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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Inc., the product being ground in a local mill which is equipped on 

 the usual plan of the Gouverneur mills. 



The production of both districts last year amounted to 74,075 

 short tons with a value of $671,286. This represented a large 

 increase, as the total for 191 3 was 63,000 tons worth $551,250. 

 The prices were approximately the same as those received in the 

 preceding year. 



Production of talc in New York 



YEAR 



SHORT 



TONS 



6 



000 



10 



000 



10 



000 



12 



000 



15 



000 



20 



000 



23 



476 



41 



354 



53 



054 



4i 



925 



36 



500 



50 



500 



40 



000 



46 089 



57 



009 



54 356 



VALUE 



YEAR 



SHORT 



TONS 



54 655 



63 



500 



62 



200 



71 



100 



60 



230 



65 



000 



67 



000 



64 



200 



59 



000 



70 



739 



50 



000 



65 



000 



65 



000 



61 



619 



63 



000 



74 075 



VALUE 



1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 189O 

 189I 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1898 



$75 000 

 1 10 000 

 no 000 

 125 000 

 160 000 

 210 000 



?44 170 

 389 196 

 493 068 

 472 485 

 337 625 

 454 500 

 320 000 



399 443 

 396 936 

 411 430 



1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



$438 150 

 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 

 55i 250 

 671 286 



ZINC 



The zinc mine at Edwards, St Lawrence county, did not make 

 any commercial shipments last year,' but it produced a considerable 

 quantity of ore in connection with the underground development 

 that was continued from the previous season. This product is 

 held for treatment by the new milling plant whi h was expected 

 to be ready in the early part of 1915. The old mill was destroyed 

 by fire after it had been remodeled and made ready for operations, 

 and consequently shipments have been delayed beyond the period 

 anticipated at the outset. 



The general nature and occurrence of the zinc ores in this part 

 of St Lawrence county have been described in previous issues oi 

 this report; no remarkable discoveries or new features have since 

 come to light, and the main interest in the field at present centers 

 upon the outcome of the single active enterprise which began the 



