Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — A Mine of Mica. [ARTICLE]

A Mine of Mica.

For some time stove manufacturers and dealers have seen mica grow scarcer and scarcer, and have heard the steady complaint of stove owners and stove dealers about its rapidly increasing price. There has never been a very liberal supply of mica in the world, what there was coming from the Rocky Mountains and the South. Recently a mica mine has been discovered near Tallulah, Ga., which is pronounced by an expert and successful mica miner to be the richest mine he ever saw in any section. The mine contains blocks that will square one foot, and the vein is adjudged to he inexhaustible. Should it so prove, it will be of immense value to people in every station in life, as well as a bonanza to the fortunate owner. Mica has come to be one of the absolute necessities of American economy.-- Chicago Herald.