﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I90B 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  writing 
  paper 
  as 
  filler 
  and 
  finisher, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   extent, 
  though 
  perhaps 
  not 
  so 
  widely, 
  in 
  newspaper. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  

   readily 
  incorporated 
  with 
  paper 
  stock 
  than 
  clay 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  has 
  a 
  beneficial 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  paper. 
  For 
  

   wallpaper 
  the 
  foliated 
  talc 
  is 
  often 
  employed 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  lustrous 
  

   surface. 
  The 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  gy-psum 
  wall 
  plasters 
  are 
  consum- 
  

   ers 
  of 
  talc 
  which 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  hair, 
  wood 
  fiber 
  or 
  asbestos 
  

   in 
  these 
  plasters. 
  Among 
  minor 
  uses 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  

   waterproof 
  paints, 
  steam 
  pipe 
  coverings 
  and 
  toilet 
  powders. 
  

  

  Production. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  talc 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  has 
  averaged 
  

   about 
  65,000 
  tons. 
  Of 
  late 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  decided 
  expansion 
  

   fiom 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  though 
  the 
  tendency 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  has 
  been 
  up- 
  

   ward 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  remain 
  stationary. 
  This 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  

   following 
  table 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  output 
  and 
  value 
  for 
  each 
  year 
  

   since 
  1896. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  talc 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  1896 
  

   1897 
  

   1898 
  

   1899 
  

   1900 
  

   1901 
  

   1902 
  

   1903 
  

   1904 
  

  

  1905 
  

   1906 
  

   1907 
  

   1908 
  

  

  SHORT 
  

   TONS 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  S399 
  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 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

   PER 
  TOX 
  

  

  S8 
  67 
  

  

  6 
  96 
  

  

  7 
  57 
  

  

  8 
  02 
  

  

  87 
  

   99 
  

   6; 
  

  

  43 
  

   50 
  

   86 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  in 
  1908 
  of 
  70,739 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $697,390 
  

   was 
  considerably 
  above 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  due 
  mostly 
  to 
  

   the 
  shortage 
  of 
  supply 
  in 
  1907 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  burning 
  of 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  larger 
  milling 
  plants. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   average 
  prices 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  ground 
  talc, 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  nearly 
  

   $10 
  a 
  ton 
  being 
  the 
  highest 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  At 
  the 
  low 
  prices 
  

   which 
  prevailed 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  years 
  past, 
  there 
  was 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  

   profit 
  for 
  the 
  mining 
  companies, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  level 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

  

  