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Excerpt from Thirteenth Biennial Report of the Department of Conservation and Development: Biennium Ending June 30, 1950 In 1944, the mining industry in North Carolina amounted to There has been an annual increase both in dollars and cents and in tonnage and value. The sale Of more than twenty million dollars worth Of clay, stone and miscellaneous pro ducts of the earth is Of great economic and social value to our State because it is widely distributed in rural areas and it makes for industry whereby about 70 to 75 percent Of the consumers' dollar stays within the state-the Mineral Resources Division of this Department, cooperating with State College and tva, has developed new methods for the handling of some of these non-metallics;' and, with the aid Of the Division of Commerce and Industry, has promoted at least one-half million dollars worth of new mining industry. Water has become our most important and most neglected resource. Throughout the years this Department, in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey, the State Board of Health, the Army Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Soil Conservation people and other agencies, has been concerned with Seven or more types Of water work - stream gaging, ground water studies, quality water studies, drainage, flood control, stream pollution studies, and waste and sewage disposal. The river basins or other drainage areas are now being studied on an area basis, looking to the multiple - use of water with regulatory provisions to protect both the domestic and industrial consumers. Planning for the location Of industrial plants and the expanding development Of our towns and cities demand careful study and control of our water supplies. We have 200 or more drainage districts in the State, 21 sanitary districts, and numerous municipalities that are placed upon our landscape like a patched quilt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.