THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I908 2/ 



shipment. The quartz obtained in the quarry operations also finds 

 sale as a material for making wood filler. In the Adirondacks, 

 the Claspka Mining Co. with a quarry near Batchellerville, Saratoga 

 CO. produces a small quantity of pottery feldspar, which is shipped 

 crude to Trenton, X. J. The Crown Point Spar Co., Inc., is a 

 recent enterprise with quarries and a mill near Crown Point. The 

 property at Rock pond, Essex co. formerly owned by the Inter- 

 national ^lineral Co. is now operated by the Barrett Manufactur- 

 ing Co. who use the output in the manufacture of " amatite " 

 roofing. 



Some attention was given during the past year to an occurrence 

 of pegmatite near Corinth. Saratoga co. The American Feldspar 

 & Milling Co. was organized to develop the property, but no ship- 

 ments were made, except for experiment. The pegmatite is stated 

 to occur in a dike 60 feet wide and traceable for 2000 feet on the 

 line of strike. The outcrop is about 3 miles distant and 700 feet 

 above the railroad. 



The total production of feldspar in New York in 1908 amounted 

 to 14.613 short tons valued at $53,148. The prices received at the 

 quarries for the pottery grades ranged from $3 a long ton for 

 crude to ^6.50 a short ton for ground feldspar. The common 

 grades of crushed feldspar brought about $3 a short ton. 



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GARNET 



The conditions in the abrasive garnet trade during 1908 did 

 not encourage activity among the Adirondack mines and the pro- 

 duction showed a decided drop from the record figures reported 

 in the preceding year. The demand was affected to some extent 

 by an accumulation of stocks in the hands of abrasive manufac- 

 turers carried over from 1907, though the consumption of abrasives 

 ot all kinds was no doubt much below normal. With the improve- 

 ment noticed in tlie latter part of the year it is anticipated that 

 market conditions will be more favorable during the current season. 



No new companies engaged in the mining of garnet during 1908. 

 The North River Garnet Co. with mines and mill on Thirteenth 

 lake carried on as heretofore the largest operations. For three 

 months in the first part of the year the company's plant was closed 

 down, while in the last three months it ran on a rc<luced scale. 

 On Gore mountain the m^nes of II. II. Barton & Sons Co. pro- 

 duced onlv a fraction of tluir usual c|n()ta. The Crehorc mine 

 near North River was inoperative throughout the year. The prop- 



