[LB048001], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Israel Dodd Condit, Jr., February 27th, 1891
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Title
[LB048001], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Israel Dodd Condit, Jr., February 27th, 1891
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Date
1891-02-27
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Subject
Folder/Volume ID
LB048-F
Microfilm ID
142:2
Document ID
LB048001
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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February 27, 1891.
I D. Condit, Jr., Esq.
Milburn, N.J.
Dear Sir:—
On my return to the Laboratory a few days ago after an absence of several weeks your letter of 9th instant was handed to me, and I have read the same with interest.
You refer to the Coast sands of California and Oregon. The trouble with these is that they carry about $1.50 per ton, and only forty per cent of the black sand is magnetic, the other 60 having weathered to a sort of nonmagnetic hematite, and this interferes with the washing process. The iron ore is too far from civilization to be of value.
Yours very truly,
Thomas A Edison
I D. Condit, Jr., Esq.
Milburn, N.J.
Dear Sir:—
On my return to the Laboratory a few days ago after an absence of several weeks your letter of 9th instant was handed to me, and I have read the same with interest.
You refer to the Coast sands of California and Oregon. The trouble with these is that they carry about $1.50 per ton, and only forty per cent of the black sand is magnetic, the other 60 having weathered to a sort of nonmagnetic hematite, and this interferes with the washing process. The iron ore is too far from civilization to be of value.
Yours very truly,
Thomas A Edison