﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  707 
  

  

  Alfred 
  Hunter's 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  Van 
  Woert 
  street 
  near 
  

   Pearl. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  blue 
  with 
  yellow 
  on 
  top. 
  About 
  40 
  feet 
  of 
  

   clay 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  exposed. 
  There 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  of 
  soil 
  to 
  

   be 
  stripped. 
  The 
  bottom 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  reached. 
  Ring 
  pits 
  and 
  

   soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  are 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  

   Burning 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  scove-kilns. 
  Albany 
  and 
  vicinity 
  consume 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  product. 
  

  

  The 
  brick 
  yard 
  of 
  A. 
  Poutre 
  is 
  on 
  Van 
  Woert 
  street 
  between 
  

   Lark 
  and 
  Knox. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  blue 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  about 
  25 
  feet 
  

   thick. 
  It 
  is 
  overlain 
  by 
  a 
  loose 
  soil; 
  the 
  bottom 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  

   reached. 
  Soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  operated 
  by 
  steam 
  power 
  are 
  used; 
  

   the 
  bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  open 
  yards 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  scove-kilns. 
  

   Albany 
  consumes 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  product. 
  

  

  Rensselaer^ 
  Pensselaer 
  co. 
  Mrs. 
  T. 
  Rigney's 
  yard 
  is 
  at 
  East 
  

   Greenbush 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Boston 
  and 
  Albany 
  railroad. 
  

   The 
  clay, 
  which 
  is 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow, 
  has 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  about 
  90 
  feet. 
  

   Loam 
  overlies 
  the 
  clay; 
  the 
  bottom 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  reached. 
  The 
  

   machinery 
  is 
  run 
  by 
  horse 
  power. 
  Rensselaer 
  and 
  ISTew 
  York 
  city 
  

   are 
  the 
  chief 
  markets 
  for 
  the 
  product. 
  

  

  Troy, 
  Rensselaer 
  co. 
  Alexander 
  Ferguson's 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  situ- 
  

   ated 
  on 
  Hoosick 
  above 
  1st 
  street. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  40 
  feet 
  

   high 
  and 
  runs 
  in 
  an 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  direction 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  deeply 
  incised 
  at 
  

   either 
  end 
  by 
  two 
  streams. 
  The 
  clay, 
  as 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  these 
  Hudson 
  

   estuary 
  deposits, 
  is 
  stratified, 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  and 
  blue 
  

   clay 
  in 
  the 
  lower. 
  The 
  blue 
  contains' 
  some 
  quicksand. 
  A 
  stronger 
  

   and 
  better 
  colored 
  brick 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  tough 
  upper 
  clay, 
  but 
  

   it 
  shrinks 
  considerably 
  in 
  burning. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  blue 
  

   clay 
  makes 
  a 
  smoother 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  strong 
  brick, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  more 
  even 
  

   shape. 
  Underlying 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  slate 
  rock, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  

   building 
  purposes. 
  

  

  J. 
  B. 
  Roberts's 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  clay, 
  

   which 
  is 
  mostly 
  yellow, 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  foot 
  of 
  loam 
  and 
  under- 
  

   lain 
  by 
  gravel. 
  Capacity, 
  2,000,000. 
  

  

  