Complimejtts of 



John M. Clarkk 



Director^ Science Division 



5TATE HALU. ALBANY N.Y. 



New York State Education Department 



Science Division, August 31, 1908 



\ 

 Hon. Andrew S. Draper LL. D. 



Commissioner of Education 



Dear sir : I have the honor to transmit herewith for publication 

 as a bulletin of the State Museum, a report on the iron ores of 

 central New York, prepared in pursuance of a provision in chapter 

 578, laws of 1907, "for determining what deposits of iron ore exist 

 within the State of New York and the extent and availability 

 thereof." 



The investigations, the results whereof are here given, have been 

 carried on by continuous drilling during the autumn, winter and 

 spring of 1907-8 in a field where but slight effort has heretofore 

 been made to estimate the volume of iron ore available for pro- 

 duction. This report conclusively indicates that in the region of 

 central New York there exists a commercial asset in iron of great 

 magnitude and vast importance to the people of this State and the 

 conclusions herewith set forth are in essential accord with the pre- 

 diction made when it was recommended that the work be under- 

 taken. 



These operations have been carried on and the report prepared by 

 D. H. Newland, Assistant State Geologist, and C. A. Hartnagel, 

 Assistant in Economic Geology. 



Very respectfully 



John M. Clarke 



State Geologist 



