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The list of active producers in 1909 included for the Adiron- 

 dack region : Witherbee, Sherman & Co., and the Port Henry 

 Iron Ore Co., at Mineville; the Cheever Iron Ore Co., Port 

 Henry; the Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Lyon Mountain; the 

 Benson Mines Co., Benson Mines; and the Salisbury Steel & 

 Iron Co., Salisbury Center. The producers in southeastern 

 New York were the Sterling Iron & Railway Co., Lakeville, 

 and the Hudson Iron Co., Fort Montgomery. 



The output of hematite was made by the Old Sterling Iron 

 Co. with mines near Antwerp, Jefferson co. ; Furnaceville Iron 

 Co. and the Ontario Iron Ore Co., Ontario Center, Wayne co. ; 

 and C. A. Borst, Clinton, Oneida co. 



Mineville. There was a good advance in the output of Mine- 

 ville and if the demand for ore had been more active during 

 the first part of the year the mines would have made a new 

 record. The combined production of Witherbee, Sherman & 

 Co., and the Port Henry Iron Ore Co. was 705,000 long tons, 

 as compared with 502,663 tons in 1908 and 751,155 tons in 1907 

 which was the largest reported for any one year. The ore came 

 from the Odd Bed mines, including the Welch, "21," Joker and 

 Bonanza workings, and the two' Harmony shafts. The Barton 

 hill mines of Witherbee, Sherman & Co. were under develop- 

 ment but contributed no output. The new Clonan shaft which 

 was started by the Port Henry Iron Ore Co., to tap " 21 " mine, 

 was practically completed during the year, and should soon be 

 in operation. 



With a commendable policy of maintaining development and 

 improvement work in advance of exploitation the Mineville 

 companies have brought their mines and surface plants up tc 

 a high state of efficiency. The hoisting capacity is now well 

 over 1,000,000 tons a year, which is larger than that of any 

 other iron mining center in the east. From a technical point of 

 view there are few iron mining localities anywhere of more 

 interest than Mineville. 



Among the improvements to the surface plants which have 

 been underway during the year may be mentioned the new 

 800-ton mill, the third one to be constructed by Witherbee, 

 Sherman & Co. This mill is situated between "A" and " B " 

 shafts of the Harmony mines, the ore from which it is designed 

 to treat. It is of fireproof construction, the materials being rein- 

 forced concrete and steel, and will cost $125,000 or more. The 



