New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 191 5, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 

 the act of August 24, 1912 



Published monthly by the University of the State of New York 

 No. 223, 224 ALBANY, N. Y. July-August 191 9 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF 



NEW YORK 



BY DAVID H. NEWLAND 



INTRODUCTION 



This report is intended to serve the purpose of a general guide 

 to the mineral resources of New York. It presents the principal 

 facts regarding the character, occurrence and production of the 

 useful minerals, with reference to particulars of the local features 

 that bear upon their industrial utilization. It supplements and 

 extends the information contained in the annual " The Mining and 

 Quarry Industry of New York " which has been published as a 

 bulletin of the New York State Museum since 1904. 



The preparation of a treatise of this kind requires the cooperation 

 of practically all who are engaged in the related industrial fields. 

 Cordial acknowledgment is rendered by the writer to those who 

 have assisted him by supplying information in the office or at the 

 mine and for the many opportimities which he has enjoyed of 

 personally inspecting new and interesting operations. The aid of 

 many individuals has also been solicited, for which a general acknowl- 

 edgment is here made. To C. A. Hartnagel has fallen the task 

 of final supervision of the manuscript. 



The need for a new and revised account of our mineral resources 

 has been emphasized in the last year or two by the changes that 

 have taken place in the economic relations of raw material supplies. 

 Some materials have taken on increased importance through the 



