tj 



<14 is'Ew yoee: state museum 



Amsierdam^ Montgomery co. H. C. Grimes's brick yard is- 

 located on Florida aveinue. The clay deposit underlies a tract of 

 about 20 acres, and the section is as follows: 



Soil 1-3 feet 



Yellow clay 6 " 



Blub clay 



Common bricks are manufactured. 



The olay is first passed through a Cotts disintegrator and is then 

 molded on a soft mud machine. Drying is done on pallets. This 

 yard has been in operation 16 years. 



Gloversville, Fulton co. H. McDufiie's brick yard is situated. 

 on the outskirts of the town. The clay, which is of a dark brown 

 color, is in a bed 2-| feet thick. It is underlain by hardpan and 

 overlain by a thin soil. The bricks are made by the soft mud 

 process, being molded in horse power machines. 



W. A. Stoutner. His clay bank is about 3 feet thick, under- 

 lain by haxdpan and overlain by a few inches of soil. The clay is 

 reddish brown and burns to a red color. The brick are made on a 

 Peekskill hand power machine. The brickmaking season at Glov- 

 ersville runs from about the middle of May to* the end of Septem- 

 ber. The Eureka pressed brick co. also operates here. 



Tlion, Herkimer co. S. E. Coe. Briclj yard situated along: 

 the Erie canal, with the West Shore railroad crossing the property. 

 Mr Coe has about 10 acres of clay land, the clay running in depth 

 from 8 to 15 feet. It is of three different colors, black, gray and. 

 blue. The latter makes the stronger brick. ISTo stripping to be done 

 except a few feet of black soil. 



Rome, Oneida co. W. Armstrong's yard is located on the edge 

 of the town and along the Rome and Clinton branch of the ISTew 

 York, Ontario and "Western railroad. The clay deposit is about 

 25 acres in extent; the clay is of a dark gray color and 7 to 10* 

 feet deep. The bricks are molded in soft mud machines. 



