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Published inotithiy by the 



New York State Education Department 



BULLETIN 405 



JULY 1907 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Bulletin 112 



ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 16 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIONS DURING 



1906 



D. H. NEWLAND 



Preface 



Introduction 



Mineral production of New 

 York in 1904 



Mineral production of New 

 York in 1905 



Mineral production of New 



York in 1906 



Arsenical ore 



Carbon dioxid 



Cement 



Clay 



Alanufacture of building brick 



Other clay materials 



New manufacturers of clay 

 materials 



Pottery . 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar 



Garnet 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



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Iron ore .... .X. : .* . . . 29 



Notes on recent mining devel- 

 opments 31 



Millstones 43 



Mineral paint 44 



Natural gas 46 



Peat 49 



Petroleum 50 



Pyrite 52 



Quartz 52 



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Salt. 



Sand-lime brick , 



Slate 



Stone 



Granite 



Limestone . . . 



Marble 64 



Sandstone 66 



Trap 68 



Talc 70 



Zinc and lead 71 



Index 73 



Mi83in-Ap7-20oo 



ALBANY 



NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ;^ o4-R R ^ 

 1907 



Price 15 cents 



