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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  higher 
  levels. 
  A 
  large 
  sand 
  business 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   where 
  the 
  beach 
  sands 
  are 
  pumped 
  or 
  sucked 
  up 
  through 
  tubes 
  and 
  

   loaded 
  onto 
  barges 
  for 
  shipment. 
  Among 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   glacial 
  deposits 
  containing 
  sand 
  beds 
  are 
  elevated 
  deltas 
  of 
  former 
  

   streams 
  emptying 
  into 
  the 
  glacial 
  lakes, 
  kames 
  and 
  beaches 
  and 
  bars 
  

   of 
  the 
  former 
  glacial 
  lakes. 
  

  

  The 
  building 
  sand 
  business 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  usually 
  to 
  supply 
  a 
  

   local 
  demand, 
  since, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  widespread 
  occurrence 
  of 
  sand, 
  

   very 
  little 
  need 
  be 
  shipped. 
  The 
  larger 
  cities 
  are 
  all 
  well 
  supplied 
  

   with 
  material 
  close 
  at 
  hand. 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  obtains 
  its 
  supply 
  

   mainly 
  from 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  beaches. 
  Buffalo 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  

   on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  although 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  shipped 
  from 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  shore. 
  Rochester 
  is 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  glacial 
  deposits 
  

   known 
  as 
  Pinnacle 
  and 
  Cobb's 
  hills. 
  Syracuse 
  obtains 
  sand 
  from 
  

   the 
  glacial 
  deposits 
  surrounding 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  Albany 
  is 
  supplied 
  

   from 
  the 
  large 
  terraces 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  along 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  This 
  year, 
  the 
  first 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  statistics 
  and 
  the 
  

   results 
  are 
  far 
  from 
  being 
  complete. 
  The 
  sand 
  producers 
  are 
  so 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  the 
  industry 
  is 
  so 
  widespread 
  and 
  so 
  unstable 
  that 
  

   to 
  gather 
  together 
  all 
  the 
  production, 
  specially 
  that 
  of 
  building 
  sand, 
  

   is 
  an 
  almost 
  impossible 
  task. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  production 
  by 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   sands 
  in 
  1908, 
  with 
  the 
  1907 
  production 
  as 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  included 
  for 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  heading 
  ''Other 
  sands" 
  are 
  included 
  glass 
  sand 
  (one 
  

   producer), 
  fire 
  sand, 
  polishing 
  sand, 
  etc. 
  The 
  gravel 
  includes 
  gravel 
  

   .for 
  road 
  making, 
  for 
  concrete 
  and 
  for 
  ro6fing. 
  

  

  

  Production 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  

  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  , 
  1907 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  Moldino" 
  sand 
  

  

  $539 
  674 
  

  

  $277 
  290 
  

  

  

  22 
  371 
  

  

  Building 
  sand 
  

  

  925 
  028 
  

  

  51 
  271 
  

  

  .251 
  548 
  

  

  666 
  809 
  

  

  Other 
  san 
  da 
  

  

  43 
  368 
  

  

  Gravel 
  - 
  - 
  

  

  120 
  453 
  

  

  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  • 
  $1 
  767 
  521 
  

  

  $1 
  130 
  291 
  

  

  

  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  glass 
  sand, 
  fire 
  sand, 
  furnace 
  sand, 
  filter 
  sand, 
  engine 
  sand 
  and 
  polishing 
  sa 
  

  

  