ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.[Graphic representation of volume change in weathering of a Georgia granite]21
2.[Commercial (financial) control of the mineral resources of the world]64
3.[Political (territorial) control of the mineral resources of the world]64
4.[The fertilizer situation in the United States]100
5.[Diagram showing the chemical composition and heat efficiency of the several ranks of coal]122
6.[Origin and development of coal]123
7.[Chart showing the present tendency of the United States in respect to its unmined reserve of petroleum]134
8.[The annual output of the principal oil fields of the United States for the last twenty years]135
9.[Curve showing the usual decline in oil field production after the period of maximum output is reached]136
10.[Chart showing the relative values of the principal petroleum products manufactured in the United States from 1899 to 1914]138
11.[Alteration of Lake Superior iron formation to iron ore by the leaching of silica]168
12.[Representing in terms of weight the mineralogical changes in the katamorphism of serpentine rocks to iron ore, eastern Cuba]172
13.[Diagram showing gradation from syenite to bauxite in terms of volume]245


CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION