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that year amounted to $31,573,111. As in the preceding year the 

 total reached $35,400,257, a decrease of a little over 10 per cent is 

 indicated for the industries in general. 



The figures are based on some 30 different substances in crude or 

 first marketable forms, but can not be considered as representing 

 the full share which the mineral industries have in the business 

 activities of the State. They are serviceable, however, for stand- 

 ards to compare the conditions in these fundamental branches so 

 closely allied with many other industries of chemical, metallurgical 

 and manufacturing nature. It may be noted that the product of 

 iron by the blast furnaces situated within the State alone is nearly 

 equal in value to the output of crude ores and minerals on which 

 the above totals are based. 



The iron mines are among the first to feel the effects of market 

 changes, and their contribution last year fell off considerably in 

 response to the decreased demand and lower prices. The gross 

 output was 1,258,873 long tons, as compared with 1,517,880 long 

 tons in 1910. After allowance for concentration of the low-grade 

 magnetic ores there remained for furnace use a total of 952,364 

 tons, which had a value of $3,184,057. The corresponding figures 

 for 1 9 10 were 1,159,067 tons valued at $3,906,478. The greater 

 part of the product as usual came from the A.dirondacks where are 

 some of the largest mines in the East. Altogether there were 11 

 companies who reported a production, 2 less than in 1910. 



The clay-working industries made an output valued at $9,751,659. 

 This also represented a large decrease as compared with the return 

 for the preceding year when the value amounted to $11,518,982. 

 The loss was mainly in the branch that manufactures structural 

 materials such as brick, building tile, terra cotta, fireproofing etc. 

 for which the market was uniformly depressed in regard to both 

 demand and prices. The output of these materials was valued at 

 $6,473,857, against $8,067,098 in the preceding year. The number 

 of brick for building purposes made in 191 1 was 1,078,019 thou- 

 sands, as compared with 1,404,345 thousands in 1910, of which the 

 plants in the Hudson river region contributed about three-fourths. 

 The value of the articles of pottery on the other hand showed a 

 gain and reached the highest total — $2,196,054 against $2,136,518 

 in 1910 — ever recorded in the State. The number of firms and 

 individuals engaged in the different departments of the clay-work- 

 ing industry last year was 189. . 



