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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  winter 
  of 
  1907-8 
  under 
  a 
  special 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

   The 
  drill 
  cores 
  have 
  been 
  securely 
  boxed 
  and 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  museum. 
  

   As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  investigations 
  which 
  have 
  extended 
  over 
  

   every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  formation 
  in 
  its 
  extent 
  from 
  Herkimer 
  

   county 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  Niagara 
  county 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  the 
  ore 
  seams 
  has 
  been 
  ascertained 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  with 
  some 
  

   definiteness. 
  Though 
  the 
  seams 
  are 
  nearly 
  everywhere 
  present 
  

   over 
  the 
  middle 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  belt, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  relatively 
  few 
  areas 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  size 
  and 
  character 
  to 
  have 
  possible 
  value 
  for 
  min- 
  

   ing. 
  The 
  main 
  resources 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  areas 
  lying 
  in 
  

   Oneida, 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Wayne 
  counties. 
  Sufficient 
  information 
  is 
  

   not 
  yet 
  at 
  hand 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  full 
  and 
  exact 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  

   available, 
  but 
  a 
  calculation 
  based 
  on 
  seams 
  above 
  18 
  inches 
  thick 
  

   and 
  within 
  500 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  indicates 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  fully 
  

   600,000,000 
  tons 
  of 
  ore 
  within 
  these 
  areas. 
  With 
  a 
  total 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  but 
  4,000,000 
  or 
  5,000,000 
  tons 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sources 
  are 
  capable 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  development 
  than 
  they 
  have 
  

   undergone 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  

  

  Mines 
  and 
  quarries. 
  The 
  annual 
  bulletin 
  presenting 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ments 
  and 
  production 
  statistics 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  mineral 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  July, 
  bringing 
  the 
  record 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  1907. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  continue 
  its 
  issue, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  current 
  

   year 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  canvassing 
  the 
  industries 
  will 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  

   under 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  

   According 
  to 
  the 
  plan 
  adopted 
  there 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  collected 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  

   set 
  of 
  returns, 
  and 
  the 
  compilations 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  available 
  for 
  

   the 
  uses 
  of 
  both 
  offices. 
  

  

  MEMORANDUM 
  OF 
  AGREEMENT 
  BETWEEN 
  THE 
  DIVISION 
  OF 
  MINERAL 
  

  

  RESOURCES 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY 
  AND 
  

  

  THE 
  STATISTICAL 
  BRANCH 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  STATE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  avoid 
  a 
  multiplicity 
  of 
  requests 
  for 
  statistical 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  for 
  mine 
  and 
  quarry 
  operations 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  

   State 
  Geologist 
  may 
  keep 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  mineral 
  producers 
  in 
  

   the 
  economic 
  development 
  of 
  mineral 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  

   following 
  agreement 
  between 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  and 
  the 
  Divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  

   is 
  made 
  : 
  

  

  Earlv 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  each 
  year 
  (by 
  October 
  ist 
  if 
  possible) 
  alist 
  

   of 
  the 
  'mineral 
  producers 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  has 
  them, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Geol- 
  

   ogist 
  who 
  will 
  check 
  with 
  the 
  lists 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

  

  