﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  Crystalline 
  graphite 
  was 
  mined 
  in 
  Essex, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Saratoga 
  

   counties. 
  The 
  output 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,932,000 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $116,100 
  against 
  2,950,000 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  $106,951 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  The 
  mineral 
  springs 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  reported 
  sales 
  last 
  year 
  of 
  

   8,007,092 
  gallons 
  valued 
  at 
  $877,648, 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  Saratoga 
  county 
  with 
  the 
  famous 
  Saratoga 
  and 
  

   Ballston 
  springs 
  contributed 
  about 
  $175,000 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  value. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  other 
  mineral 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  last 
  year 
  were 
  

   apatite, 
  carbon 
  dioxid, 
  clay, 
  diatomaceous 
  earth, 
  emery, 
  feldspar, 
  

   marl, 
  millstones, 
  metallic 
  paint, 
  slate, 
  pigment, 
  pyrite, 
  quartz, 
  slate, 
  

   sand 
  and 
  sand 
  lime 
  brick, 
  the 
  collected 
  value 
  of 
  which 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   $1,904,472 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $2,318,764 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  Mineral 
  production 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1904 
  

  

  

  PRODUCT 
  

  

  UNIT 
  OF 
  

   MEASUREMENT 
  

  

  QUANTITY 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

  

  Portland 
  cement 
  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  I 
  377 
  302 
  

   I 
  881 
  630 
  

   I 
  293 
  538 
  

  

  $1 
  245 
  778 
  

   I 
  207 
  883 
  

  

  7 
  473 
  122 
  

  

  1 
  438 
  634 
  

  

  2 
  592 
  948 
  

  

  17 
  164 
  

   17 
  220 
  

   28 
  463 
  

  

  104 
  325 
  

   8 
  484 
  

  

  119 
  509 
  

  

  424 
  975 
  

  

  I 
  328 
  894 
  

  

  21 
  476 
  

  

  55 
  768 
  

  

  23 
  876 
  

  

  Natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  Building 
  brick 
  

  

  Pottery 
  

  

  Thousands 
  

  

  Other 
  clay 
  products 
  

  

  

  

  Crude 
  clay 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Pounds 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  8 
  959 
  

   I 
  148 
  

  

  8 
  703 
  

  

  3 
  045 
  

  

  II 
  080 
  

  

  3 
  132 
  927 
  

   151 
  455 
  

   619 
  103 
  

  

  Emery 
  

  

  Feldspar 
  and 
  quartz 
  

  

  Garnet 
  

  

  Glass 
  sand 
  

  

  Graphite 
  

  

  Gypsum 
  

  

  Iron 
  ore 
  

  

  Millstones 
  

  

  Metallic 
  paint 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  Gallons 
  

  

  4 
  740 
  

  

  ^ 
  '^' 
  

   8 
  000 
  000 
  

  

  2 
  39g 
  987 
  

  

  1 
  036 
  179 
  

  

  5 
  275 
  

   8 
  724 
  768 
  

  

  18 
  090 
  

  

  Slate 
  pigment 
  

  

  Mineral 
  waters 
  

  

  Natural 
  gas 
  

  

  1000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  . 
  

   Barrels 
  

  

  552 
  197 
  

  

  I 
  709 
  770 
  

  

  20 
  820 
  

  

  Petroleum 
  

  

  Pvrite 
  

  

  Long 
  tons 
  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  Salt 
  

  

  2 
  102 
  748 
  

  

  86 
  159 
  

  

  7 
  441 
  

  

  221 
  882 
  

  

  Roofing 
  slate 
  

  

  Squares 
  

  

  Slate 
  manufactures 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Granite 
  

  

  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  

  

  2 
  104 
  095 
  

   478 
  771 
  

  

  I 
  896 
  697 
  

   468 
  496 
  

  

  455 
  000 
  

  

  Marble 
  

  

  

  

  Sandstone 
  

  

  

  

  Trap 
  

  

  

  

  Talc 
  

  

  Short 
  tons 
  

  

  65 
  000 
  

  

  Other 
  materialsa 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Total 
  value 
  

  

  

  

  $28 
  812 
  595 
  

  

  

  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  apatite, 
  carbon 
  dioxid, 
  diatomaceous 
  eaith, 
  fullers 
  earth, 
  marl 
  and 
  sand. 
  

   The 
  value 
  is 
  Oartly 
  estimated. 
  

  

  