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Chemical analyses. The following analyses indicate the composi- 

 tion of the talc from this district. No. i and No. 2 are from Dana's 

 System of Mineralogy. No. 3 is quoted from Professor Smyth's 

 article. For No. 4 the writer is indebted to Mr A. McLintock of the 

 Uniform Fibrous Talc Co. : 



Si O: . 

 AL O3. 

 Fe, O.. 

 FeO.. 

 MnO. 

 MgO. 

 CaO. 

 Na-2 0. 

 H2O.. 



I 

 60 



I 



34 



21 I 



16/ 



72 



77 



100.58 



2 

 59 92 



.50 



.76 



3137 



.57 



.48 



6.25 



99 85 



3 



62. 10 



32 



30 



15 

 .40 





2 



•05 



100 



.00 



4 

 68.9 



1-3 





26 



6 



8 



2 



4 



100 



00 



Production. The first shipments of talc from the district were 

 made during the seventies of the last century. The earliest' regular 

 operations are said to have been instituted by a mineralogist named 

 Minthorne who formed a company for mining and milling talc on 

 the Wight farm in the town of Fowler. By the year 1880 shipments 

 were made in considerable quantity. The production from that 

 date as given in the volumes of the Mineral Industry or reported 

 by this office have been as follows : 



Production of talc in New York 



YEAR 



SHORT 

 TONS 



VALUE 



YEAR 



SHORT 

 TONS 



VALUE 



1880 



4 210 



5 000 



6 000 

 6 000 



10 000 

 10 000 

 12 000 

 15 000 

 20 000 



23 476 



41 354 

 53 054 

 41 925 

 36 500 

 50 500 

 40 000 



$54 730 



60 000 



75 000 

 75 000 

 no 000 

 no 000 

 125 000 

 160 000 

 210 000 

 244 170 

 389 196 

 493 068 

 472 485 

 337 625 

 454 500 

 320 000 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



I9OI 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



I9IO 



46 089 



57 009 

 54 356 

 54 655 



63 500 



62 200 



71 100 



60 230 

 65 000 



67 000 



64 200 



59 000 

 70 739 

 50 000 



65 000 

 65 000 



$399 443 

 396 936 

 411 430 

 438 150 

 499 500 

 483 600 



615 350 

 .421 600 

 455 000 

 519 250 

 541 600 

 501 500 

 697 390 

 450 000 

 552 500 

 552 500 



I881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



188s 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



189I 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



I9II 







