Hitting rock bottom reveals a wealth of valuable stone. We'll go to Windham.

On this day in 1906, the Montpelier Evening Argus was reporting on a story out of Windham. The Vermont Talc & Soapstone Company had just announced an expansion.

They were planning on opening a talc mine in Windham within the next two months, and it's no wonder. They had uncovered 12 acres of talc, drilled 140 feet down and not found the bottom.

Upon analysis, this Vermont talc was determined to have the same characteristics of fine French and Italian talc. It was reported to be the largest quantity of commercially viable talc yet discovered in the U.S. They expected to mine 50 tons of talc per day.

The Vermont Book Of Days photo.

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