CLAYS OF KEW YORK 



713 



Central New Yorh yards 

 St Johnsville, Montgomery co. J. S. Smith is the only brick 

 manufacturer in this town. The clay bank is 60 feet high, and the 

 following is the section involved. 



Loam 1 foot 



Fine sand 7 feet 



Dark building sand 3 



Gray clay 1 foot 



Quicksand 4 feet 



Hardpan 1 foot 



Blue clay 75 feet 



Total thickness 92 feet 



Only common brick are manufactured. 



Fonda, Montgomery co. W. Davenport's brick yard is about 

 one mile w^est of the village on the north side of the ISTew York 

 central railroad. The clay bank lies to the north of the yard, is 12 

 feet high, and yellow in color. The brick are molded in soft mud 

 machines operated by horse power, dried on open yards and burnt 

 in scove-kilns. The product is sold in Montgomery co. Drain 

 tile are also manufactured. 



Dolgeville, Herkimer co. A, C. Kyser has a bed of clay about 

 50 acres in extent, and 30 feet thick. He manufactures ordinary 

 building brick, which are consumed by the local market. 



The clay, is tempered in a pug mill with the addition of a certain 

 amount of sand, and passes thence to a Quaker soft mud machine. 

 Drying is done on an open yard, and the bricks are burned in a 

 scove-kiln. The latter operation takes five to eight days, - 



South Trenton, Oneida co. H. L. Garrett has manufactured 

 brick at this locality for 45 years. His clay bed is several acres in 

 extent and about 4 feet thick. The clay is blue below and yellow 

 and red in the upper portion of the bed, on account of weathering. 

 It is slightly stratified. Underlying the clay is slate. 



