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Cohoes, Albany co. J. E. Murray. Yard situated between 

 Crescent and Colioes, on west side of Erie canal. Tbe clay is cHefly 

 blue, the upper few feet being yellow. It rises in a bank to 50 feet 

 in bight. It is underlain by rock and there is a slight covering of 

 loam. The bricks are molded by steam power machines, and dried 

 in the sun. The product is sold in Cohoes and vicinity. J. E. 

 Murray also operates the brick yard formerly belonging to 

 N. Gardonas. 



J. Baeby. The clay bank is about 40 feet high, 400 feet long 

 and about 250 feet from the yard. Mr Baeby has about 40 acres 

 of clay land. The clay is yellow on top and blue beneath. It is 

 covered by about 4 inches of soil and underlain by gravel. One 

 yard is operated by horse, the other by steam power. 



Lansinghurg, Rensselaer co. T. E. Morrisey has a horse power 

 yard situated along the old turnpike near the railroad. The clay 

 bank is 75 feet high, there being about six acres of clay land. The 

 upper third of the bank is red, the lower two thirds blue. About 30 

 feet of sand underlies the clay. 



Crescent^ Saratoga co. JSTewton Bros, have a bank of clay 30 

 feet thick, the upper 6 feet being gray, the rest blue. There is 

 a stripping of 2 to 4 feet of sand, which can be used for tempering. 

 The blue and yellow clay, together with a certain portion of sand, 

 are tempered in the pug mill. The bricks are molded on a Martin 

 soft mud machine and dried on pallets for about five days. Burn- 

 ing is done in scove-kilns; the product is loaded on the Erie canal 

 boats at the yard. 



Mechanicville brick co., Saratoga co. The brick yard is situ- 

 ated on the Champlain canal in the town of Half Moon, about a 

 mile south of Mechanicville. The clay bank is 50 feet high. 

 The upper 10 feet is yellow and under this is blue clay; the latter 

 is underlain by sand. The bank adjoins the yard and is worked 

 in benches; the clay is hauled in carts to the ring pits. Soft mud 

 machines are used, the brick are dried on pallets and burned in 

 clamps. 



