OCR Text |
Show ilucod hy -quarry and mill operators in liMS was from ir-o to $(30 the ton. The output was below normal, in spite of the increased demand, the lesser yield being due to a shortage of labor during the war period. The chief pa met de-posits de-posits are in "Warren county, New York, but smaller quantities are taken from Xew Hampshire and North Carolina quarries and from other fields. The report remarks that garnets of a size suitable for cutting and polishing are rarely found in the L'nitcd States. 'J" he abrasive garnet is used chiefly in the manufacture of sandpaper, which, in spite of its commercial name, is never made with sand, but with crushed quartz and garnet. GARNET MINING. A report of the United .States geological geo-logical survey shows that in 1'JlS the mine output of abrasive garnet in the United States was 'il:i7 short tons. The quantity of milled garnet marketed was 4ijo0 tons, of a value of about .?-'."0,n,h Producers reported stocks on hand on January 1 of about Ll"iD (mis. The ra nge of prices for ga met pro- 1 |