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according to needs. The company is opening a new mine in the 

 vicinity of the old Wight mine. 



The finished talc from this district is shipped in bags of 50 and 

 200 pound sizes. Gouverneur, the shipping point on the main rail- 

 road lines, is about ten miles from the center of the district which 

 is served by a branch railroad that runs between Gouverneur and 

 Edwards. The mills of the International Pulp Co. are connected 

 by spurs with this railroad and the talc loaded directly on cars. 



The first important production of talc outside of the Gouverneur 

 district was made last year by the St Lawrence Talc and Asbestos 

 Co., which operated a deposit near Natural Bridge, Lewis county. 

 As mentioned in the review of the talc industry for 1909, the occur- 

 rence at that place may be comparable to the deposits in St Law- 

 rence county so far as geological relations are concerned, though the 

 talc itself has a somewhat different appearance and structure. The 

 product obtained last year was shipped in lump form for manu- 

 facture elsewhere into various materials such as powder, disks and 

 pencils. Productive operations were suspended in November in 

 order to make necessary improvements preliminary to the construc- 

 tion of a crushing plant and mill. An electric power station has 

 already been erected. The mill as designed will probably turn out 

 60 tons of ground talc a day. 



Production of talc in New York 



YEAR 



SHORT 

 TONS 



VALUE 



VALUE 

 PER TON 



1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 I9OI 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 



46 089 



57 009 

 54 356 

 54 655 



63 500 

 62 200 

 71 100 

 60 230 

 65 000 

 67 000 



64 200 

 59 000 

 70 739 

 50 000 



65 000 



I399 443 

 396 936 

 411 430 

 438 150 

 499 500 

 483 600 

 615 350 

 42: 



600 



455 000 

 519 250 



541 

 501 



600 

 500 



697 390 

 450 000 



552 500 



58 67 



6 96 



7 57 



8 02 



7 87 



6 99 



8 65 



7 •• 

 7 •• 



7 



75 

 43 

 50 

 86 



50 



