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GARNET.
Small quantities of garnet are used in Canada for making
‘sand belts” used in finishing wooden articles, particularly
wheels, shafts, and handles for agricultural implements.
For this purpose the garnet must be crushed, to give sharp
cutting edges, and very carefully graded as to size.
It is worth about $40 per ton delivered in Ontario. There
is none produced in Canada.
Amount of garnet used in the manufacturing industries,
as reported by the consumers:—
Location
No. of firms
reporting
consumption
Domestic
Imported
Tons
Tons
^aritime Provinces
yuebec.
^Jntario.
4
4
■airie Provinces
otish Columbia
Canada (Total)
4
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4