We've got geological formations out here like you've never seen!
We dig the clay from the best deposits in North America and we handle all aspects of the manufacturing process.
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At Plainsman we don't just buy refined minerals and
force-fit them to pottery. We've got geological formations out here like you've never seen! We dig the clay from the best deposits in North America and we handle all aspects of the manufacturing process. |
Plainsman is in Clay Country
| We mine clay from sites in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana and Idaho. Beds are
usually level marine sediments that are very clean and
consistent. We have unlimited supplies and the best quality stoneware clays in North America. |
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You Don't Believe We Have Good Clay?
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Then feast your eyes on this!This is a natural outcrop of the Whitemud formation in southern Saskatchewan. The clay is clean, pure, and ready to use for stoneware with the simple addition of water, no grinding is necessary. |
Mining the Clay
| We mine clay in large quantities. The layers are
usually 2 to 5 feet thick and they are level and
consistent. Some quarries have many different kinds of
clay, one above the other, and we separate them. We mine it, test it, and process it for one purpose: Pottery. |
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Our Clay is Proven
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The excellent clay deposits have made Medicine Hat a
center for ceramic industry since the late 1800s. Brick,
pipe, tile, pottery, crockery and many other products
have been made in huge quantities using the local clays. In fact, Plainsman Clays is built on the site of the former Alberta Clay Products, a producer of vitrified clay pipe for 50 years until the mid 1950s. |
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Plainsman Clays Ltd. 702 Wood Street, Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 1E9 Canada |
Phone: 403-527-8535 FAX: 403-527-7508 |