THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



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dioxid for use in carbonating artificial waters. The gas occurs 

 abundantly at Saratoga Springs where several companies are 

 engaged in its production. It is liquefied under pressure and stored 

 in steel cylinders for transport to the consumers. The shipments in 

 1904 amounted approximately to 4,000,000 pounds valued at 

 $300,000. 



Mineral production of New York in 1904 



PRODUCT 



Total value, 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



Portland cement .... 

 Natural rock cement , 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products . 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar and quartz . 



Garnet 



Glass sand 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Roofing slate 



Slate manufactures . . 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc 



Barrels. . . . 

 Barrels. . . . 

 Thousands . 



Short tons , 

 Short tons , 

 Long tons . 

 Short tons , 

 Short tons . 



Pounds 



Short tons . 

 Long tons . 



Short tons 



Short tons 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet, 



Barrels. 



Long tons , 



Barrels 



Squares 



Short tons 



QUANTITY 



I 377 302 

 I 881 630 

 I 293 538 



959 

 148 



703 

 045 

 080 



3 

 II 



3 132 927 



151 455 



619 103 



4 740 

 3 132 



8 000 000 



2 399 987 



I 036 179 



5 275 

 8 724 768 



18 090 



65 000 



VALUE 



$1 



I 



7 



I 

 2 



245 778 



207 883 



473 122 



438 634 



592 948 



17 164 



17 220 



28 463 



104 325 



8 484 



119 509 



424 975 



328 894 



21 476 



55 768 



23 876 



000 



I 600 



552 197 



709 770 



20 820 



102 748 



86 

 7 



159 

 441 

 221 882 

 058 405 

 478 771 

 896 697 

 468 496 

 455 000 



$27 766 905 



CEMENT 



Hydraulic cement has been manufactured in New York for 

 many years. Natural rock cement was made in Ulster county 

 as early as 1826, the product having been used in the construction 

 of the Delaware and Hudson canal. The waterlimes of central 

 New York are said to have been discovered before 1820, but the 

 industry was not firmly established here till later. In 1828 

 the first plant was erected at Rosendale, a locality that soon 



