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  the 
  mill 
  was 
  not 
  rnnning 
  to 
  its 
  full 
  capacity, 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  was 
  in 
  use. 
  

   It 
  filled, 
  on 
  an 
  average, 
  three 
  50 
  pound 
  bags 
  per 
  minute. 
  

  

  The 
  pnlp 
  is 
  also 
  packed 
  in 
  cloth 
  bags 
  containing 
  160 
  pounds 
  each. 
  

  

  Value 
  and 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  pulp. 
  The 
  pulp 
  formerly 
  sold 
  for 
  about 
  

   $30 
  per 
  ton, 
  but 
  recent 
  competition 
  has 
  reduced 
  the 
  price 
  to 
  

   about 
  $7 
  per 
  ton, 
  and 
  has 
  so 
  nearly 
  destroyed 
  the 
  profit 
  that 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  concerns 
  are 
  fast 
  being 
  driven 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   business. 
  

  

  The 
  23ulpis 
  prepared 
  in 
  several 
  grades 
  and 
  each 
  com]?any 
  has 
  its 
  

   own 
  special 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  various 
  grades. 
  

  

  The 
  greatest 
  demand 
  for 
  the 
  pulp 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  paper 
  industry. 
  

   It 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  tiller 
  in 
  many 
  qualities 
  of 
  paper, 
  but 
  the 
  greatest 
  con- 
  

   sumption 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  newspaper 
  stock, 
  for 
  which 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  it 
  is 
  mixed 
  with 
  wood 
  pulp. 
  The 
  talc 
  pulp 
  thus 
  used 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   finely 
  pulverized 
  grade, 
  designated 
  '" 
  Finished 
  asbestine 
  pulp 
  " 
  by 
  

   the 
  International 
  pulp 
  co., 
  and 
  "Fine 
  cylinder 
  stock'*' 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  talc 
  co. 
  

  

  A 
  less 
  finely 
  pulverized 
  ("fluffy") 
  grade 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  omitting 
  

   the 
  process 
  of 
  grinding 
  in 
  the 
  Alsing 
  cylinder 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  

   This 
  grade 
  is 
  used 
  with 
  asbestus 
  (chrysotile) 
  fiber 
  in 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  " 
  asbestus 
  paper," 
  "asbestus 
  packing," 
  etc., 
  and 
  is 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  " 
  Special 
  asbestine 
  pulp 
  " 
  by 
  the 
  International 
  pulp 
  co., 
  and 
  

  

  " 
  'No. 
  1 
  Buhr 
  stock 
  " 
  bv 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  talc 
  co. 
  

  

  >/ 
  

  

  Talc 
  pulp 
  is 
  used 
  also 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  certain 
  

   paints 
  and 
  wall 
  plasters. 
  

  

  Vol. 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  "Mineral 
  Industry" 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   this 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1896 
  was 
  45,000 
  short 
  tons, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $315,000. 
  

  

  