﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  2.^ 
  

  

  shipment. 
  The 
  quartz 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  quarry 
  operations 
  also 
  finds 
  

   sale 
  as 
  a 
  material 
  for 
  making 
  wood 
  filler. 
  In 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  

   the 
  Claspka 
  Mining 
  Co. 
  with 
  a 
  quarry 
  near 
  Batchellerville, 
  Saratoga 
  

   CO. 
  produces 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  pottery 
  feldspar, 
  which 
  is 
  shipped 
  

   crude 
  to 
  Trenton, 
  N. 
  J. 
  The 
  Crown 
  Point 
  Spar 
  Co., 
  Inc., 
  is 
  a 
  

   recent 
  enterprise 
  with 
  quarries 
  and 
  a 
  mill 
  near 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  The 
  

   property 
  at 
  Rock 
  pond, 
  Essex 
  co. 
  formerly 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Inter- 
  

   national 
  Mineral 
  Co. 
  is 
  now 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Barrett 
  Manufactur- 
  

   ing 
  Co. 
  who 
  use 
  the 
  output 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  " 
  amatite 
  " 
  

   roofing. 
  

  

  Some 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  to 
  an 
  occurrence 
  

   of 
  pegmatite 
  near 
  Corinth, 
  Saratoga 
  co. 
  The 
  American 
  Feldspar 
  

   & 
  Milling 
  Co. 
  was 
  organized 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  property, 
  but 
  no 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  made, 
  except 
  for 
  experiment. 
  The 
  pegmatite 
  is 
  stated 
  

   to 
  occur 
  in 
  a 
  dike 
  60 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  traceable 
  for 
  2000 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  strike. 
  The 
  outcrop 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  distant 
  and 
  700 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  railroad. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  production 
  of 
  feldspar 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1908 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  14,613 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $53,148. 
  The 
  prices 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  

   quarries 
  for 
  the 
  pottery 
  grades 
  ranged 
  from 
  $3 
  a 
  long 
  ton 
  for 
  

   crude 
  to 
  $6.50 
  a 
  short 
  ton 
  for 
  ground 
  feldspar. 
  The 
  common 
  

   grades 
  of 
  crushed 
  feldspar 
  brought 
  about 
  $3 
  a 
  short 
  ton. 
  

  

  GARNET 
  

  

  The 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  abrasive 
  garnet 
  trade 
  during 
  1908 
  did 
  

   not 
  encourage 
  activity 
  among 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  mines 
  and 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  showed 
  a 
  decided 
  drop 
  from 
  the 
  record 
  figures 
  reported 
  

   in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  demand 
  was 
  affected 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  

   by 
  an 
  accumulation 
  of 
  stocks 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  abrasive 
  manufac- 
  

   turers 
  carried 
  over 
  from 
  1907, 
  though 
  the 
  consumption 
  of 
  abrasives 
  

   ot 
  all 
  kinds 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  much 
  below 
  normal. 
  With 
  the 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  anticipated 
  that 
  

   market 
  conditions 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  favorable 
  during 
  the 
  current 
  season. 
  

  

  No 
  new 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  mining 
  of 
  garnet 
  during 
  1908. 
  

   The 
  North 
  River 
  Garnet 
  Co. 
  with 
  mines 
  and 
  mill 
  on 
  Thirteenth 
  

   lake 
  carried 
  on 
  as 
  heretofore 
  the 
  largest 
  operations. 
  For 
  three 
  

   months 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  company's 
  plant 
  was 
  closed 
  

   down, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  months 
  it 
  ran 
  on 
  a 
  reduced 
  scale. 
  

   On 
  Gore 
  mountain 
  the 
  manes 
  of 
  H. 
  H. 
  Barton 
  & 
  Sons 
  Co. 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  only 
  a 
  fraction 
  of 
  their 
  usual 
  quota. 
  The 
  Crehore 
  mine 
  

   near 
  North 
  River 
  was 
  inoperative 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  prop- 
  

  

  