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the Adirondacks and the southeastern Highlands. The hematite 

 amounted to 61,712 long tons, all of it from the Clinton district; 

 while the remainder consisted of a few hundred tons of limonite 

 from Columbia county. The magnetite was made up of 802,241 

 long tons of mill concentrates and 600,618 long tons of lump ore. 

 The concentrates averaged over 60 per cent in iron, the bulk of the 

 shipments carrying 63 to 65 per cent. The lump ore contained 58 

 to 60 per cent iron. In the concentration of magnetite as practised 

 in the Adirondacks, each ton of finished product represents from a 

 little over 1 to nearly 3 tons of crude ore, the ratio varying with, 

 each deposit. Improvements in the methods of mining and milling 

 have made it possible to handle ore running as low as 25 per cent 

 on a profitable basis. 



The amount of ore hoisted exceeded the shipments by several 

 hundred thousand tons, the difference being accounted for by the 

 shrinkage due to the concentration of the magnetite ores. The 

 actual mine output in 191 7 was a little over 2,000,000 tons, consider- 

 able more than the total for any preceding year. 



Production of iron ore in New York State 





MAGNE- 



HEMA- 



LIMO- 



CARBO- 













TITE 



TITE 



NITE 



NATE 



TOTAL 





TOTAL 



VALUE 



YEAR 















VALUE 



A TON 





Long 



Long 



Long 



Long 



Long 











tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 









1897 



296 722 



7 664 



20 059 



11 280 



335 725 





$642 838 



$1 91 



1898 



155 551 



6 400 



14 000 



4 000 



179 95i 





35o 999 



1 95 



1899 



344 159 



45 503 



3i 975 



22 153 



443 790 



1 



241 985 



2 80 



I9OO 



345 714 



44 467 



44 891 



6 413 



441 485 



1 



103 817 



2 50 



1901 



329 467 



66 389 



23 362 



1 000 



420 218 



1 



006 231 



2 39 



I902 



45i 57o 



91 075 



12 676 



Nil 



555 321 



1 



362 987 



2 45 



I9O3 



451 481 



83 820 



5 159 



Nil 



540 460 



1 



209 899 



2 24 



I9O4 



559 575 



54 128 



5 000 



Nil 



619 103 



1 



328 894 



2 15 



1905 



739 736 



79 313 



8 000 



Nil 



827 049 



2 



576 123 



3 11 



I906 



7i7 365 



187 002 



1 000 



Nil 



905 367 



3 



393 609 



3 75 



I907 



853 579 



164 434 



Nil 



Nil 



1 018 013 



3 



750 493 



3 68 



I908 



663 648 



33 825 



Nil 



Nil 



697 473 



2 



098 247 



3 01 



I9O9 



934 274 



56 734 



Nil 



Nil 



991 008 



3 



179 358 



3 21 



I9IO 



1 075 026 



79 206 



4 835 



Nil 



1 159 067 



3 



906 478 



3 37 



I9II 



909 359 



38 005 



5 000 



Nil 



952 364 



3 



184 057 



3 34 



1912 



954 320 



103 382 



Nil 



Nil 



1 057 702 



3 



349 095 



3 17 



1913 



1 097 208 



120 691 



Nil 



Nil 



1 217 899 



3 



870 841 



3 18 



1914 



703 670 



47 705 



34i 



Nil 



751 716 



2 



356 517 



3 13 



1915 



873 422 



70 147 



834 



Nil 



944 403 



2 



970 526 



3 15 



1916 



1 402 859 



61 712 



346 



Nil 



1 464 917 



5 



57i 429 



3 80 



