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I'lic manufacturers of metallic paint and mortar colors in New 

 York State inclu-ie the Clinton Metallic Paint Co. of Clinton, the 

 \\'illiam Connors Paint Manufacturing- Co. of Troy, and the Ros- 

 sie Iron Ore Paint Co. of Ogdensburg. A considerable quantity 

 of the Clinton hematite is shipped to points outside of the State 

 for manufacture. 



Both shale and slate are ground for mineral paint, their color 

 depending largely upon the amount and character of the iron oxids 

 present. When there is a large proportion of ferric oxid the shale 

 and slate may be sold as metallic paint. At Randolph, Cattaraugus 

 CO. beds of green, brown and bluish shale occurring in the Che- 

 mung formation have been worked by the Elko Paint Co. In 

 years past red shale from the base of the Salina formation has 

 been obtained in Herkimer county for paint. A similar material 

 occurring in the Catskill series has been w^orked at Roxbury, Del- 

 aware CO. The red slate of Washington county, which belongs to 

 the Cambric, is also ground for paint. The Algonquin Red Slate 

 Co. of Worcester, Mass. and A. J. Hurd of Eagle Bridge, are 

 producers of this material. 



A product known as mineral black has been made from the 

 slates found in the Hudson River series. Certain beds contain 

 considerable carbon in a finely divided almost graphitic condition 

 which gives them a dense black color. 



The ferruginous clay called ocher is of common occurrence, but 

 is not now worked in the State. Sienna, a deep brown variety of 

 ocher, is found near Whitehall. 



The production of mineral paints in 1908 was as follows: metal- 

 lic paint and mortar color, 5750 short tons valued at $54,500; slate 

 pigment 922 short tons valued at "^yT^yG. In 1907 the following 

 quantities were reported : metallic paint and mortar color 5269 

 short tons valued at $59,521 ; slate pigment 620 short tons valued 

 at $3700. These quantities include only the output made by manu- 

 facturers within the State from local materials. 



MINERAL WATERS 



New York has held for a long time a leading position among the 

 states in the utilization of mineral waters. The different springs, 

 of which over 200 have been listed as productive at one time or 

 another, yield a great variety of waters in respect to the character 

 and amount of their dissolved solids. There are some that contain 

 relatively large amounts of mineral ingredients and are specially 



