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of earlier years. The list of active firms included the Ontario Talc 

 Co., the International Pulp Co. and the Uniform Fibrous Talc Co. 

 in the Gouverneur district and the St Lawrence Talc Co. of 

 Natural Bridge. 



There was a cessation of exploratory work during the year on 

 the part of development enterprises and no new additions to the 

 list of producers is in prospect for the current season. 



The talc industry occupies a position of considerable economic 

 importance in the limited field in which it is carried on. The labor 

 item is the principal element of cost in production, and a large 

 quota of the local population find employment in one or another of 

 the branches of the industry. The mining operations of themselves 

 are not so extensive in their requirements, but in addition there is 

 the milling which involves a process of gradual reduction con- 

 tinued over several hours and the haulage necessitated by the fact 

 that some of the mines are situated at a distance from the railroad 

 which serves the district. 



The Gouverneur talc began to enter the market about 1880. 

 Shipments of some importance were made before that date, but 

 from that time they have been continuous and in large volume. 

 Since 1900 the average annual output has exceeded 60,000 tons. 

 Altogether the production has amounted to about 1,700,000 tons 

 valued at $15,000,000. 



Production of talc in New York 



YEAR 



SHORT 



TONS 



VALUE 



YEAR 



SHORT 



TONS 



VALUE 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



6 000 

 10 000 

 10 000 

 12 000 

 15 000 

 20 000 

 23 476 

 4i 354 



53 054 

 4i 925 

 36 500 

 50 500 

 40 000 

 46 089 

 57 009 



54 356 

 54 655 



$75 000 

 no 000 

 no 000 

 125 000 

 160 000 

 210 000 

 244 170 

 389 196 

 493 068 

 472 485 

 337 625 

 454 5oo 

 320 000 



399 443 

 396 936 

 411 430 

 438 150 



I9OO 



63 500 



62 20O 

 71 IOO 



60 230 

 65 oco 

 67 000 



64 200 



59 000 

 70 739 

 50 000 



65 000 

 65 000 



61 619 



63 000 

 74 075 

 69 5H 



$499 500 

 483 600 



615 350 

 421 600 

 455 000 

 519 250 

 541 600 

 501 500 

 697 390 

 450 000 

 552 500 

 552 500 

 5ii 437 

 551 250 

 671 286 

 576 643 



I9OI 



1902 



I903 



1904 



IQ05 



1889 



189O 



189I 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



I896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



I906 



1907 



1908 



I909 



I9IO 



iqil 



IQI2 



1913 



1914 



1915 



