THE MIXING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1908 



M 



Mineral production of New York in 1908 



PRODUCT 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



QUANTITY 



Portland cement. . . . 

 Natural rock cement . 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products. 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar and quartz. 



Garnet 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pvrite 



Salt 



Sand and gravel .... 



Sand lime brick 



Slate 



Barrels. . . . 

 Barrels. . . . 

 Thousands. 



I 988 874 

 • 623 588 

 I 066 533 



Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Pounds. . . . 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons . 



16 

 2 



318 

 697 



697 

 690 



413 

 480 

 000 

 046 



473 



Short tons 



Short tons 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet. 



Barrels 



Long tons 



Barrels 



8 007 

 3 860 

 I 160 



23 



9 005 



750 

 922 

 092 

 000 

 128 

 775 

 311 



Thousands. 



8 239 



Granite. . . 

 Limestone. 

 Marble .... 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc Short tons. 



Other materialsa 



70 739 



VALUE 



Si 



5 

 I 



&^3 

 441 



200 



653 

 064 



1 1 

 8 



68 



79 

 116 

 760 



098 



18 



54 



7 

 877 



987 



071 



104 



136 



130 

 55 



HI 



367 

 119 

 692 

 711 



723 

 697 



333 



622 

 136 



951 

 241 

 671 

 605 

 860 

 148 

 890 

 100 

 759 

 247 

 341 

 500 



376 

 648 



775 

 533 

 798 



736 

 291 

 688 

 217 

 564 

 835 

 857 

 585 

 773 

 390 

 648 



Total value ! $29 519 785 



a Includes apatite, carbon dioxid, diatomaceous earth and marl. 



CEMENT 



The past year was a critical period for the cement track. The 

 depression which marked the last quarter of 1907 continued 

 throughout the following 12 months with little or no abatement so 

 far as the market for cement was concerned. Though production 

 was kept down to a relatively low level in an effort to maintain some 

 relation with the needs of consumers, the close of the year found 

 most plants holding in stock a larger share of their output than 

 usual and market conditions affording small encouragement for the 

 immediate future. While the current season will witness, doubtless, 

 a substantial betterment in the trade, the indications based on the 



