426  CONTRIBUTIONS    TO    ECONOMIC    GEOLOGY,  1905. 
Mr.  Henry  Weiss  operates  some  clay  pits  3  miles  southwest  of  Pinson.  Clay  is  shipped 
to  Memphis  and  Chattanooga  stoneware  plants. 
The  clay  used  in  the  Jackson,  Tenn.,  pottery  is  obtained  from  pits  3h  miles  southwest 
of  Pinson.     The  pits  are  operated  by  Mr.  C.  M.  Morrow. 
The  white  clays  in  the  Pinson  district  occur  in  the  lower  division  of  the  Tertiary.  The 
Porters  Creek  clay  outcrops  as  far  east  as  Henderson  and  is  overlain  by  the  coarse  varie- 
gated sands  in  which  the  white  plastic  clays  are  found.  These  clays  occupy  much  the  same 
geologic  position  as  the  ball  clays  near  Whitlock,  Peryear,  and  India,  in  Henry  County! 
the  white  clays  near  Hico,  in  Carroll  County,  and  at  Saulsbury  and  Grand  Junction,  in 
Hardeman  County. 
Grand  Junction,  Hardeman  County.  A  small  stoneware  plant,  operated  by  Mr.  W.  T. 
Follis,  is  located  in  Grand  Junction.  Two  turners  are  employed,  who  manufacture  350 
gallons  per  day.  The  ware  is  burned  in  a  down-draft  16-foot  kiln.  Five  or  six  tons  of 
coal  are  required  for  each  kiln. 
The  clay  used  in  the  Follis  plant  comes  from  the  Hancock  pits,  located  along  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  track,  three-fourths  of  a  mile  southwest  of  Grand  Junction.  It  occurs 
below  the  Lafayette  sands,  the  lower  portion  of  which  is  cemented  into  a  conglomerate. 
The  clay  is  exposed  to  a  thickness  of  20  feet  and  is  used  as  it  comes  from  the  pit. 
The  Irwin  Clay  and  Sand  Company  has  an  extensive  deposit  of  white  clay  and  sand 
1^  miles  east  of  the  city.  Part  of  the  clay  is  shipped  to  the  Memphis  pottery  for  making 
stoneware.     Molding  and  glass  sands  are  also  shipped. 
Stoneware  clays  have  been  shipped  from  the  Pinson  and  IYewitt  pits  located  one-half 
and  one  mile,  respectively,  wesi  of  the  station.  Neither  of  these  pits  is  worked  con- 
stantly. While  clays  are  also  mined  and  shipped  from  Saulshun  ,  .">',  miles  east,  and  from 
Lagrange,  3  miles  west  of  Grand  Junction. 
PRODUCTION. 
There  are  in  the  Kentucky-Tennessee  district  under  discussion  fourteen  plants  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  stoneware  and  red  earthenware.  All  of  these  plants  derive  their  clay 
from  pits  in  the  district.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the  stoneware  plants: 
Stoneware  plants  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 
Kentucky: 
.1.  A.  Bauer,  Paducah. 
W.  K.  Russell  &  Son,  Pottertown. 
\Y.  B.  Howard  &  Son,  Rock. 
Geo.  W.  My.it t.  Tompkins ville. 
Wicktiffe  Pottery,  Wickliffe. 
Tenii' 
W.  T.  Follis.  Grand  Junction. 
Jackson  Pottery  Company,  T.  J.  Connor,  lessee,  .laekson. 
C.  Sparks,  MeKenzie. 
Memphis  Stoneware  Company,  Memphis. 
John  ('.  Currier.  Paris. 
Pinson  Pottery.  Pinson. 
Toone  Pottery  Company,  Toone. 
The  value  of  the  product  for  1001  was  distributed  as  follows: 
Value  of  product  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  stoneware  plants,  1904. 
Tennessee: 
Stoneware $98,000.00 
Red  earthenware 250. 00 
98,250.00 
Kentucky: 
Stoneware 84,150.00 
Red  earthenware 10, 400. 00 
94,550.00 
