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amounted to 59,000 short tons valued at $501,500, as compared 

 with 64,200 tons valued at $541,600 in 1906. The figures for both 

 quantity and value of output are based on ground talc in market- 

 able form. The average selling price for the year was $8.50 

 per ton in carload lots at Gouverneur, which is the usual ship- 

 ping point for all the mines. The following table gives the 

 annual production and value for the period 1896-1907, the figures 

 previous to 1904 being taken from the Mineral Resources. 



Production of talc in New York 



YEAR 



SHORT 

 TONS 



VALUE 



VALUE 

 PER TON 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



I90I 



1902 



1903 



1904, 



1905 



1906 , 



1907, 



46 089 



57 009 

 54 356 

 54 655 



63 500 

 62 200 

 71 100 

 60 230 

 65 000 

 67 000 



64 200 

 59 000 



S399 443 

 396 936 

 411 430 

 438 150 

 499 500 

 483 600 



615 350 

 421 600 



455 000 



519 250 



541 600 



501 500 



$8 67 



6 96 



7 57 



8 02 



7 87 

 6 99 



8 65 



75 



8 43 



8 50 



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The smaller output in 1907 is traceable to curtailment of mill- 

 ing facilities incurred by the destruction by fire of the Hailesboro 

 mill in the preceding year; the mill, one of the original four be- 

 longing to the International Pulp Co., was the largest in the dis- 

 trict. The company immediately added to the capacity of the 

 Dodgeville mill which it took over from the United States Talc 

 Co., and also started the construction of a new mill at Hailesboro. 

 The latter is planned for a nominal capacity of 100 tons ground 

 talc a day, or 25 tons more than the capacity of the old mill ; it 

 was practically completed at the end of the year. 



By acquiring the property of the Union Talc Co., the Inter- 

 national Pulp Co. has further strengthened its position as a pro- 

 ducer. The former has been the largest of the independent com- 

 panies since its organization in 1900. It owned three mines and 

 produced a superior grade of talc. 



The Ontario Talc Co. increased its mining capacity during the 

 year by opening the Potter mine on the Van Namee farm, 



