CLAYS    OF    WESTERN    KENTUCKY    AND    TENNESSEE.         427 
A  large  per  cent  of  the  clay  mined  is  shipped  to  places  outside  of  the  district.     The 
following  is  a  list  of  the  clay  miners: 
Clay  miners,  Tennessee  and  Kentucky. 
Name. 
Kind  of  clay  shipped. 
Prewitt  &  Hurst,  Grand  Junction,  Tenn Stoneware. 
R.  H.  Breedlove,  Henry,  Tenn 
J.  C.  Cleaver,  Hollow  Rock,  Tenn Stoneware. 
Mineral  Springs  clay  mine,  Paris;  mine  at  India,  Tenn.    John  N.  Jackson,    Stoneware, 
proprietor. 
L.  J.  Irwin,  Grand  Junction;  mine  at  Irwinton,  Tenn 
Andy  Pate,  McKenzie,  Tenn 
Tennessee  Ball  Clay  Co.  of  Clarksville;  mine  at  McKenzie,  Tenn 
F.  M.  Wright,  Paris,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4;  mine  at  Nobles,  Tenn 
I.  Mandle,  3943  West  Pine  st.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  mines  at  Whitlock  and 
India,  Tenn. 
J.  L.  Roark,  Paris ,  Tenn 
Peryear  Clay  and  Mining  Co.,  Peryear,  Tenn.    R.  W.  Beale  &  Sons, 
proprietors. 
Kentucky  Construction  and  Improvement  Co.,  Pryorsburg,  Ky.    C.  P. 
Henderson,  president. 
Stoneware. 
Fire  clay. 
Fire  clay. 
Ball,  Are,   sagger,  and  wad 
clays. 
Ball,    fire,    and    stoneware 
clays. 
Ball  clay. 
The  total  amount  and  value  of  clay  shipped  from  the  district  in  1904  was  as  follows: 
Shipmerits  of  day  from  Tennessee-Kentucky  district,  190Jh 
Value. 
Fire  clay , 
Ball  clay 
Stoneware  clay 
Miscellaneous  clays I 
$8,908.00 
69,225.00 
11,175.00 
2,250.00 
BRICK   INDUSTRY. 
Common  building  brick  forms  the  largest  clay  product  in  the  district.  There  are  43  brick 
plants,  which  produced  in  1904  62,541,000  common  bricks,  valued  at  $400,318;  280,000 
fire  bricks,  valued  at  $4,600;  200,000  face  bricks,  valued  at  $2,000;  and  $12,700  worth  of 
drain  tile.  It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  figures  that  the  average  retail  price  for  common 
bricks  is  $6.40  per  thousand. 
