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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  magnetite 
  deposit 
  apparently 
  of 
  large 
  extent. 
  In 
  one 
  hole 
  71 
  feet 
  

   of 
  ore 
  was 
  encountered 
  split 
  into 
  two 
  portions 
  by 
  a 
  horse, 
  and 
  in 
  

   another 
  hole 
  34 
  feet 
  of 
  solid 
  ore 
  was 
  found. 
  The 
  ore 
  probably 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  seam, 
  but 
  further 
  exploration 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  clear 
  up 
  the 
  relations. 
  The 
  Harmony 
  mines, 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mineville 
  workings, 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  record 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  capable 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  yield 
  when 
  in 
  full 
  operation. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  now 
  

   mined 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  rich, 
  coarsely 
  crystal- 
  

   line 
  magnetite 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Barton 
  hill 
  group. 
  The 
  latter 
  mines 
  

   were 
  not 
  actively 
  exploited 
  last 
  year 
  as 
  work 
  was 
  concentrated 
  on 
  

   the 
  new 
  adit 
  designed 
  to 
  tap 
  the 
  ore 
  bodies 
  in 
  their 
  downward 
  ex- 
  

   tension. 
  The 
  adit 
  was 
  driven 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  500 
  feet 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   Arch 
  pit, 
  or 
  1700 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  portal. 
  Ore 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   continuous 
  seam, 
  but 
  of 
  variable 
  thickness, 
  sharply 
  compressed 
  in 
  

   places 
  and 
  again 
  swelling 
  out 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  good 
  size. 
  The 
  

   deposits 
  were 
  thus 
  far 
  from 
  exhausted 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  operations. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Sanford. 
  The 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  titaniferous 
  magnetites 
  

   near 
  Lake 
  Sanford, 
  Essex 
  co. 
  was 
  continued 
  in 
  1908 
  with 
  results 
  

   fully 
  commensurate 
  with 
  anticipations. 
  Up 
  to 
  October 
  i, 
  1908 
  the 
  

   Tahawus 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  who 
  recently 
  took 
  over 
  the 
  properties, 
  had 
  

   drilled 
  26 
  holes 
  on 
  the 
  Sanford 
  ore 
  body 
  to 
  an 
  average 
  depth 
  of 
  

   199 
  feet 
  without 
  reaching 
  the 
  lower 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  ore. 
  The 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  ore 
  in 
  this 
  deposit 
  alone 
  amounts 
  to 
  many 
  millions 
  of 
  tons. 
  

   Experiments 
  in 
  mill 
  treatment 
  have 
  confirmed 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  a 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  titanium 
  can 
  be 
  removed 
  by 
  crushing 
  and 
  passing 
  over 
  

   magnetic 
  separators 
  with 
  additional 
  benefit 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  iron 
  con- 
  

   tent. 
  A 
  product 
  averaging 
  about 
  60 
  per 
  cent 
  iron 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  

   than 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  per 
  cent 
  titanium 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  without 
  difficulty. 
  

   The 
  company 
  has 
  secured 
  a 
  charter 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  an 
  

   electric 
  road 
  which 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  built 
  from 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  

   to 
  Tahawus. 
  An 
  alternative 
  route 
  has 
  been 
  surveyed 
  from 
  the 
  

   Adirondack 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  & 
  Hudson 
  Railroad. 
  

  

  Lyon 
  Mountain. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  destruction 
  by 
  fire 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   mill 
  early 
  in 
  1908 
  the 
  mines 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Mountain 
  did 
  not 
  make 
  the 
  

   expected 
  output 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  critical, 
  in- 
  

   asmuch 
  as 
  many 
  improvements 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  a 
  central 
  electric 
  

   power 
  station, 
  new 
  trackage, 
  etc. 
  had 
  just 
  been 
  completed 
  that 
  

   should 
  have 
  led 
  to 
  important 
  economies. 
  The 
  old 
  mill 
  was 
  again 
  

   placed 
  in 
  commission. 
  

  

  Benson 
  mines. 
  The 
  Benson 
  Mines 
  Co. 
  was 
  operative 
  during 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  made 
  only 
  a 
  fraction 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  which 
  

  

  