THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I913 



Mineral production of New York in 1913 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



QUANTITY 



Portland cement . . . . 



Natural cement 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products . 



Crude clay 



Ernery 



Feldspar and quartz . 



Garnet 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Sand and gravel . . . . 



Sand-lime brick 



Roofing slate 



Slate manufactures. . 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc 



Othe materials ' . . . , 



Total value . 



Barrels .... 

 Barrels .... 

 Thousands . 



5 146 782 



193 975 



I 099 861 



Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Pounds . . . . 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons . 



6 291 



611 



25 680 



4 665 



250 000 



532 884 



217 899 



Short tons 



Short tons 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet. 



Barrels 



Long tons 



Barrels 



7 950 

 2 200 



9 448 348 



9 155 429 



916 873 



54 903 

 10 819 521 



Thousands . 

 Squares . . . 



22 225 

 6 109 



Short tons. 



63 000 



4 873 807 



95 565 



6 038 658 



3 367 187 



2 672 027 



17 411 



7 332 



113 765 



145 445 



112 500 



I 306 143 



3 870 841 



13 130 



78 200 



15 026 



806 298 



549 227 



255 508 



242 065 



856 664 



584 266 



143 345 



53 074 



Nil 



335 642 



852 678 



252 292 



321 272 



001 170 



551 250 



66 611 



[i 598 399 



1 Includes apatite, diatomaceous earth, marl and mica. 



CEMENT 



The cement industry greatly improved it.s position last year when 

 it experienced the first really sustained prosperity that it has had in 

 a long time. There was a strong demand, sufficient to keep all the 

 mills busy at full capacity. The higher level of prices, which was 

 firmly held throughout the year, afforded a fair margin of profit to 

 manufacturers, most of whom had operated at a minimum profit if 

 not with actual loss in the three preceding years. The recent period 

 of price-cutting and unrestrained competition for markets found 

 some -plants in a weak position financially or technically; these either 



