RI 2396 Feldspar Mining and Milling, near Keene, NH

Cne of t·: . .:: i::,port􀆔t recent developrr.ents in the feldspar industcy l:.a.s beer. tl:.e r,:ipid. rise of Ne·N H.v-:psr.ire as a. feldspar producing State. Tl:.e unusual size and purity of t: e deposit now 'being worked ne3.r Keene, and tr.a i.nproved metl:.ods ot:' rr.ining srd ir,illing used l:.ave been responsible foe tt.is situation. ti'eldsp'.:l.􀉰 w'ls occ':tsiona.lly produced sorr.e ye1rs ago in srr.a.ll (tuantities in New Hrunpshi :e, but t::.e State had not been considered a producer of" feldspar ui til lS3l. In the s::ring of tr .. at yea!', t:.e '[eane i􀌂ic􀌅 Products co. of Keene, N.H., beg3Il in a srr.9.ll way tl:e production of feldspar fro:n t􀍁1eir property in Gilsum, H.H., whicr. l-.a.d long been opera.tei a.s a 􀁀:tl.ca mine. The purity of the feldspar at enoe '\ttracted f''.lvorai)le attention. and tt.e production of crude ore rapidly in­ cre'.\sed. Early in 1922, a new company, t'he Golding-Keene Co,