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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

   Production 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

  

  

  MAGNETITE 
  

  

  HEMATITE 
  

  

  LIMONITE 
  

  

  CARBONATE 
  

  

  TOTAL 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Value 
  

  

  YEAR 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Total 
  value 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  ton 
  

  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  

  

  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  

  

  

  1890 
  

   1891 
  

   1892 
  

  

  945 
  071 
  

   782 
  729 
  

   648 
  564 
  

  

  196 
  03s 
  

   153 
  723 
  

   124 
  800 
  

  

  30 
  968 
  

   53 
  152 
  

   53 
  694 
  

  

  81 
  

  

  319 
  

   612 
  

  

  I 
  253 
  393 
  

  

  I 
  017 
  216 
  

  

  891 
  099 
  

  

  

  

  27 
  

   64 
  

  

  

  

  041 
  

  

  $2 
  379 
  

  

  267 
  

  

  $2 
  67 
  

  

  1893 
  

  

  440 
  693 
  

  

  15 
  890 
  

  

  35 
  592 
  

  

  41 
  

  

  947 
  

  

  534 
  '122 
  

  

  I 
  222 
  

  

  93 
  4 
  

  

  2 
  29 
  

  

  1894 
  

   1895 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  242 
  759 
  

   307 
  256 
  

  

  

  

  

  260 
  139 
  

  

  6 
  769 
  

  

  26 
  462 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  886 
  

  

  598 
  

  

  313 
  

  

  I 
  95 
  

  

  1896 
  

  

  346 
  015 
  

  

  10 
  789 
  

  

  12 
  288 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  385 
  

  

  385 
  477 
  

  

  780 
  

  

  932 
  

  

  2 
  03 
  

  

  'f97 
  

  

  296 
  722 
  

  

  7 
  664 
  

  

  20 
  059 
  

  

  II 
  

  

  280 
  

  

  335 
  725 
  

  

  642 
  

  

  838 
  

  

  I 
  91 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  155 
  551 
  

  

  6 
  400 
  

  

  14 
  000 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  000 
  

  

  179 
  95T 
  

  

  350 
  

  

  999 
  

  

  I 
  95 
  

  

  1899 
  

  

  344 
  159 
  

  

  45 
  503 
  

  

  31 
  975 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  153 
  

  

  443 
  790 
  

  

  I 
  241 
  

  

  985 
  

  

  2 
  80 
  

  

  1900 
  

  

  345 
  714 
  

  

  44 
  467 
  

  

  44 
  891 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  413 
  

  

  441 
  485 
  

  

  I 
  103 
  

  

  817 
  

  

  2 
  50 
  

  

  1901 
  

  

  329 
  467 
  

  

  66 
  389 
  

  

  23 
  362 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  000 
  

  

  420 
  218 
  

  

  I 
  006 
  

  

  231 
  

  

  2 
  39 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  451 
  570 
  

  

  91 
  07s 
  

  

  12 
  676 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  555 
  321 
  

  

  I 
  362 
  

  

  987 
  

  

  2 
  45 
  

  

  1903 
  

  

  451 
  481 
  

  

  83 
  820 
  

  

  5 
  159 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  540 
  460 
  

  

  I 
  209 
  

  

  899 
  

  

  2 
  24 
  

  

  1904 
  

  

  559 
  575 
  

  

  54 
  128 
  

  

  5 
  000 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  619 
  103 
  

  

  I 
  328 
  

  

  894 
  

  

  2 
  15 
  

  

  190S 
  

  

  739 
  736 
  

  

  79 
  313 
  

  

  8 
  000 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  827 
  049 
  

  

  2 
  576 
  

  

  123 
  

  

  3 
  II 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  717 
  365 
  

  

  187 
  002 
  

  

  I 
  000 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  905 
  367 
  

  

  3 
  393 
  

  

  609 
  

  

  3 
  75 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  853 
  579 
  

  

  164 
  434 
  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  I 
  018 
  013 
  

  

  3 
  750 
  

  

  493 
  

  

  3 
  68 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  663 
  648 
  

  

  33 
  82s 
  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  

  Nil 
  

  

  697 
  473 
  

  

  2 
  098 
  

  

  247 
  

  

  3 
  01 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  output 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  mines 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  697,473 
  long 
  

   tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,098,247. 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  

   when 
  the 
  output 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,018,013 
  long 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $3,750,493 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  320,540 
  tons 
  or 
  31 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   The 
  average 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  was 
  $3.01 
  a 
  ton 
  against 
  $3.68 
  a 
  ton 
  

   in 
  1907. 
  

  

  Classified 
  as 
  to 
  variety 
  the 
  production 
  consisted 
  of 
  663,648 
  long 
  

   tons 
  of 
  magnetite 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,031,457 
  and 
  33,825 
  long 
  tons 
  of 
  

   hematite 
  valued 
  at 
  $66,790. 
  A 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  magnetite 
  was 
  

   marketed 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  concentrates 
  with 
  an 
  approximate 
  content 
  

   of 
  65 
  per 
  cent 
  iron, 
  while 
  the 
  rest 
  was 
  lump 
  ore 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   about 
  52 
  to 
  60 
  per 
  cent 
  iron. 
  The 
  hematite 
  ore 
  was 
  mainly 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  from 
  the 
  Clinton 
  deposits 
  and 
  probably 
  averaged 
  about 
  40 
  

   per 
  cent 
  in 
  iron 
  content. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  the 
  active 
  producers 
  were 
  Witherbee, 
  

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

   the 
  Chateaugay 
  Ore 
  & 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Mountain 
  ; 
  the 
  Cheever 
  

   Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  at 
  Port 
  Henry; 
  and 
  the 
  Benson 
  Mines 
  Co. 
  at 
  Benson 
  

   Mines. 
  The 
  producers 
  in 
  southeastern 
  New 
  York 
  were 
  the 
  Ster- 
  

   ling 
  Iron 
  & 
  Railway 
  Co., 
  who 
  operated 
  the 
  Lake 
  mine, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  who 
  operated 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Dean 
  mine. 
  

  

  The 
  output 
  of 
  hematite 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Old 
  Sterling 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  

   with 
  mines 
  near 
  Antwerp, 
  Jefferson 
  co., 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Furnaceville 
  

   Iron 
  Ore 
  Co, 
  of 
  Ontario 
  Center, 
  Wayne 
  co. 
  and 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst 
  of 
  

  

  