 1911, according to Fred Flesher, owner and man- 

 ager, and manufactures common red building brick, drain tile 

 and hollow building tile, having in 1913 an output of 1,000,000 

 brick and about 70,000 lineal feet of drain tile, and employing 

 5 men, the monthly pay roll being $150 to $200. 



The brick equipment includes a pug mill, automatic cutter 

 and a brick machine. There are eight tunnel driers with a 

 total capacity of 14,000, where the brick remain for two days, 

 and are then placed in circular, down-draft Snowden Kilns, 

 two in number, where the burning requires 7 to 8 days, nat- 

 ural gas being used for fuel. The tube plant contains a cutter 

 and dies for sizing. 



The clay pit, which is located alongside the factory, is 

 about 200 feet long and 14 feet deep, the material apparently 

 consisting of river clay of Pleistocene age, overlain by a more 

 recent deposit of red clay eroded from the red shales of the 



