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Production of trap 





1913 



1914 



MATERIAL 



Cubic 

 yards 



Value 



Cubic 

 yards 



Value 



Crushed stone for roads .... 

 Crushed stone for other pur- 

 poses 



631 134 

 640 165 



$499 776 

 501 394 



519 600 

 455 400 



$420 280 







• Total 



1 271 299 



$1 001 170 



975 000 



$770 600 



The production of trap in 1914 was entirely by the quarries in 

 the Palisades section of Rockland county, although in former years 

 some has been produced in the Adirondack region. The statistics 

 furnished by the companies show that the output was about 25 

 per cent, below the production of the preceding year, amounting 

 to' 975,000 cubic yards valued at $770,600 against 1,271,299 cubic 

 yards valued at $1,001,170 in 191 3. 



TALC 



The market for talc was depressed last year in sympathy 

 with the general conditions and the slackening of demand in the 

 paper trade which consumes the larger part of the local product. 

 There is little reason for believing that the depression is anything 

 but temporary, since the .uses of tal: have become firmly established, 

 not only in paper manufacture but in many other industries, so 

 that they are not likely, to be displaced. On the other hand the 

 market is likely to make considerable gains by reason of the curtail- 

 ment in the supply of white clays which are employed in the coat- 

 ing of paper. These clays are largely imported, the shipments 

 hitherto coming mainly from Germany, as they are not produced to 

 any extent in this country. The ground talc from the. Gouverneur 

 district possesses a natural fiber which makes it specially valuable 

 for use in paper ; the material can be thoroughly incorporated with 

 the vegetable fiber and adds strength to the latter. The talc is re- 

 tained by the paper stock to a larger extent than is. -lay. 



The Gouverneur talc district consists of a narrow belt, lying to 

 the southeast and east of that village in the towns of Fowler and 

 Edwards, in which the talc occurs in lenticular bodies arranged in 

 series along the strike. The bodies dip uniformly toward the north- 





