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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  iy 
  2 
  miles 
  below 
  Fullerville, 
  from 
  which 
  15 
  tons 
  of 
  talc 
  a 
  day 
  were 
  

   taken. 
  The 
  company 
  is 
  planning 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  mill 
  

   to 
  be 
  located 
  at 
  Gouverneur. 
  

  

  A 
  talc 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Natural 
  Bridge, 
  Lewis 
  co., 
  has 
  

   attracted 
  some 
  attention 
  recently, 
  though 
  nothing 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   little 
  exploration 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  thus 
  far 
  at 
  the 
  locality. 
  Speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  mineral 
  show 
  an 
  earthy 
  or 
  amorphous 
  texture 
  resem- 
  

   bling 
  rather 
  the 
  talc 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  states 
  than 
  that 
  from 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  

  

  The 
  fibrous 
  and 
  foliated 
  talc 
  is 
  marketed 
  mostly 
  among 
  paper 
  

   manufacturers. 
  The 
  former 
  variety 
  is 
  particularly 
  adapted 
  for 
  

   filling 
  book 
  and 
  writing 
  papers 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  smooth 
  finish 
  is 
  de- 
  

   sirable, 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  is 
  considered 
  superior 
  to 
  kaolin 
  in 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  readily 
  incorporated 
  with 
  the 
  paper 
  stock 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  makes 
  a 
  stronger 
  tissue. 
  The 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  

   talc 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  staple 
  article 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  domestic 
  and 
  foreign 
  

   paper 
  trades. 
  Large 
  quantities 
  are 
  exported 
  to 
  Germany, 
  where 
  

   it 
  competes 
  with 
  the 
  best 
  German 
  clays. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   Austria, 
  Italy, 
  France, 
  Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  other 
  countries. 
  The 
  

   foliated 
  talc 
  is 
  prepared 
  separately 
  and 
  finds 
  special 
  employment 
  

   in 
  wall 
  paper 
  manufacture 
  for 
  giving 
  a 
  lustrous 
  finish 
  to 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  such 
  as 
  was 
  formerly 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  ground 
  mica. 
  

  

  ZINC 
  AND 
  LEAD 
  

  

  The 
  deposits 
  of 
  zinc 
  blende 
  near 
  Edwards 
  and 
  Fowler, 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence 
  co., 
  described 
  in 
  preceding 
  issues 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  remained 
  

   idle 
  throughout 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  and 
  as 
  yet 
  no 
  shipments 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  from 
  either 
  locality. 
  Their 
  development 
  so 
  far 
  has 
  given 
  

   very 
  promising 
  results 
  which 
  will 
  lead, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  to 
  a 
  resumption 
  

   of 
  operations 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  present 
  legal 
  difficulties 
  are 
  removed. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  lead 
  mines 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Rossie 
  and 
  Macomb, 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  have 
  received 
  some 
  attention 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   The 
  mine 
  near 
  Pierces 
  Corners 
  has 
  been 
  under 
  exploration 
  by 
  

   O.-J. 
  David 
  of 
  Gouverneur. 
  The 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  company 
  under 
  

   the 
  title 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  Lead 
  Mining 
  & 
  Developing 
  Co. 
  was 
  

   effected 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  carrying 
  on 
  exploration 
  and 
  mining 
  

   work 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  The 
  mine 
  near 
  Otisville, 
  Orange 
  co., 
  once 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  Mining 
  Co., 
  has 
  been 
  under 
  development 
  by 
  the 
  Phoenix 
  

   Lead 
  Co. 
  of 
  Paterson, 
  N. 
  J. 
  The 
  vein 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  6 
  feet 
  

   wide. 
  It 
  carries 
  galena 
  and 
  zinc 
  blende. 
  No 
  ore 
  was 
  shipped 
  

   during 
  1907. 
  

  

  