﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
  

  

  73 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  SHORT 
  

   TONS 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

   PER 
  TON 
  

  

  1896 
  

   1897 
  

   1898 
  

   1899 
  

   I90O 
  

   I9OI 
  

   I902 
  

   I903 
  

   I904 
  

  

  I905 
  

   I906 
  

   I907 
  

  

  46 
  089 
  

  

  57 
  009 
  

   54 
  356 
  

   54 
  655 
  

  

  63 
  

   62 
  

  

  7i 
  

   60 
  

  

  65 
  

   67 
  

   64 
  

   59 
  

  

  500 
  

   200 
  

   100 
  

   230 
  

   000 
  

   000 
  

   200 
  

   000 
  

  

  $399 
  443 
  

   396 
  936 
  

   411 
  430 
  

   438 
  150 
  

   499 
  5°° 
  

   483 
  600 
  

  

  615 
  35o 
  

   421 
  600 
  

  

  455 
  000 
  

   5i9 
  250 
  

   541 
  600 
  

   501 
  500 
  

  

  $8 
  67 
  

  

  6 
  96 
  

  

  7 
  57 
  

  

  8 
  02 
  

  

  7 
  87 
  

   6 
  99 
  

  

  8 
  65 
  

  

  75 
  

   43 
  

   50 
  

  

  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, 
  

  

  