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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  erty 
  of 
  G. 
  W. 
  Smith 
  near 
  Keeseville 
  was 
  taken 
  over 
  under 
  lease 
  

   by 
  Mr 
  E. 
  Schaaf-Regelman 
  and 
  produced 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  mass- 
  

   ive 
  garnet, 
  mostly 
  for 
  the 
  foreign 
  market. 
  

  

  A 
  recent 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  garnet 
  trade 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  Spanish 
  garnet, 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  imported 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  min- 
  

   eral 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  detrital 
  material 
  along 
  streams 
  and 
  is 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  and 
  sorted 
  by 
  hand. 
  It 
  can 
  hardly 
  replace 
  the 
  domestic 
  

   garnet 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  fine 
  size, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  im- 
  

   ported 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  much 
  below 
  that 
  attainable 
  by 
  mines 
  in 
  this 
  

   country. 
  The 
  imports 
  of 
  Spanish 
  garnet 
  in 
  1907 
  amounted 
  to 
  a 
  

   value 
  of 
  $6432. 
  They 
  fell 
  off 
  in 
  1908 
  to 
  $2095. 
  The 
  average 
  

   value 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  consignments 
  was 
  about 
  $16.40 
  a 
  long 
  ton, 
  or 
  

   less 
  than 
  one 
  half 
  the 
  average 
  selling 
  price 
  of 
  domestic 
  garnet. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  duty 
  on 
  abrasive 
  garnet. 
  Garnet 
  sands 
  are 
  of 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  occurrence 
  along 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  lake 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Adi- 
  

   rondacks, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  observed 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  finely 
  comminuted 
  to 
  

   be 
  valuable 
  for 
  abrasive 
  uses. 
  

  

  The 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  mines 
  in 
  1908 
  amounted 
  to 
  2480 
  

   short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $79,890. 
  In 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  the 
  total 
  was 
  

   5709 
  short 
  tons 
  with 
  a 
  valuation 
  of 
  $174,800. 
  The 
  sales 
  of 
  garnet 
  

   in 
  1908 
  amounted 
  to 
  1996 
  short 
  tons. 
  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  small 
  

   demand, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  faUing 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  prices 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   maintained 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  past. 
  The 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  of 
  profit 
  is 
  small 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  is 
  sold 
  on 
  contracts 
  

   <:overing 
  the 
  annual 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  consumers. 
  

  

  GRAPHITE 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  graphite 
  industry 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  feature 
  

   of 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  decrease 
  in 
  production. 
  The 
  amount 
  

   reported 
  by 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  mines 
  was 
  1,932,000 
  pounds 
  with 
  a 
  

   valuation 
  of 
  $116,100. 
  In 
  1907 
  the 
  total 
  was 
  2,950,000 
  pounds 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $106,951, 
  while 
  in 
  1906 
  it 
  was 
  2,811,582 
  pounds 
  valued 
  

   :.t 
  $96,084. 
  The 
  largest 
  amount 
  reported 
  in 
  any 
  recent 
  year 
  was 
  

   in 
  1905 
  when 
  the 
  production 
  reached 
  3,897,616 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $142,948. 
  

  

  The 
  statistics 
  indicate 
  a 
  considerable 
  gain 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   material 
  which 
  averaged 
  6 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  in 
  1908 
  as 
  compared 
  

   with 
  3.6 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  though 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  

   partly 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  somewhat 
  different 
  standard 
  used 
  in 
  reporting 
  the 
  

   values 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  graphite 
  after 
  its 
  first 
  separation 
  from 
  the 
  

   gangue 
  undergoes 
  repeated 
  refinings, 
  by 
  which 
  products 
  of 
  varying 
  

  

  