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FILE NAME: Johnson & Johnson (JAJ) DATE: 1971 Aug 6 DOC#: JAJ050 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from J&J to W.T. Canner, Colorado School of Mines Research Institute t / V?-.v .. . t. i; '' . \rY ' 3______ W. T . Caneer ' Colorado School o f Mines Research I n s t it u t e Golden, Colorado vs; Dea r Mr. . C a n e e r . %.. .* *' . * ' Y ** ... I have shipped t o Bob B e e r s ' a t t e n t io n one drum o f I t a l i a n .' . ' ro c k from th e C r o s e tto mine in th e C hisone .V a lle y o f th e . * ' : - I t a li a n A lp s. That i s th e working from which the h igh grade ,, Ita lia n ta lc origin ates. : , t' l . ' . 'i~ We su g g e s t s e v e r a l th in g s b e done". F i r s t l y , I have asked Mr. Beers to proceed in to laboratory bench te s ts to flo a t out the p l a t y t a l c and su b se q u en tly d eslim e i t t o wind up w ith a concen t r a t e h a v in g a to p s i z e o f 100-120 m icrons and a bottom o f about te n m icron s. Bob R u s s e ll w i l l be a v a il a b l e t o add a n yth in g p e r t in e n t which may not b e d is c lo s e d in some p a te n ts we h a v e on th at m atter. I have a ls o made a c u rso ry exam ination o f th e m in e r a lo g ic a l spread in th e ro ck s and i t i s q u ite w e ll rep resen ted . I su g g e st you have a p e t r o lo g i c a l exam ination made f o r m in eral s p e c ie s , and use i t as a gu id e fo r our brands other than Johnsons Baby powder. \ ,f, si in) X have also checked into the m ineralization o f that part o f the t e r r i t o r y and th e m in erals which show in the v a ll e y a re : T a lc , P y r ite , M agnetite, C a lc ite , Dolom ite, A p a tite, C lin o ch lo re, c h r y s o t ile , Tbrm aline, T rem o lite, A c t in o lit e , ille m e n ite , and A lb ite. On s e v e r a l o c c a s io n s in th e p a s t I h a ve seen t r a c e s o f G arn et, Topaz, and R u tile in I t a lia n t a lc from th a t area. Please note th a t the m aterial in tr a n s it is Ita lia n | . . . . j . 1 1 . . i . i . t . . . . - - a r --:-- 1 . y i i Protected Document-Subject to Protective Order _________ y r e i.' . l - " r-n} . JNJMX68_000007008 r- . i IVLtiLUOiugy X-Ray lim itation s Protects Document-Subject to Protective Order \ " IJNJMXS8JKHHW70S7