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C. Dale, using surface and earth auger determinations, has shown 

 that there is but little of the ore in occurrence there and what there 

 is of it is of low grade. 



There has been a further demand for the mineral molybdenum, 

 and as the occurrence of it was known in this State Mr Newland 

 examined the locality in Westchester county with reference to 

 possible production, but under existing conditions the supply does 

 not seem to be available as it is too widely and minutely disseminated 

 to make a practical working proposition. 



The study of the graphite was then taken up for revision. New 

 York has for years been one of the largest producers of this mineral, 

 but with. the curtailment of the Ceylon importations it seemed quite 

 imperative to locate additional supplies if this were possible. In 

 this work Mr Newland, who has long experience with the practical 

 side of graphite geology, was aided by Harold L. Ailing, who has 

 carried out his investigations with a fine degree of elaboration, 

 involving the location, in some instances, of new deposits, in others 

 of increased extent, of present ore bodies. This report is now in 

 press under the title of Adirondack Graphite Deposits. 



As the items mentioned have suddenly become an important 

 national war asset, there has been further effort to make precise 

 valuations of supplies available for military requirements, and this 

 phase of the work has been also in the general charge of the war 

 minerals committee. It may be said that this committee was 

 organized at the instance of the National Research Council of the 

 Council of National Defense and is composed of representatives of 

 the United States Bureau of Mines, United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, Association of State Geologists and American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers. 



Other lines of work in the museum in the direction of the 

 production of immediate needs are under way or in contemplation. 

 There has been inaugurated a special study of the glass sands and 

 refractory materials of the State in the hope of meeting the vastly 

 increased demands of the glass manufacturers; and there is also 

 operating a restudy of the salt supplies of the State with a reason- 

 able expectation of providing knowledge which would help to meet 

 the newer and more refined applications of sodium salts both for 

 military and domestic purposes; for sodium must, in some degree 

 at least, substitute potassium in such manufactures as glass and other 

 compounds in which it has heretofore been thought that potassium 

 was indispensable. Further investigations planned have special 



