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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  old 
  Stella 
  mines 
  in 
  1905 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  subsequently 
  added 
  other 
  

   property 
  until 
  its 
  holdings 
  now 
  aggregate 
  about 
  25,000 
  acres. 
  At 
  

   the 
  start 
  Stella 
  no. 
  2 
  mine 
  was 
  unwatered 
  and 
  explored, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  Stella 
  no. 
  i 
  mine 
  situated 
  800 
  feet 
  to 
  

   the 
  south 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  vein. 
  A 
  second 
  de- 
  

   posit 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Anna 
  vein, 
  situated 
  below 
  and 
  1600 
  feet 
  south- 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  Stella, 
  was 
  then 
  developed. 
  

  

  The 
  Stella 
  veins 
  dip 
  about 
  28°, 
  while 
  the 
  shaft 
  on 
  the 
  Anna 
  vein 
  

   has 
  a 
  slope 
  of 
  45°. 
  The 
  dip 
  is 
  toward 
  the 
  northwest. 
  The 
  ore 
  

   is 
  hoisted 
  through 
  no. 
  i 
  shaft 
  on 
  the 
  Stella 
  and 
  no. 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  Anna 
  

   vein. 
  In 
  the 
  former 
  mine 
  levels 
  are 
  run 
  at 
  close 
  intervals 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  flat 
  dip, 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  removed 
  by 
  breast 
  stoping. 
  The 
  

   Anna 
  vein 
  is 
  worked 
  in 
  levels 
  75 
  feet 
  apart 
  by 
  stoping 
  and 
  mill- 
  

   ing. 
  This 
  vein 
  is 
  paralleled 
  by 
  several 
  deposits 
  within 
  the 
  hang- 
  

   ing 
  wall 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  intersected 
  by 
  a 
  crosscut 
  from 
  no. 
  4 
  shaft. 
  

   Very 
  little 
  water 
  is 
  encountered 
  in 
  the 
  workings. 
  

  

  The 
  deposits 
  are 
  described 
  by 
  Mr 
  Vogel 
  as 
  bedded 
  veins 
  con- 
  

   formable 
  to 
  the 
  gneisses 
  and 
  schists 
  which 
  inclose 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  

   apparently 
  related 
  to 
  certain 
  igneous 
  intrusions, 
  though 
  their 
  pre- 
  

   cise 
  derivation 
  is 
  not 
  known. 
  The 
  ore 
  carries 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  40 
  per 
  

   cent 
  sulfur, 
  the 
  highest 
  grade 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  Stella 
  mine. 
  

   The 
  Anna 
  vein 
  averages 
  24 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  mill 
  erected 
  by 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  Pyrite 
  Co. 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  500 
  tons 
  a 
  day. 
  Concentration 
  is 
  effected 
  by 
  Hancock 
  jigs, 
  sup- 
  

   plemented 
  by 
  Hartz 
  jigs 
  and 
  Overstrom 
  tables. 
  The 
  concentrates 
  

   carry 
  from 
  40 
  to 
  48 
  per 
  cent 
  sulfur. 
  They 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  acid 
  

   burners 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  and 
  Middle 
  West. 
  

  

  SALT 
  

  

  The 
  salt 
  producers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  felt 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  commercial 
  

   crisis 
  last 
  year, 
  though 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  output 
  their 
  showing 
  was 
  

   relatively 
  better 
  than 
  that 
  made 
  by 
  many 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  

   mineral 
  industry. 
  The 
  depression, 
  however, 
  served 
  to 
  check 
  for 
  

   the 
  time 
  the 
  upward 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  trade. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  

   the 
  industry 
  had 
  undergone 
  rapid 
  and 
  almost 
  uninterrupted 
  growth 
  

   which 
  placed 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  leading 
  position 
  among 
  the 
  salt-producing 
  

   states 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  nearly 
  10,000,000 
  barrels 
  

   reported 
  in 
  1907 
  was 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  and 
  showed 
  a 
  sixfold 
  increase 
  for 
  the 
  

   local 
  industry 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  salt 
  produced 
  from 
  mines 
  and 
  wells 
  in 
  

  

  