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  tremolite 
  schist. 
  Third, 
  this 
  schist, 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  watei*, 
  charged 
  

   with 
  C 
  O 
  , 
  was 
  converted 
  into 
  talc." 
  

  

  Plate 
  4 
  shows 
  the 
  association 
  of 
  the 
  gneiss 
  and 
  the 
  hanging 
  wall 
  

   of 
  the 
  talc 
  deposit. 
  

  

  The 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  writer, 
  though 
  brief, 
  fully 
  accord 
  with 
  

   the 
  theory 
  of 
  origin 
  advanced 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Smyth. 
  

  

  Mines 
  at 
  Fowler. 
  The 
  American 
  talc 
  co. 
  operates 
  mines 
  and 
  

   a 
  mill 
  on 
  the 
  Belmont 
  farm 
  near 
  Little 
  York, 
  town 
  of 
  Fowler. 
  

   The 
  principal 
  mine, 
  having 
  been 
  idle, 
  had 
  become 
  hlled 
  with 
  

   water 
  which 
  was 
  being 
  pumped 
  out 
  (July 
  1897), 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  

   accessible 
  below 
  the 
  second 
  level. 
  Judging 
  from 
  what 
  could 
  be 
  

   seen, 
  this 
  mine 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  only 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  talc 
  seam 
  is 
  

   thinner, 
  averaging 
  15 
  feet, 
  and 
  this 
  fact 
  necessitated 
  working 
  it 
  on 
  

   several 
  levels, 
  pillars 
  being 
  left 
  at 
  regular 
  intervals 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  

   hanging 
  wall. 
  The 
  pillars 
  present 
  excellent 
  cross 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   seam 
  and 
  show 
  its 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  walls. 
  Plate 
  5 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  

   these 
  pillars. 
  The 
  contact 
  of 
  the 
  talc 
  seam 
  with 
  both 
  walls 
  is 
  

   strongly 
  marked. 
  

  

  Another 
  opening 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  mine, 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  same 
  seam. 
  It 
  reached 
  scaly 
  talc 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  

   40 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  which 
  graded 
  into 
  hrst 
  quality 
  material 
  

   10 
  feet 
  lower. 
  The 
  mill 
  is 
  within 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  hundred 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  

   mine, 
  and 
  the 
  talc 
  is 
  conveyed 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  cars 
  operated 
  by 
  hand 
  power. 
  

  

  The 
  Columbian 
  talc 
  co.'s 
  mine 
  on 
  lot 
  106, 
  Little 
  York, 
  town 
  

   of 
  Fowler, 
  cuts 
  a 
  seam 
  of 
  talc 
  over 
  80 
  feet 
  in 
  width, 
  and 
  the 
  drift 
  

   which 
  follows 
  the 
  seam, 
  is 
  entirely 
  surrounded 
  by 
  talc, 
  neither 
  wall 
  

   being 
  visible. 
  The 
  mill 
  is 
  about 
  live 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  mine. 
  

  

  The 
  pulp 
  mills. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  located 
  along 
  the 
  

   Oswegatchie 
  river 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  Talcville 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Gouverneur. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  mills 
  are 
  operated 
  by 
  water 
  

   power, 
  but 
  the 
  majority 
  use 
  steam 
  power 
  exclusively, 
  or 
  combine 
  

   the 
  two. 
  The 
  mills 
  are 
  several 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  mines, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Gouverneur 
  and 
  Oswegatchie 
  railroad 
  transports 
  the 
  raw 
  material 
  to 
  

   the 
  mills 
  and 
  carries 
  the 
  pulp 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  line. 
  

  

  The 
  operations 
  are 
  practically 
  identical 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  mills. 
  

  

  Mill 
  No. 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  pulp 
  co. 
  This 
  mill 
  is 
  located 
  

   at 
  Hailesboro, 
  about 
  1^ 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Gouverneur. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  th.e 
  

  

  