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Show "Safety-First Mineral Asbestos Is a potential life caver. Wo do not all realize, perhapi, that the fire proof theater curtain Is made of aabestos, which ts rock matter but nevertheless almost as soft nnd pit-nblo pit-nblo as cotton or woolen fntitle. Asbestos As-bestos has of courre many othei usrs Its Incombustibility an-1 Its fibrous structure make It one of tho most useful minerals for many and various structural purposes. It Is UBCd in making lumber, roofing, plaster and stucco. Houses that ..arc built largely large-ly of asbestos afford their occupants not only complete protection from fire because It Is a nonconductor but assure as-sure them also the comfort ot froo' donv from extremo beat and cold. The "asbestos producing Industry of the United States Is growing. Por many years, we have been tho great-dst, great-dst, manufacturers and users ot asbestos, as-bestos, drawing our raw material from Canada, but we are now getting some' excellent fiber in our own country. The most notablo feature of tlie asbestos as-bestos Industry In 1914 was tho development de-velopment ot a new field In Arizona, which Is furnishing a grade of fiber that compares very favorably with tho Canadian, As tho mineral occurs oc-curs In the Grand Canyon it is frequently fre-quently reslgnated Grand Canyon asbestos, as-bestos, although the deposit u that remarkablo natural wondor Is not yet producing asbostoB commercially. For electric Installation tho Arizona asbestos as-bestos Is oven better than tho Canadian Cana-dian product, for it contains a lower porcontago of iron. Asbestos of a low grade has been produced in Georgia Geor-gia for many years. A report by Dr. J. S. Dlller of tho U. 8. Geological Survey on tho production pro-duction of asbestos shows that in 1911 tho United States produced nnd sold 1,247 short tons, valued nt $18,-905, $18,-905, a gain of 13 per cont In quantity and 72 per cent In valuo as compared with tho production of 1913. Besides tho small production In California and Virginia thero woro threo Important producers two In Georgia, who furnished fur-nished tho greater portion, and ono In Arizona who produced high grade material only. |