STATISTICS 



PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE, 



IN THE 



Several Iron-Ore Districts of New York. 





u. s. 



Census Yeah, 

 1879-1880. 



1888. 



I. Highlands of the Hudson — Magnetic 







Iron Ore, 



184,859* 



114,000 



II. Adirondack Region, including the 







Lake Champlain Mines — Magnetic 







Iron Ore, ------ 



742,865 



812,000 



III. Jefferson and St. Lawrence Coun- 







ties — Hematite, ----- 



94,765 



110,000 



IV. Ontario, Wayne and Cayuga Coun- 







ties — Clinton Fossil Ore — Hematite, - 



85,442 



75,000 



V. Dutchess and Columbia Counties — 







Limonite, ------ 



144,878 



43,000 



VI. Staten Island — Limonite. 



9,318 





VII. Hudson River — Carbonate Ore, 





112,000 











1,262,127 



1,266,000 



The production of the State in 1888 by kinds was as follows : 



Magnetite... 926,000 tons. 



Hematite 185,000 " 



Limonite.. 43,000 " 



Spathic Ore or Carbonate 112,000 " 



1,266,000 tons. 



*The U. S. Census statistics use tons of 2,000 pounds ; the estimates for 1888 use 

 the gross ton — 2,240 pounds. 



