THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9I3 IOI 



The deposits at Natural Bridge have been worked during the 

 past two years only and are still in process of development. The 

 St Lawrence Talc Co., Inc., the owner, has a mill on the property 

 and ships all the product in ground form, which is consumed in 

 paper manufacture and for other purposes. The mill has been 

 recently enlarged and improved. The equipment includes conical 

 mills and tube mills such as have been described in the article on 

 the Gouverneur district in the report for 191 1. 



The operative mills in the Gouverneur talc district were those of 

 the Ontario Talc Co., the Uniform Fibrous Talc Co., the Standard 

 Talc Co., and the International Pulp Co. The latter worked Mines 

 2.y 2 and 3 at Talcville and the Wight mine near Sylvia lake, besides 

 drawing from its reserve at the Arnold mines. The Wight and 

 Arnold properties formerly belonged to the Union Talc Co., and 

 were taken over by the International Company a few years ago. 

 The Standard Talc Co. worked the mine that formerly belonged 

 to the United States Talc Co., and shipped the product to New 

 Jersey for milling. The Uniform Fibrous Talc Co. continued the 

 underground development of its mine at Talcville where in the last 

 two or three years it has opened a very good body of talc. The 

 Ontario Talc Co. operates a property in the center of the district 

 near Fullerville. 



The North Country Corporation has been engaged during the 

 past year in opening deposits near Sylvia lake, town of Fowler. 

 The property has been previously prospected by the Dominion Co., 

 and will now be equipped for active production. It lies near the 

 Balmat and Wight mines of the International Pulp Co. 



The output of talc by the several companies above named 

 amounted last year to 63,000 short tons, valued at $551,250. This 

 was somewhat more than in 191 2 when the total was 61,610 tons 

 with a value of $511,437. Prices averaged a little higher than in 

 the preceding year. 



