Italian asbestos, three kinds of, 21 Iron-mining in Russia, 13 Irving's safety theatre, 63 Johnson Company's mine, 30 Journal of Society of Arts, 19 Kennedy's discovery at Coleraine, 42 King's mine, 32 Limestone at Templeton, 29 Lint, 61 Magnetite, 33 Mailbags, 67 Main sources of supply, 24 Marketable value, how determined, 28 Martin mine, 38 Merchants' and bankers' books, 68 Military ballooning, 58 Mineral wool, 11 Miner's lamps, 56 Mining in Canada, 24 profitable nature of, 31, 51 Packing, 52 Paint, 69 Paper, 67, 68 Peculiarity at Thetford, 33 Pélé's hair, 11 Pierre-à-coton, 7 Places where used, 18 Profitable nature of asbestos-mining in Canada, 31, 51 Printing papers, 68 Pulp and paper, 69 Purification of foul gas, 74 Reed & Hay properties, 40 Reed's (Dr.), mine, 40 Registers and records, 68 Relative merits of Canadian and Italian asbestos, 17 Rope, 72 Russia, asbestos found in, 13, 14 iron-mining in, 13 Scottish Asbestos Company, 36, 38, 44 Serpentine, 12, 24, 41 often impure, 27 ornamental, 29 Shipton mine, 46 Singular statement, 20 Slag wool, 11 Soapstone (steatite), 46, 49 enormous quantity of, at South Ham, 49 South Ham, mines at, 47 Steam-power, 34 Steam-pipe coverings, 70 Stove pipings, 72 Theatres, fires in, 62 Thetford group of mines, 29 district rich in minerals, 36 Time fuzes, 67 Tunnelling impracticable in Canada, 21 Underwriters, offer of, 62 United Asbestos Company of London, 16, 60 Ural region, large quantities found in, 14 Wages at Canadian mines, 53 Wall papers, 68 Want of foresight in mining for asbestos, 35 Ward's mine, 31 Whitehead torpedoes, 56 Willimott (Mr.), report of, 26 Wolfestown mines, 50 PRINTED BY J. S. VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED, CITY ROAD, LONDON. +-----------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the | | original document have been preserved. | | | | Typographical errors corrected in the text: | | | | Page 40 Haydon changed to Hayden | | Page 50 Balmina changed to Belmina | | Page 58 Nary changed to Navy | +-----------------------------------------------+ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Asbestos, by Robert H. Jones