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Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, R. Y. 



under the act of Jxily 16, 1894 



No. S22 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



July i, 1912 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum Bulletin i6i 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



- NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 191 1 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



PAGE 



IntroductiDn 5 



Mineral production of New York 9 



Cement 10 



Clay 12 



Production of clay n-aterials .... 13 



Manufacture of building brick. . 16 



Other clay materials 20 



Pottery 21 



Crude clay 22 



Emery 22 



Feldspar 23 



Notes on the occurrence of feld- 

 spar in New York 26 



Garnet 30 



Graphite 32 



Gypsum 34 



Iron ore 37 



Mineral paint 40 



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Mineral waters 42 



Natural gas 45 



Petroleum 49 



Pyrite 52 



Salt 55 



Sand and gravel 60 



Sand-lime brick 63 



Stone ^ 63 



Production of stone 65 



Granite 65 



Limestone 77 



Marble S4 



Sandstone. .-. . . I ^<6 



Trap 9« 



Talc 91 



The Gouvcrneur talc district .... 93 



Zinc H'l 



Index 1(17 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY 6F THE STATE OF NEW YO 

 1912 



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