﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  

   Mineral 
  production 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1908 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  PRODUCT 
  

  

  UNIT 
  OF 
  

   MEASUREMENT 
  

  

  QUANTITY 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

  

  Portland 
  cement. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  

  

  Building 
  brick 
  

  

  Pottery 
  

  

  Other 
  clay 
  products 
  . 
  

  

  Crude 
  clay 
  

  

  Emery 
  

  

  Feldspar 
  and 
  quartz. 
  

  

  Garnet 
  

  

  Graphite 
  

  

  Gypsum 
  

  

  Iron 
  ore 
  

  

  Millstones 
  

  

  Metallic 
  paint 
  

  

  Slate 
  pigment 
  

  

  Mineral 
  waters 
  

  

  Natural 
  gas 
  

  

  Petroleum 
  

  

  Pyrite 
  

  

  Salt 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  .... 
  

  

  Sand 
  lime 
  brick 
  

  

  Slate 
  

  

  Barrels. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Barrels. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Thousands. 
  

  

  Short 
  tons. 
  

   Short 
  tons. 
  

   Short 
  tons. 
  

   Short 
  tons. 
  

   Pounds. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Short 
  tons. 
  

   Long 
  tons 
  . 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Gallons 
  

  

  1000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  Thousands 
  

  

  Granite. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Limestone 
  . 
  

   Marble 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  

  

  Trap 
  I 
  

  

  Talc 
  Short 
  tons 
  . 
  

  

  Other 
  materialsa 
  

  

  I 
  9«« 
  .«74 
  

  

  623 
  588 
  

  

  I 
  066 
  533 
  

  

  4 
  697 
  

  

  690 
  

  

  16 
  413 
  

  

  2 
  480 
  

  

  932 
  000 
  

  

  318 
  046 
  

  

  697 
  473 
  

  

  5 
  750 
  

   922 
  

  

  8 
  007 
  092 
  

   3 
  860 
  000 
  

   I 
  160 
  128 
  

  

  ^Z 
  775 
  

  

  9 
  005 
  311 
  

  

  8 
  239 
  

  

  70 
  739 
  

  

  $1 
  813 
  622 
  

  

  441 
  136 
  

  

  5 
  200 
  951 
  

  

  1 
  653 
  241 
  

  

  2 
  064 
  671 
  

  

  II 
  605 
  

  

  8 
  860 
  

  

  68 
  148 
  

  

  79 
  890 
  

  

  116 
  100 
  

  

  760 
  759 
  

  

  2 
  098 
  247 
  

  

  18 
  341 
  

  

  54 
  500 
  

   7 
  376 
  

  

  877 
  648 
  

  

  987 
  775 
  

  

  2 
  071 
  533 
  

  

  104 
  798 
  

  

  2 
  136 
  736 
  

   I 
  130 
  291 
  

  

  55 
  688 
  

   III 
  217 
  

   367 
  564 
  

  

  3 
  119 
  835 
  

   692 
  857 
  

  

  I 
  711 
  585 
  

  

  723 
  773 
  

  

  697 
  390 
  

  

  3U 
  648 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  

  

  ;29 
  519 
  785 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  apatite, 
  carbon 
  dioxid, 
  diatomaceous 
  earth 
  and 
  marl. 
  

  

  CEMENT 
  

  

  The 
  past 
  year 
  was 
  a 
  critical 
  period 
  for 
  the 
  cement 
  trade. 
  The 
  

   depression 
  which 
  marked 
  the 
  last 
  quarter 
  of 
  1907 
  continued 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  following 
  12 
  months 
  with 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  abatement 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  cement 
  was 
  concerned. 
  Though 
  productiorv 
  

   was 
  kept 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  relatively 
  low 
  level 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  maintain 
  some 
  

   relation 
  with 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  consumers, 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  found 
  

   most 
  plants 
  holchng 
  in 
  stock 
  a 
  larger 
  share 
  of 
  their 
  output 
  than 
  

   usual 
  and 
  market 
  conditions 
  affording 
  small 
  encouragement 
  for 
  the 
  

   immediate 
  future. 
  While 
  the 
  current 
  season 
  will 
  witness, 
  doubtless, 
  

   a 
  substantial 
  betterment 
  in 
  the 
  trade, 
  the 
  indications 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  