THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I909 53 



the following quantities were reported : metallic paint and 

 mortar color 5750 short tons valued at $54,500; slate pigment 

 922 short tons valued at $7376. These quantities represent only 

 the pigments manufactured within the State from local mate- 

 rials. In addition a large quantity of Clinton ore is shipped to 

 other states each year for manufacture. 



MINERAL WATERS 



New York has held for a long time a leading position among 

 the states in the utilization of mineral waters. The different 

 springs, of which over 200 have been listed as productive at one 

 time or another, yield a great variety of waters in respect to 

 the character and amount of their dissolved solids. There are 

 some that contain relatively large amounts of mineral ingre- 

 dients and are specially valuable for medicinal purposes; Sara- 

 toga Springs, Ballston Springs, Richfield Springs, Sharon 

 Springs and Lebanon Springs are among the more noted locali- 

 ties for such waters. Numerous other springs are more particu- 

 larly adapted for table use, containing only sufficient mineral 

 matter perhaps to give them a pleasantly saline taste. Both 

 kinds of waters are generally carbonated and sold in small 

 bottles. 



Of late there has developed an important business in the sale 

 of spring waters which can hardly be classed as mineral in the 

 common acceptance of the word, but which are extensively 

 consumed for office and family use in the larger towns and 

 cities. Their employment depends upon their freedom from 

 harmful impurities, in which feature they are generally superior 

 to the local supplies. In so far as such waters are an article of 

 commerce they may well be included in a canvass of the min- 

 eral water industry. They are distributed usually in large 

 bottles or carboys in noncarbonated condition. 



Character of mineral waters. Among the spring waters that 

 contain mineral ingredients in appreciable quantity those char- 

 acterized by the presence of alkalis and alkaline earths are the 

 most abundant in the State. The dissolved bases may exist in 

 association with chlorin and carbon dioxid, as is the case with 

 the springs of Saratoga county, or they may be associated 

 chiefly with sulfuric acid as illustrated by the Sharon and Clifton 

 Springs. 



