New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1924, Page 4

ASBESTE IS THE | proached from France through the STRANGE MINERAL Works for Waiting World I An ashestos from South Africa shows still different propar- ties, 80 the term asbestos must there- Washington, D. C,, Oct. 31.—Min Ing the “missing link" petween rocks and plants is the job a French Can adian town of 12,000 dose for a wait ing world. ‘Asbestos Justif n many ways the- nickname & - who blast it out of vaults,” says a tiomal Geographic Society from its | wap Therford Mines pit operation | Washington, D. C.. 'is the general practice, although | al paradox even if |tjare are a few gallerles, Any rock t g | with 'veins ranning six per cent as- 08 can be woven and wc the natural state it looks 4 18 as s silk to touch. Like | th ? Chinese myth ges to theate omes paper, or n to hard labor, of automobile erashes every 1 may hide itself in the rustie o k dress. Clouds of Asbestos Dust. h 75 miles directly wrhatio ed in a val- sonth of Q ley whose rid ng glory, the Green avelers on the main highway south from Quebec to th Unlited States easily recognizes Thet- ford Mines, or its llftle sister town of Black Lake, becauss of pall of white eshestos dust hangs over both. This eould obscures the great dumps of rock, refuss, veritbale foothills or plateans themselves, and the gleam- fng towers of the typlcally large French Canadian churches. -Travel- ers may have difficulty erstand- ing Thetford's people though, be- cause, save for English mine man- | agers, they are as French as Gas- Bons. “Asbestos 18 one of ths fe% non- Metallic minerals of great use ¥ | mankind; its partners are coal and | sulphur, | Although it is frequent in | the serpentine rock from Gaspe to the Carolinas and elsewhere, the de- posits near Thetford Mines supply more than 80 per cent of the world's | Rsbestos needs. “Stand twp books on end and pile & handful of matches hatween them | with the matches at right angles to the walle supplied by the books. There you have an approximation cf the manner in which the glassy- green natural asbestos occurs in rock The bundls varies in width from a thread to three, four, and five in- ches, in unusual samples, . Bends, Stretches and Resists Heat. “In the whole amazing range of | erystals of various eubstances with the perfect pryamiding, sectoring and cutting found in nature, no cyrs- tals are probably more remarkable than asbestos. Tmagine a smoke- gtack 1,000 feet high. This approxi- mates the proportions of an ashestos fiber crystal. Now If the smoke- | stack will bend like & willow in the | wind afd stretch like a stiff spring; | if t can resist terrific heat, and be |themselves whether or not they wish fmpervious to practically all acids, oxvgen and molisture, it can do what tthe marveloys ashestos crystal does. If one block of asbestos and rubs the crystal bundles lengthwise 2 fluff of white fiber will spring up as if by magic. carded with almost the same facility as raw cotton or wool “Rnman nobles and even Charle- magne liked a few parlor tricks with their demi-tasse. To set the mouths valley, O plications, pagcki French Canadian Town of 12,000 e are ot e term e erals of « | bestos 1s worth working and as the @ cotton | yocks are farily uniform in quality » spun glass in bundles, it |tha adge of the deepest working one | the are out-rides of |, | pable fibrous mass. | this high |used for brake bands, | proot ink.” These fibers can be | spun and woven Into cloth | Jack to wonder, for the cloths did |k 1ot burn; they were asbestos. Mod- arn use of asbestos dates from the levelopment of Itallan mines in the \pine valleys of Susa, ap- font Cenis tunnel, and the Aosta of its first important ap- ng for engines, still princpal demands. Varieties Differ Widely. “Italian asbestos occurs length- the veln, Instead of in and is of different mineral wise of n 4 as. an inclusive | g to a variety of min- ical similarity, much as oal may be anthracite, bituminous v lignite, Appropriately, the Greek | father of our word asbestos means | inde | Standing on bits go very deep. see men like ants toling in the adow 350 feet below. Following t mining practice blasting occurs oon and at 5:30 o'clock In the ernoon. The pit erew breaks the Jieces into parts small enough for crushers and loads them into baskets which rise skyward and dis- appear over the edge of the cliff, Brake Bands a Major Use, & with fine veins goes to the % to be reduced to small bits. with rich veins is eracked op¢n by hand and the virgin asbestos zcit L%n big room where girls wield ham- nffrs to break tfe ashestos into a No mechanical means has been discovered to make grade asbestos which fs the largest present demand for ashestos, cloth, hest packing, and insulating. “The crushed serpentine rock and asbestos goes to a series of screens surmounted by suction tubes. The tubes pneumatically remove the and grade them Poorer grades of asbestos are used for pa- per, roofing, ashestos paint, and for weighting silk. They provide pipe coverings to conserve heat, soles and spats on shoes for men working on hot floors, and supply guards te pro- tect glass-blowers. The United States last year imported $7,000,000 worth of raw asbestos, “If the Constitution of the United States were written today, it would probably be inscribed on indestruct- fble asbestos paper. The world, however, is still waiting for a fire. e Appeal Made to Soldier Organizations on Issues Tashington, Oct. 31 — Through the republican national committee, J. E. 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