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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  it 
  seems 
  a 
  justifiable 
  inference 
  that 
  this 
  character 
  has 
  a 
  genetic 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  talc, 
  its 
  absence 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  indicat- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  probable 
  absence 
  of 
  important 
  talc 
  deposits. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  

   hand, 
  should 
  limestone 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  region 
  it 
  would 
  point 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  strong 
  probability 
  that 
  a 
  

   search 
  for 
  talc 
  would 
  be 
  rewarded. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Sparks, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Asbestos 
  Pulp 
  Com- 
  

   pany, 
  Gouverneur, 
  has 
  kindly 
  supplied 
  the 
  following 
  estimates 
  

   in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  during 
  1893 
  : 
  Talc 
  mined, 
  

   38,000 
  tons 
  ; 
  cost 
  of 
  mining, 
  one 
  dollar 
  to 
  two 
  dollars 
  per 
  ton 
  ; 
  

   average 
  selling 
  price 
  of 
  finished 
  product, 
  eight 
  dollars 
  per 
  ton. 
  

  

  The 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  mines 
  is 
  ground 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  flour 
  in 
  mills 
  on 
  

   the 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gouverneur, 
  which 
  village 
  

   is 
  the 
  distributing 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  district. 
  Within 
  the 
  past 
  

   year 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  railroad 
  has 
  been 
  constructed 
  from 
  the 
  Rome, 
  Water- 
  

   town 
  and 
  Ogdensburgh 
  road 
  at 
  Gouverneur 
  to 
  Ed 
  wards, 
  running 
  

   through 
  the 
  talc 
  belt, 
  and 
  greatly 
  reducing 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  transpor- 
  

   tation, 
  which 
  was 
  formerly 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  wagons 
  over 
  very 
  bad 
  

   roads. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  competing 
  interests 
  have 
  been 
  united, 
  

   so 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  talc 
  will 
  probably 
  

   proceed 
  on 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  scale. 
  As 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  mines 
  is 
  

   of 
  a 
  quality 
  unequaled 
  by 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  region 
  it 
  finds 
  a 
  

   ready 
  sale. 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  talc 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  paper, 
  smaller 
  quantities 
  going 
  into 
  soap, 
  paint 
  

   and 
  the 
  adulteration 
  of 
  various 
  white 
  powders. 
  

  

  Marble. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  crystalline 
  limestone 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  disseminated 
  min- 
  

   erals, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  uniform 
  color 
  and 
  grain, 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  handsome 
  

   marble. 
  The 
  best 
  variety 
  is 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  gray 
  

   color. 
  Just 
  west 
  of 
  Gouverneur, 
  beside 
  the 
  Rome, 
  Watertown 
  and 
  

   Ogdensburgh 
  tracks, 
  three 
  large 
  quarries 
  are 
  worked 
  in 
  this 
  rock, 
  

   and 
  a 
  fourth 
  is 
  located 
  two 
  miles 
  northwest, 
  reached 
  by 
  a 
  switch 
  

   from 
  the 
  main 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  railroad. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  worked 
  out 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  vertical 
  channeling 
  and 
  a 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  series 
  of 
  

   joints. 
  Large 
  blocks 
  are 
  removed 
  and 
  then 
  sawed 
  to 
  required 
  

   sizes 
  in 
  mills 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  quarries. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  used 
  chiefly 
  

   for 
  building 
  purposes, 
  and, 
  with 
  a 
  rock 
  finish, 
  is 
  very 
  handsome, 
  

   prosenting 
  a 
  soft 
  gray 
  surface, 
  not 
  unlike 
  certain 
  granites. 
  Its 
  

  

  