Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . o 5 o O n o p ^ w -J I—I ^ o3 o THE CANADIAN MINING THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. power, our limestones should be considered as being amongour valued assets. An acctirate knowledge is required of themfor use in those industries which are capable of great expan-sion in the province. At the present time the value of the products of three orfour of our industries in which the rock plays an importantpart, represents about 20 per cent, of our total annual mineralproduction of over $13,000,000. Limestone has as great a bear-ing on the wealth of othe
Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . o 5 o O n o p ^ w -J I—I ^ o3 o THE CANADIAN MINING THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. power, our limestones should be considered as being amongour valued assets. An acctirate knowledge is required of themfor use in those industries which are capable of great expan-sion in the province. At the present time the value of the products of three orfour of our industries in which the rock plays an importantpart, represents about 20 per cent, of our total annual mineralproduction of over $13,000,000. Limestone has as great a bear-ing on the wealth of other countries. The following is a list of manufactures and industries—ar-ranged in alphabetical order—some, of course, consuming onlya small amount of lime, in which limestone is used as a rawmaterial: Acetate of lime, agricultural uses, ammonium sul-phate, beet sugar, bone ash, building stone, calcium carbide,?carbon dioxide, cement (natural and Portland), chalk chlorideof lime, as a dehydrating agent, disinfectant, in dyeing, gasmanufacture, glass, furnace linings, lime for mortar and whit-ing
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