University of tlie State oi New Yorl( Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter August 2, 1913, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the 



act of August 24, 1912 



Published fortnightly 

 No. 580 ALBANY, N. Y. December i, 1914 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Museum Bulletin 174 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 1913 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



INTRODUCTION 



The year 1913 was marked by general activity ai=n'(»g the leading 

 branches of the mining and quarry industry of the State. Product- 

 ive operations were stimulated by a strong demand, especially dur- 

 ing the first six months ; in the latter part of the year, however, a 

 reactionary tendency became manifest and conditions were rather 

 unsettled toward the close. On the whole it was a period of large 

 output, but of rather moderate prices. 



The value of the ores and mineral materials, in their crude or first 

 prepared forms, aggregated the sum of $41,598,399. This was 

 larger than the total returned for any preceding year by several mil- 

 lions of dollars, and represented a gain of about 14 per cent over the 

 corresponding figures for 1912, which were $36,648,382. In view 

 of the average ruling prices for the dififerent materials, which were 

 by no means as high as they had been in the earlier years, the record 

 was exceedingly favorable and showed a real expansion in the pro- 

 ductive capacity of the enterprises. 



A further index of the year's activity may be had from the ton- 

 nage of ores and minerals hoisted from underground workings. 



