A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | Settled 1750–1850 | Settled by 1750 | Settled by 1910 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 2 | 1.44% | ||
Utah | 4 | 4.68% | 30.1% | |
District of Columbia | 100% | |||
Florida | 35.0% | 1.81% | 44.5% | |
Idaho | 2 | 17.6% | ||
New Hampshire | 68.1% | 28.3% | 3.60% | |
Rhode Island | 2.94% | |||
Vermont | 97.2% | 2.78% | ||
Washington | 1.36% | 26.5% | ||
Wyoming | 1 | 7.05% | ||
Montana | 2 | 22.9% | ||
Maine | 60.5% | 4.65% | 34.3% | |
North Dakota | 97.5% | |||
Kentucky | 100% | |||
Nova Scotia | 13.9% | 5.00% | ||
Virginia | 27.6% | 72.3% | ||
Delaware | 99.6% | |||
Prince Edward Island | 21.9% | |||
Saskatchewan | 19.8% | |||
Mississippi | 98.9% | |||
West Virginia | 93.8% | 6.16% | ||
Nebraska | 84.7% | |||
Texas | 6 | 22.3% | 1.00% | |
Missouri | 1 | 98.8% | 1.13% | |
Louisiana | 80.3% | 9.57% | 5.23% | |
North Carolina | 58.0% | 5.50% | ||
Oregon | 3 | 2.57% | 45.6% | |
New Brunswick | 65.9% | 3.53% | ||
Alabama | 98.2% | 1.78% | ||
New Mexico | 1 | 7.36% | 6.25% | 57.8% |
Kansas | 99.9% | |||
Wisconsin | 2.94% | 82.7% | ||
British Columbia | 1.58% | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.24% | |||
New Jersey | 1.38% | 98.3% | ||
South Carolina | 49.6% | 50.3% | ||
Michigan | 31.3% | 37.6% | ||
Alberta | 11.0% | |||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||
Pennsylvania | 82.4% | 17.6% | ||
Colorado | 88.3% | |||
Nevada | 1 | 13.0% | ||
Massachusetts | 10.9% | 87.0% | ||
Georgia | 90.2% | 4.67% | 5.08% | |
New York | 83.0% | 2.86% | 3.57% | |
Maryland | 11.6% | 87.5% | ||
Québec | 3.95% | |||
Manitoba | 7.10% | |||
Oklahoma | 100% | |||
Tennessee | 100% | |||
Ontario | 9.16% | 1.76% | ||
California | 3 | 1.21% | 26.0% | |
Arkansas | 100% | |||
South Dakota | 82.4% | |||
Ohio | 100% | |||
Indiana | 100% | |||
Minnesota | 2.69% | 91.1% | ||
Iowa | 45.5% | 54.5% | ||
Illinois | 98.6% | 1.40% | ||
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