﻿Y04 
  IS'EW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  stratified. 
  It 
  is 
  worked 
  by 
  picks 
  and 
  carted 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  yards^ 
  

   The 
  bank 
  which 
  is 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  hight 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  hillside 
  some 
  

   500 
  feet 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  yard. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  underlain 
  by 
  the 
  sand 
  

   and 
  gravel 
  which 
  crops 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  terrace 
  escarpment 
  behind 
  the 
  

   yard, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  

  

  Coxsackie, 
  Greene 
  co. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  yard 
  here, 
  that 
  of 
  

   F. 
  W. 
  l^oble. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  100 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   river, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  The 
  

   clay 
  bank 
  adjoins 
  the 
  yard 
  and 
  is 
  35 
  feet 
  high. 
  Both 
  blue 
  and 
  

   yellow 
  clay 
  are 
  used. 
  Shale 
  underlies 
  it. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  quite 
  dry 
  and 
  

   is 
  broken 
  up 
  by 
  undermining. 
  Soak 
  pits 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  

   There 
  is 
  an 
  exposure 
  of 
  blue 
  clay 
  in 
  the 
  terrace 
  escarpment 
  south 
  of 
  

   Coxsackie. 
  

  

  Athens, 
  Greene 
  co. 
  Of 
  the 
  three 
  yards 
  at 
  this 
  locality, 
  situ- 
  

   ated 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  adjoining 
  each 
  

   other, 
  only 
  two 
  are 
  running. 
  The 
  most 
  southern 
  one 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   William 
  Ryder, 
  situated 
  80 
  feet 
  above 
  tide 
  level 
  and 
  about 
  500 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  Mr 
  Ryder 
  owns 
  12 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land. 
  The 
  

   clay, 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  excavated 
  below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  yard, 
  runs- 
  

   up 
  to 
  125 
  feet 
  above 
  mean 
  tide, 
  and 
  is 
  both 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow 
  with 
  

   about 
  6 
  feet 
  of 
  loam 
  covering. 
  A 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  18 
  feet 
  below 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  yard, 
  without 
  reaching 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  clay. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  is 
  mined 
  by 
  plows 
  and 
  scrapers. 
  The 
  upper 
  6 
  feet 
  of 
  loam 
  

   is 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  clay. 
  The 
  bricks 
  when 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  kilns 
  are 
  

   sent 
  on 
  cars 
  do^vn 
  to 
  the 
  shore, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  loaded 
  on 
  barges- 
  

   for 
  shipment 
  to 
  ISTew 
  York 
  city. 
  Adjoining 
  this 
  yard 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  

   is 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Porter, 
  not 
  worked. 
  A 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  north 
  of 
  

   this, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Murder 
  creek, 
  is 
  the 
  yard 
  of 
  I. 
  R. 
  Porter. 
  

   Though 
  the 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  shore, 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  not 
  deep 
  

   enough 
  for 
  the 
  brick 
  barges, 
  and 
  the 
  bricks 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  caiiied 
  some 
  

   200 
  yards 
  to 
  the 
  dock. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  adjoins 
  the 
  yards 
  and 
  is 
  

   mined 
  by 
  plows 
  and 
  scrapers. 
  Horse 
  power 
  machines 
  are 
  used. 
  

  

  Coeymans 
  Landing, 
  Albany 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  brick 
  yards 
  at 
  

   this 
  town; 
  they 
  lie 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  shore 
  and 
  

  

  