﻿THE 
  TALC 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  ST 
  LAWRENCE 
  COUNTY, 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  BY 
  J. 
  Nelson 
  Nevius 
  

  

  Nearly 
  all 
  the 
  talc 
  mines 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  

   •of 
  Talcville, 
  town 
  of 
  Edwards 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Fowler, 
  

   which 
  adjoins 
  Edwards 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  The 
  intervening 
  country, 
  for 
  

   a 
  distance 
  of 
  five 
  miles 
  or 
  more, 
  has 
  been 
  prospected 
  in 
  a 
  superficial 
  

   manner, 
  but 
  without 
  mucli 
  success. 
  

  

  The 
  International 
  pulp 
  co., 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  operator, 
  

   absorbed 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  pulp 
  co., 
  the 
  Agalite 
  fiber 
  co., 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  Dam 
  pulp 
  co., 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  pulp 
  co., 
  and 
  the 
  

   Asbestos 
  pulp 
  co. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  talc 
  co. 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  

   largest 
  operator. 
  The 
  other 
  operators 
  are, 
  the 
  American 
  talc 
  

   CO., 
  Kellar 
  Bros, 
  and 
  the 
  Columbian 
  talc 
  co. 
  

  

  The 
  word 
  "pulp" 
  occurring 
  through 
  this 
  article, 
  refers 
  to 
  pulver- 
  

   ized 
  talc 
  — 
  the 
  finished 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  talc 
  mills. 
  It 
  is 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  " 
  pulp 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  where 
  

   it 
  refers 
  to 
  pulverized 
  poplar 
  wood. 
  A 
  third 
  use 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   word 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  mills, 
  where 
  it 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  digested 
  paper 
  before 
  

   it 
  is 
  run 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  drying 
  felts. 
  

  

  Mines 
  at 
  Talcville. 
  There 
  are 
  12 
  mines 
  at 
  this 
  locality, 
  

   though 
  half 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  either 
  abandoned 
  or 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  idle 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  dulness 
  of 
  trade. 
  They 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  three 
  groups 
  

   along 
  an 
  approximately 
  east-northeast 
  line, 
  having 
  a 
  slightly 
  cres- 
  

   centic 
  sweep, 
  the 
  groups 
  being 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  low 
  hillocks 
  

   separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  strips 
  of 
  marshy 
  land. 
  As 
  the 
  strike 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  rock 
  is 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  

   between 
  the 
  mines 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  may 
  all 
  be 
  located 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  seam 
  of 
  talc, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  continuous 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  

   distance. 
  

  

  Opposite 
  the 
  railroad 
  station 
  at 
  Talcville 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  pink 
  gneiss 
  is 
  

   exposed 
  in 
  a 
  railroad 
  cut. 
  The 
  strike 
  here 
  is 
  east-northeast 
  and 
  

   the 
  dip 
  is 
  about 
  58° 
  north-northwest. 
  At 
  other 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   the 
  dip 
  varies 
  considerably 
  from 
  this 
  angle, 
  and 
  the 
  strike 
  varies 
  

   to 
  a 
  less 
  extent. 
  

  

  