History and Products

Barton Mines, a privately held corporation, was founded in 1878 to mine a unique hard rock garnet deposit in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Barton garnet is a mixture of almandite and pyrope garnet, which allows us to produce a high quality technical grade abrasive. Barton Mines is the world's largest supplier of industrial garnet grains and powders.

In the earliest years of operation, the Gore Mountain mine produced garnet only for sandpaper applications. Today, Barton Mines supplies garnet for many diverse applications. These include abrasive water jet cutting; specialty and technical blasting; sandpaper to finish wood, leather, hard rubber, felt and plastics; scratch free lapping of semi-conductor materials; optical and ophthalmic grinding; silicon/germanium lapping for computer memory disks; non-ferrous metallic grinding, large glass grinding; and mixed media water filtration.

Organization

As an organization, Barton Mines' primary objectives are satisfying the needs of the customer, recognizing and rewarding the contributions of hard working individual employees, acting responsibly within our community while simultaneously operating as efficiently and profitably as possible.

Barton Mines strongly believes that the relationship between managers and employees is based on two-way communication. Employees are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to discuss any issue with their manager.

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Starting Salaries and Performance Reviews

We offer competitive salaries and benefits. Initial salary offers are typically based on pre-established salary ranges and internal equity. In addition, professional salaries are based on individual qualifications and are commensurate with experience. Performance reviews typically occur for all employees after one year of employment.

Benefits

Barton Mines offers a very generous benefits package. Eligible employees have the opportunity to enroll in a wide variety of plans including a 401(k) savings plan, a retirement plan, health care coverage, prescription drug discounts, vision care discounts, life insurance and long term disability. All full-time employees receive paid holidays and vacation time and participate in short-term disability programs. Barton Mines reimburses up to 100% of tuition expenses for courses that relate to an employee's job duties.

For More Information

We realize that selecting your next employer is important to you and your career development. We hope we have answered some of your questions.

For more information, contact Human Resources at Barton Mines Company, LLC, Six Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Telephone: (518) 798-5462; Fax: (866) 218-8752; E-mail: hr@barton.com. Barton Mines is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a drug-free workplace. Thank you for your interest.

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