THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 1916 TALC INDUSTRY.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 2 November 1916, Page 2

THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 1916 TALC INDUSTRY.

Though he has not yet made his fortune, our enterprising citizen, Mr Isaac MeLeod now states that he has a reef of talc, and if any other persons desire to go in with him, there is "a good thing on.:' The following letter has been received by him from the Mines Department, Wellington, and at the foot Mr MeLeod makes his own remarks upon it. Sir, —I am directed by the Hon. the Minister of Mines to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., together with the accompanying sample of tock. The took is not a limestone, but a highly altered igneous rock, now consisting mainly of talc, with some serpentine. The rock, if ground, would form a white powder, probably of some value for paper making and other purposes to which crude talc ia applied. Just now there is a good demand for talc, but I hardly think it would pay to mine any New Zealand deposit at the present time, owing to the high charges for freight to Europe. In any case, your material is of poor quality.— I am, etc,, P. G. Mokgan, Under Secretary, ' Mr Inaac MeLeod states that he will communicate with anyone wanting to enter the business of producing talc. The statement of Mr P. G. Morgan, under secretary, that his material is of poor r quality, " has no bearing on this reef," as'the stone was broken from the top of an exposed reef. The reef may contain very lich deposits of talc, if properly opened out.