﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  23 
  

  

  five 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  14,570,- 
  

   140 
  vakied 
  at 
  $211,289. 
  In 
  1907 
  there 
  were 
  but 
  four 
  producing 
  

   companies 
  with 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  12,296,000 
  vakied 
  at 
  $184,306. 
  The 
  

   additional 
  producer 
  in 
  the 
  1908 
  production 
  was 
  Chautauqua 
  county, 
  

   which 
  made 
  no 
  output 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  Fire 
  brick 
  and 
  stove 
  Hning 
  were 
  manufactured 
  in 
  Albany, 
  Erie, 
  

   Kings, 
  Rensselaer, 
  Richmond, 
  Schenectady, 
  Washington 
  and 
  West- 
  

   chester 
  counties 
  by 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  12 
  companies. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  fire 
  

   brick 
  amounted 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  $442,967 
  and 
  of 
  stove 
  lining 
  to 
  $102,984, 
  

   a 
  combined 
  value 
  of 
  $545,951. 
  In 
  1907 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  brick 
  

   was 
  $384,217 
  and 
  of 
  stove 
  lining 
  $239,816, 
  a 
  combined 
  value 
  of 
  

   $624,033, 
  13 
  companies 
  being 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  output. 
  The 
  1908 
  

   figures 
  include 
  a 
  small 
  production 
  of 
  acid 
  proof 
  brick 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  county. 
  

  

  Draintile 
  and 
  sewer 
  pipe 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  Albany, 
  Cayuga, 
  Erie, 
  

   Genesee, 
  Madison, 
  Monroe, 
  New 
  York, 
  Oneida, 
  Onondaga, 
  On- 
  

   tario, 
  Saratoga, 
  Steuben 
  and 
  Washington 
  counties, 
  the 
  only 
  change 
  

   in 
  counties 
  from 
  1907 
  being 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  county 
  with 
  

   a 
  small 
  production 
  of 
  sewer 
  pipe. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  draintile 
  was 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $273,134 
  against 
  $162,167 
  in 
  1907, 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  

   sewer 
  pipe 
  was 
  $133,716 
  against 
  $463,500 
  in 
  1907. 
  There 
  were 
  22 
  

   companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  these 
  industries 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  19 
  in 
  1907 
  

   and 
  26 
  in 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  output 
  of 
  terra 
  cotta, 
  fireproofing 
  and 
  building 
  tile 
  came 
  from 
  

   Allegany, 
  Chautauqua, 
  Erie, 
  Kings, 
  Monroe, 
  New 
  York, 
  Ontario, 
  

   Rensselaer, 
  Richmond, 
  Steuben 
  and 
  Westchester 
  counties. 
  Albany, 
  

   Genesee, 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Queens 
  counties 
  which 
  produced 
  in 
  1907 
  

   reported 
  no 
  output 
  in 
  1908, 
  while 
  Erie, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Steuben 
  

   counties, 
  not 
  producing 
  in 
  1907, 
  made 
  an 
  output 
  in 
  1908. 
  Thirteen 
  

   companies 
  were 
  active 
  in 
  1908 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  14 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  

   production 
  of 
  terra 
  cotta 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $709,360 
  against 
  $1,224,300 
  

   in 
  1907; 
  fireproofing 
  at 
  $91,377 
  against 
  $45,672 
  in 
  1907; 
  and 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  tile 
  at 
  $70,162 
  against 
  $215,126 
  in 
  1907. 
  Of 
  the 
  1907 
  figures 
  

   for 
  the 
  building 
  tile 
  output 
  over 
  half 
  consists 
  of 
  roofing 
  tile 
  and 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  floor 
  tile 
  and 
  decorative 
  wall 
  tile. 
  

  

  Pottery 
  

  

  Though 
  pottery- 
  clays 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  abundance 
  within 
  the 
  

   bounds 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  grades 
  

   of 
  pottery 
  is 
  well 
  represented. 
  About 
  the 
  only 
  materials 
  of 
  local 
  

   origin 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  industry 
  are 
  the 
  stoneware 
  clay 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  

  

  