Whitlatch did an extensive job of putting together industrial resources of Tennessee in a logbook where they are located on geographical maps. After World War one the industrial trend was to come to the south for mineral resources. In 1936 to 1937 industry construction exceeded 59 million dollars in the southern States. In 1944 of May 1st more than four …show more content…
1940 the coal reserves in the state have estimated values of more than 25 billion tons. As a result steam generating electrical power with a lot more cheaper than hydroelectric power. Extensive lumber and furniture industries are based throughout the state , especially hard woods. , West Tennessee is the leader in the southern states for this industry .
Marbles produced in Tennessee around the Knoxville area are world famous for interior decorative materials. Health information, of bored of this young age, is a chief source of Marvel in the state. The stone is course mostly in granular, but does a good job of resisting the action of weathering. Cassie was a second largest producer of marble in 1940 valued at 1.2 million dollars.
Oil and gas has never been a huge commodity of the in Tennessee, although the some of the first petroleum produced in the United States was discovered in the state, even prior to the Drake well in Pennsylvania which was drilled in 1859., that was considered the first commercial discovery of petroleum. The largest part of the oil and gas in Tennessee occurred in the northern part of the Cumberland Plateau. A substance known as kerogen occurs in the Chattanooga shale. It can be refined into gasoline, ichthyol, and other