Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-07-27
VAST TALC DEPOSIT
Company with 100000 Capital
Will Open Mine in Windham
plant with Capacity Of 50 Tons Per Day
VIII Begin Running Within 60 Days
Finest Tale Found in America.


An Industry which promises a large and
perpetual business for Windham county
will soon be established I'm the northern
part Of Windham. seven miles from South
Londonderry. eight miles from Chester
and about 60 miles from BrattlebOrO by
the Vermont Tale & SoapstOne company.
which is incorpora ted with a capital OF
100000 with no preferred stock or bonds.
The company expects 20 begin marketing
its product within 30 days and before
that time will have expended S25. 900 in
its experiments and In the establishment
OF its plant The main building. which
is now being erected. is IS feet high. 40
By "a feet fin size. In addition there Is
an engine house and boiler house. each
IS by 30 feet The plant will BE- equipped
with the finest modern machinery for the
work. including crushers pulverizers.
sepa ra tors. screens. etc.
The officers Of the company are 4. L.
stone. a man Of wide business expert
ence. who bought in 1902 the farm OF 200
acres on which the deposit Is located He
has established his home there and in
addition to the other Improvements has
erected a new barn and made extensive
changes on the house and other build
ings. The treasurer Of the concern is
W. +. Bennett Of Springfield, Mass.
proprietor OF the Bennett Paper Box
company. and the vice president and sec
rotary is Charles f Wetmore. treasurer
Of the p. & F. Corbin company Of New
Britain. one Of the largest manufacturing
concerns in Connecticut.
The tale deposit was discovered In 1902
by Mr.. Stone and the company was or
ganized April 10. 1905. The time since
then has been expended in testing and
exporting the deposit and determining
It's value. The company has exposed 10
view a body OF ore covering IL acres and
borings show an excellent grade of ore
TO a depth OF 40 feet and IT is believed
that the deposit is at least 200 feet deep.
Some OF the most expert biologists and
mineralogists Of this country have ex-
amined the property. including Alfred
Free. Ph.D. Of Northampton who has
tested all Of the tale mines Of Europe;
Joseph Hyde Pratt Ph.D., geologist and
mlneralogist Of the United states gov
eminent. and Prof b. X Emerson OF
Amherst and Smith colleges
None Of the stock Of the company Is
now on the market The mine IL two
miles directly north OF Windham village
and shipments may be made by railroad
either from Chester or South London
derry, but the latter point will probably
be the more accessible when the opera
/ tions are fully under way. The equip
ment Will be furnished by Raymond
I Brothers Of Chicago and the output from
I the mine will be so tons daily Some fine
y
/ the property and there is an abundance
I OF serpentine rock. under which all as
I bestos is found
/ Tale is used for a large number OF
/ purposes-as a filler for the medium and
/ cheaper grades 81 paper. In the manu-
I facture OF rubber. paints. lubricatlng
compounds. soap. shoe polish. builders
paper. wall paper, foundry faclngs and
I for many other purposes. and the de-
/ mand for II IS steadily increasing II &.
marketed in three grades. the highes,
/ selling from $50 to $50 per ton and up
/ wards. the second from SIS 10 s3e pee
ton and the third from s. 10 SIS per ton
] The deposit in Windham is found by this
! mineralogists to show exactly the same
/ analysis rs that from the finest Italian
/ and French mines and in no other place
/ I'm this country has this quality OF tale
/ been discovered in quantities sufficient
| for commercial purposes. Prof. Free ir
! IN mis- report says that the deposit n
] Windham is practically ineXhaustihle ana
I that the location OF the mineral Is suci
as TO make mining comparatively easy
! with no difficulties likely to arise from
/ the presence Of water. He says that ths
| quality promises to be good Throughout
the entire mass and in certain parts there
are very unusual showings as TO quality
Specimens Of the tale and asbestO:
which were exhibited by Mr. Stone II
| Brattleboro this week attracted great at.
tention and business men were surprised
! to know Of the great possibilities OF tbs
| Windham mine and the extent OF tn,
1 work which the Vermont Tale & Soap
stone company has already carried out