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Of the magnetite 801,820 tons were derived from the Adiron- 

 dacks. The producers in that region included Witherbee, Sher- 

 man & Co., and the Port Henry Iron Ore Co., at Mineville; the 

 Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., at Lyon Mountain; and the Benson 

 Mines Co., at Benson Mines. The Arnold Mining Co. at Arnold 

 was inactive. In southeastern New York, the Hudson Iron Co., 

 operating the Forest of Dean mine and the Sterling Iron & Rail- 

 way Co., operating the Lake mine were the only ones to report 

 a production. 



Of the output of hematite 55,409 tons w^ere reported by the 

 Rossie Iron Ore Co., and the Old Sterling Iron Co., who own 

 mines near Antwerp, St Lawrence co., and 109,025 tons by the 

 producers of oolitic and fossil hematite from the Clinton forma- 

 tion. The latter producers were as follows : Franklin Iron 

 Manufacturing Co., and C. A. Borst, Clinton ; Fair Haven Iron 

 Co., Sterling; Furnaceville Iron Ore Co., and Ontario Iron Ore 

 Co., Ontario Center, The Fair Haven Iron Ore Co. and the 

 Ontario Iron Ore Co. made their first shipments in 1907. 



Several new developments have been under way during the 

 year. In the Adirondacks, the Cheever mine near Port Henry 

 \vhich has been closed down for the last 15 years, was reopened 

 and equipped with a mill of 300 tons daily capacity. The com- 

 pany expected to begin shipments the present season. The ex- 

 ploration of the titaniferous magnetite deposits at Lake Sanford 

 in the central part of the Adirondacks, mentioned in the pre- 

 ceding issue of this report was prosecuted with energy and sur- 

 veys have been nearly completed for a railroad to afford access 

 to the locality from Lake Champlain, some 40 miles distant. The 

 results of test borings on the property have been favorable in 

 respect to the continuation of the deposits in depth. 



In Wayne county, on the western section of the Clinton de- 

 posits, there has been unusual activity and large tracts of land 

 situated along the outcrop of the ore have been taken over by 

 mining companies. The Furnaceville Iron Co. is the pioneer 

 among the latter, while the Wayne Iron Ore Co., the Lake On- 

 tario Iron Ore Co., and the Rochester Iron Ore Co. were organ- 

 ized in 1907. A large amount of exploration has been performed 

 in Wayne and Cayuga counties, and with the restoration of 

 former niarket conditions, it may be expected that extensive 

 mining operations will be instituted. 



Mineville. The output of ore from this locality in 1907 was 



