POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FILINGS UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED AND
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
 appoints the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of Minerals Technologies
 Inc. (the Company), acting singly, with full power of substitution,  as the
undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity
as an officer and/or director of the Company, all documents, certificates,
instruments, statements, filings and agreements (documents) to be filed with
or delivered in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Securities Act), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act), and the  rules and regulations thereunder

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
 may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute and timely file any
such documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC) and any stock exchange or similar authority and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever that, in the opinion of
 such attorneys-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with
 the foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents
 executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, have lawfully
done or cause to be done or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any
of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with the Securities Act and the
 Exchange Act.

All pre-existing Powers of Attorney granted to the persons designated above are
hereby revoked.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file documents under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigneds
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 26th day of September 2015.

Andrew Jones

/s/ Andrew Jones