ECkkl.] CLAYS OF TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI. 389 
M'KENZIE, CARROLL COUNTY, TENN. 
A pottery located in this town is now shut down. The clay used 
when it was in operation was obtained from pits east of McKenzie. 
HENRY, HENRY COUNTY, TENN. 
A plant is now in process of erection at Henry. It is said that 
local clay will be used, and that the principal product will be fire 
brick. 
PARIS, HENRY COUNTY, TENN. 
J. T. Currier operates two potteries near Paris. The principal 
plant is located about H miles east of Paris station. A two-horse 
pug mill is used for grinding the clay and is capable of tempering 
about 11,000 pounds a day. Three turners are employed. Two kilns 
are in operation — one, a down draft, 16 feet inside diameter, with a 
capacity of 3,000 gallons; the second a patent (Howard) kiln, with a 
capacity of 2,000 gallons of ware. (Seven pounds of clay are equiva- 
lent to 1 gallon of stoneware.) The down-draft kiln is fired with 
coal, taking 120 bushels; the Howard kiln uses wood, 5 cords being 
required. The slips used are Albany and a "flint" and "spar" 
mixture. 
The second pottery is located about half a mile east of the other 
and emploj^s two turners. One down-draft kiln, having a capacit}^ of 
2,000 gallons, is in use. 
Currier's pits are located about 1 mile east of the principal pot- 
tery. The section shown there is — 
Brown loam 2 to 3 feet. 
Gravel 1 to 3 inches. 
Sandy, yellowish clay 1 to 3 feet. 
Grayish clay, not very uniform in color 5 feet. 
No deeper excavation. 
I. Mandle (St. Louis, Mo.) has pits located about three-quarters 
of a mile east of the preceding, on the next road to the south. An 
area of about 60 feet b}^ 50 feet has been opened up. The sections 
shown are as follows : 
Section on east side of Mandle' s i)it: Feet. 
Reddish sands .. _. 2 
Clay 4 
Black clay, lignitic 1 
Brown clay (ball clay) 5 
Section on west side of Mandle' s pit: 
Light-gray clay •_ 15 
Black clay. 1 
Ball clay 5 
As will be seen from the above sections, whose bases are at the 
same level and only about 60 feet apart, the top beds are very 
irregular. The light-gray clay is shipped to East Liverpool, Ohio, 
