Current Bauxite Mining Activities in Arkansas
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 2
- File Size:
- 256 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1935
Abstract
BAUXITE is produced in Arkansas from two mining districts in the central portion of the State. These are (1) the Fourche Mountain district, immediately south and southeast of Little Rock in Pulaski County, and (2) the Bauxite (town) district, about five miles east of Becton in the eastern part of Saline County. These two mining districts are about twelve miles apart, separated by territory which, so far, has produced a negligible amount of commercial ore. Mining was by open-pit methods exclusively until 1924, when underground methods came into use. From 1924 to 1930 about 40 per cent of all of the ore produced in Arkansas was mined by underground methods, mainly by retreating caving.
Citation
APA: (1935) Current Bauxite Mining Activities in Arkansas
MLA: Current Bauxite Mining Activities in Arkansas. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1935.