﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK: 
  

  

  697 
  

  

  Bros.' 
  yard, 
  where 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  65 
  feet 
  through 
  the 
  clay, 
  which, 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  hight 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  (65 
  feet), 
  gives 
  us 
  a 
  total 
  thick- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  130 
  feet 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  usually 
  covered 
  by 
  

   gravel, 
  and 
  by 
  sand 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  sufficiently 
  fine 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  

   tempering 
  or 
  even 
  molding. 
  It 
  is 
  worked 
  in 
  benches, 
  and 
  the 
  haul- 
  

   age 
  distance 
  is 
  200 
  to 
  300 
  feet. 
  At 
  Timoney's 
  clay 
  bank 
  there 
  is 
  

   some 
  extra 
  labor 
  in 
  stripping 
  the 
  scrub 
  oaks 
  and 
  other 
  bushes 
  which 
  

   <;over 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  terrace. 
  

  

  FishJcill, 
  Dutchess 
  co. 
  Harris 
  & 
  Ginley's 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  below 
  the 
  town. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  leased 
  

   from 
  the 
  'New 
  England 
  railroad 
  co. 
  It 
  was 
  formerly 
  quite 
  thick, 
  

   but 
  clay 
  having 
  been 
  dug 
  for 
  50 
  years 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   bank 
  remains. 
  The 
  clay 
  has 
  a 
  maximum 
  thickness 
  of 
  45 
  feet. 
  

   Streaks 
  of 
  quicksand 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  clay; 
  it 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  

   hardpan 
  and 
  shale. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  yards 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  are 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  from 
  

   a 
  point 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  above 
  Fishkill 
  up 
  to 
  Low 
  Point 
  station. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  yards 
  is 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  Low 
  Point. 
  The 
  most 
  southern 
  

   one 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Aldridge 
  & 
  Sherman, 
  with 
  600 
  feet 
  water 
  front. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  land 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  firms 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  W. 
  E. 
  Yerplanck 
  

   estate. 
  Next 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  are 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  Brockway 
  brick 
  co., 
  

   with 
  1200 
  feet 
  of 
  water 
  front. 
  This 
  firm 
  owns 
  its 
  clay 
  bank. 
  The 
  

   bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets. 
  The 
  next 
  two 
  yards 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   Lahey 
  Bros., 
  (650 
  feet 
  water 
  front) 
  and 
  Dinan 
  & 
  Butler 
  (475 
  feet 
  

   water 
  front), 
  respectively, 
  lease 
  their 
  clay 
  bank 
  from 
  the 
  W. 
  E. 
  

   Yerplanck 
  estate. 
  Dinan 
  & 
  Butler 
  have 
  a 
  pallet 
  yard. 
  The 
  five 
  

   above-named 
  firms 
  obtain 
  their 
  clay 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  yards 
  from 
  

   the 
  escarpment 
  of 
  a 
  90 
  foot 
  terrace; 
  it 
  is 
  both 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   overlain 
  by 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  of 
  loam, 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  A 
  short 
  distance 
  

   north 
  of 
  Dinan 
  & 
  Butler's 
  yard 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  J. 
  V. 
  Meade. 
  About 
  20 
  

   feet 
  of 
  clay 
  are 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  bank, 
  which 
  adjoins 
  the 
  yard. 
  The 
  

   <ilay 
  is 
  overlain 
  by 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  cobblestones. 
  The 
  sand 
  

   is 
  screened 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  

  

  