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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of iron ore in New York State 





MAGNE- 



HEMA- 



LIMO- 



CARBO- 



TOTAL 









TITE 



TITE 



NITE 



NATE 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 



VALUE 

 A TON 



YEAR 















Lorg 



Lorg 



Long 



Lorg 



Long 









tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 







1895 



260 139 



6 769 



26 462 



13 886 



307 256 



$598 313 



$1 95 



1896 



346 015 



10 789 



12 288 



16 385 



385 477 



780 932 



2 03 



1897 



296 722 



7 664 



20 059 



11 280 



335 725 



642 838 



I 91 



1898 



155 551 



6 400 



14 000 



4 000 



179 95i 



350 999 



1 95 



1899 



344 159 



45 503 



31 975 



22 153 



443 790 



1 241 985 



2 80 



I9OO 



345 7H 



44 467 



44 891 



6 413 



441 485 



1 103 817 



2 50 



I90I 



3 2 9 467 



66 389 



23 362 



1 000 



420 218 



1 006 231 



2 39 



1902 



45i 57o 



91 075 



12 676 



Nil 



555 321 



1 362 987 



2 45 



1903 



451 481 



83 820 



5 159 



Nil 



540 460 



1 209 899 



2 24 



1904 



559 575 



54 128 



5 000 



Nil 



619 103 



1 328 894 



2 15 



I905 



739 736 



79 313 



8 000 



Nil 



827 049 



2 576 123 



3 11 



I906 



717 365 



187 002 



1 000 



Nil 



905 367 



3 393 609 



3 75 



1907 



853 579 



164 434 



Nil 



Nil 



1 018 013 



3 750 493 



3 68 



1908 



663 648 



33 825 



Nil 



Nil 



697 473 



2 098 247 



3 01 



1909 



934 274 



56 734 



Nil 



Nil 



991 008 



3 179 358 



3 21 



1910 



1 075 026 



79 206 



4 835 



Nil 



1 159 067 



3 906 478 



3 37 



I9II 



909 359 



38 005 



5 000 



Nil 



952 364 



3 184 057 



3 34 



1912 



954 320 



103 382 



Nil 



Nil 



1 057 702 



3 349 095 



3 17 



1913 



1 097 208 



120 691 



Nil 



Nil 



1 217 899 



3 870 841 



3 18 



I9H 



703 670 



47 705 



34i 



Nil 



751 716 



2 356 517 



3 13 



1915 



873 422 



70 147 



834 



Nil 



944 403 



2 970 526 



3 15 



Most of the magnetite shipments consisted of concentrates, which 

 averaged around 65 per cent iron. Lump magnetite was supplied 

 by the mines of Orange county and the two Mineville companies, 

 the average of this material being about 60 per cent iron. In the 

 concentration of magnetite, as practised in the Adirondacks, each 

 ton of finished product represents from a little over 1 to nearly 

 3 tons of crude ore, the ratio varying with the different deposits. 

 The gross output of magnetite, as hoisted from the mines, was 

 1,294,056 long tons. The total ore hoisted from all mines was 

 1,365,064 tons. 



The list of active mining companies for the year included the 

 following in the Adirondack region : Witherbee, Sherman & Co., 

 and Port Henry Iron Ore Co., Mineville; Chateaugay Ore & Iron 

 Co., Lyon Mountain. The Cheever Iron Ore Co., Port Henry, 

 and the Benson Mines Co., Benson Mines, were inactive during the 

 year, although they contributed to the output of the preceding year. 

 In southeastern New York the producers were the Hudson Iron Co., 



