THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9IO 



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trimmings. The other pottery products of the State potteries em- 

 braced stoneware, earthenware, clay tobacco pipes and art pottery. 

 The following counties were represented in the production: Al- 

 bany, Erie, Kings, Nassau, New York, Onondaga, Ontario, Queens, 

 Schenectady, Suffolk, and Washington. Onondaga county ranked 

 first in value of its output, with a total of $721,451, followed by 

 Schenectady, Erie and Kings counties. Most of the china table- 

 ware was made in Syracuse and Bufifalo; the electrical supplies 

 were made in Victor, Lima, Syracuse, Schenectady and Brooklyn; 

 and the sanitary wares in Brooklyn. 



Value of production of pottery 



WARE 



1908 



1909 



1910 



Stoneware 



$44 712 



31 645 



900 548 



595 247 

 81 089 



$41 298 



32 800 



999 663 



697 573 



55 859 



$41 925 



25 713 



I 027 249 



991 131 

 SO soo 



Red earthenware 



Porcelain and semiporcelain ^ 



Electric and sanitary supplies 



Miscellaneous 







Total 



$1 653 241 



$1 827 193 



$2 136 518 



Includes china tableware and cream-colored ware. 



CRUDE CLAY 



The clay obtained in a few localities is not utilized by the original 

 producer, but is shipped to others for manufacture, some of it 

 going to points without the State. This production, therefore, is 

 listed separately from that of clay materials. The clay most ex- 

 tensively exploited for shipment is the Albany slip clay which is 

 found in layers within the ordinary brick clays of the Hudson val- 

 ley. It resembles the latter in appearance but has a finer grain and 

 a larger percentage of the alkaline constituents than the usual run 

 of the deposits. It has consequently a low fusibility and when ap- 

 plied to clay wares as a " slip " gives a rich l)rc)wn glaze. 



The light-colored refractory clays of Long island and Staten is- 

 land and various pottery clays are also shipped to some extent. 



Returns were received from five producers in i()io and their 

 total shipments of crude clay amounted to 6005 short tons, valued at 

 $9667. In the preceding year the reported shipments amounted to 

 12,174 short tons valued at $11,585. The relatively higher value 

 assigned to the product last year is explained by the larger propor- 

 tion of slip clay in the total. 



