A comparison of Chromite Production estimates

 

Rock Chromite/ tons Genth, 1874Pearre & Heyl, 1960
Wood mine 120,000 >96,000
Red Pit mine ? (considered best after Wood mine) >25,000
Hillside mine   <100,000
Scott mine 3,000 3,000 - 6,000
Line Pit mine 700 5,000 - 10,000
Tyson Reynolds mine    
Jenkins mine 1.000 1,000 - 3,000
Carter (Texas) mine 400 > 400 - 600 reported
Newbold mine   500 - 900
Moro Phillips’ mine 250 250 (seems low - MB)
Kirk mine   >240 an over-estimate
White Barrens, 3 pits 150 150
Hilaman’s mine   50
L. Melrath’s pits 50 50
Little Horseshoe mine 30 30
Amos Pugh’s mine 20 20
 
Sand Chromite/ tons Genth, 1874Pearre & Heyl, 1960
Preston farm (Swaggart Run)   <100
White Barrens >3,000 >3,000
Pine Run 1,500 1,500
Rock Springs Run (Peoples tract) ~1,000 1,000
Tweed mine   > 100