Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 522 ALBANY, N. Y. July i, 1912 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Museum Bulletin 161 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 191 1 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



INTRODUCTION 



The mineral industries of the State shared the general dulness 

 and reaction which marked the prevailing course of business opera- 

 tions during 191 1. Very few branches showed progress as 

 measured in terms of production figures. The period of short-lived 

 prosperity experienced in the preceding year left a condition of 

 overextension in its wake and necessarily caused a more or less 

 radical curtailment of activity during the past season. That the set- 

 back is of no serious import to the development of the industries 

 seems certain ; in fact the current trend indicates an improvement 

 which if continued should soon reestablish them on the former basis. 



The census of production now completed for 191 1 shows that 

 the value of the materials taken from the mines and quarries in 



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