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  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  Clinton, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  The 
  Rossie 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  the 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  

   Iron 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Ontario 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  who 
  were 
  active 
  in 
  1907, 
  

   made 
  no 
  output 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  Mineville. 
  Though 
  there 
  was 
  less 
  activity 
  in 
  mining 
  last 
  year, 
  

   the 
  properties 
  of 
  both 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherm.an 
  & 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Port 
  

   Henry 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  continued 
  in 
  steady 
  operation. 
  The 
  output 
  

   cf 
  the 
  two 
  companies 
  totaled 
  502,663 
  long 
  tons 
  as 
  compared 
  with' 
  

   751,155 
  long 
  tons 
  in 
  1907, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  amount 
  hitherto 
  

   recorded 
  for 
  the 
  district. 
  The 
  Old 
  Bed 
  mines, 
  which 
  include 
  the 
  

   ^'21,'' 
  Joker 
  and 
  Bonanza 
  workings, 
  contributed 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  tO'tal, 
  the 
  remainder 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  Harmony 
  shafts. 
  Smith 
  

   mine 
  and 
  Barton 
  hill 
  tunnel 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherman 
  

   & 
  Co. 
  

  

  Despite 
  the 
  contraction 
  of 
  mine 
  output 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  inter- 
  

   ruption 
  in 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  development 
  and 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  that 
  were 
  started 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  depression, 
  and 
  the 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  properties 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  better 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  

   time 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  With 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  a 
  normal 
  iron 
  market 
  the 
  

   companies 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  profit 
  from 
  an 
  increased 
  output 
  which 
  

   can 
  be 
  maintained 
  from 
  present 
  ore 
  reserves 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  to 
  

   come. 
  The 
  combined 
  productive 
  capacit}^ 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  companies 
  is 
  

   now 
  about 
  1,000,000 
  tons 
  a 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  underground 
  developments 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  Port 
  Henry 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  on 
  

   the 
  " 
  21 
  " 
  property, 
  and 
  the 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  Joker-Bonanza, 
  

   Harmony 
  and 
  Barton 
  hill 
  mines 
  by 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherman 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   The 
  shaft 
  sunk 
  by 
  the 
  former 
  company 
  was 
  bottomed 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  

   between 
  500 
  and 
  600 
  feet 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  was 
  encountered 
  within 
  a 
  

   short 
  distan.ce. 
  It 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  hoisting 
  capacity 
  of 
  1500 
  tons 
  a 
  

   day, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  output 
  formerly 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  incline. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  obtained 
  with 
  the 
  diamond 
  drill 
  in 
  exploring 
  the 
  

   southerly 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Joker-Bonanza 
  ground 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   afforded 
  much 
  new 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  that 
  deposit 
  

   and 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  another 
  magnetite 
  body 
  below 
  

   it. 
  In 
  the 
  southernmost 
  sections 
  some 
  change 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  Bonanza-Joker 
  body 
  as 
  previously 
  mapped,^ 
  though 
  

   the 
  exact 
  modifications 
  can 
  not 
  now 
  be 
  fully 
  stated. 
  Drill 
  holes 
  

   put 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  foot 
  wall 
  from 
  the 
  workings 
  above 
  revealed 
  a 
  

  

  1 
  See 
  description 
  by 
  J. 
  F. 
  Kemp 
  in 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Mus. 
  Bui. 
  119. 
  1908. 
  

   p. 
  72 
  et 
  seq. 
  

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