| From Virginia | $ 1,689,797.00 |
| From North Carolina | 10,750,468.64 |
| From South Carolina | 1,429,751.55 |
| From Georgia | 7,869,282.60 |
| From Alabama | 220,892.25 |
| From Tennessee | 86,511.61 |
| Total | $22,046,703.65 |
Various causes conduced to the decrease of mining in the South before the discovery of gold in California, but this latter event drew away the best miners and most experienced, most enterprising capitalists engaged in the business, so that the gold product of this region became insignificant. A revival of mining has set in in North Carolina, yet the products of the Carolinas and Georgia in 1881 was only about $275,000.
MEERSCHAUM—SEA FOAM.
Gilman, Ill.
Is meerschaum a product of sea foam, as some persons declare?
W. C. Duckham.
Answer.—Meerschaum is a German word, compounded from meer, sea, and schaum, foam. It is the name of a fine clay composed of magnesia, silica, and water in equal parts. When fresh from the pit it is soft and makes a lather like soap, which gave rise to its name. After being molded into pipes, these are boiled in oil or wax and baked until hard.
STATE GOVERNORS.