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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



TALC 



The St Lawrence county mines reported an output in 1906 of 

 64,200 short tons valued at $541,600. The yield was somewhat less 

 than in the preceding year, when the total was 67,000 short tons, but 

 the value showed a notable increase due to the higher range of 

 prices. The average selling price for the year on the basis of car- 

 load lots was $8.43 a ton, as compared with $7.75 a ton in 1905. 

 The following table gives the annual production and value by years 

 for the period 1 896-1 906, the figures previous to 1904 being taken 

 from the volumes of the Mineral Resources. 



Production of talc in New York 



SHORT 



TONS 



VALUE 

 PER TON 



1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 19OI 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 



46 089 



57 009 

 54 356 

 54 655 



63 500 

 62 200 

 71 100 

 60 230 

 65 000 

 67 000 



64 200 



$399 443 

 396 936 



411 

 438 



430 

 150 



$8 67 



6 96 



7 57 



8 02 



499 500 

 4S3 600 



615 350 

 421 600 

 455 000 

 519 250 



541 600 



87 

 99 

 65 



75 



8 43 



A further consolidation of the mining and milling interests in 

 the talc district was effected during the year by the International 

 Pulp Co., the largest of the producers. Since its organization in 

 1893 the company has exercised a controlling influence over the 

 industry, though it has not been without active competition from 

 rival concerns. At the time it was formed the properties of the 

 St Lawrence Pulp Co., the Natural Dam Pulp Co., the Agalite 

 Fibre Co. and Adirondack Pulp Co. were acquired and in the fol- 

 lowing year those of the Asbestos Pulp Co. were also secured. The 

 company thus came into possession of all of the then active interests 

 except the United States Talc Co., which was taken over in August 

 1906. The latter owned a mine west of Talcville and a mill near 

 Dodgeville. The mill has been recently enlarged by the addition 

 of two cylinders and will restore partially the impairment of pro- 

 ductive facilities with which the International Co. met during the 

 past year in loss by fire of its Hailesboro mill. This mill was the 



