﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  709 
  

  

  Saratoga, 
  C. 
  L. 
  Williams. 
  The 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  

   from 
  the 
  town, 
  600 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Hudson 
  railroad. 
  

   Mr 
  Williams 
  has 
  about 
  50 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land, 
  the 
  clay 
  running 
  

   •6 
  feet 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  blue, 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  weathered 
  

   to 
  yellow. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  stripping 
  of 
  about 
  1 
  foot 
  of 
  loam. 
  The 
  clay 
  

   is 
  put 
  through 
  a 
  crusher 
  first; 
  it 
  is 
  then 
  pugged 
  and 
  molded. 
  The 
  

   bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets, 
  the 
  racks 
  having 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  260,000. 
  

   Wood 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  burning, 
  being 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  200 
  acres 
  

   near 
  the 
  yard. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  chiefly 
  used 
  locally. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  brick 
  yard 
  at 
  Saratoga 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  D. 
  Davidson. 
  It 
  

   is 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  Judge 
  Hilton's 
  

   jard. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  28 
  feet 
  thick, 
  is 
  about 
  150 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  yard; 
  it 
  is 
  stratified, 
  the 
  layers 
  being 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  8 
  

   inches 
  thick 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  thin 
  laminae 
  of 
  sand. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  

   a 
  light 
  brown 
  color, 
  being 
  underlain 
  by 
  calciferous 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   overlain 
  by 
  a 
  foot 
  of 
  soil. 
  Mr 
  Davidson 
  has 
  22 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land. 
  

   Tempering 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  ring 
  pits 
  and 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  molded 
  in 
  a 
  soft 
  mud 
  

   machine. 
  Drying 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  an 
  open 
  yard, 
  and 
  burning 
  in 
  scove- 
  

   kilns. 
  The 
  fuel 
  used 
  is 
  hard 
  wood. 
  

  

  Other 
  eastern 
  yards 
  

  

  Hoosich 
  Falls, 
  Rensselaer 
  co. 
  John 
  Dolan's 
  clav 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  

   40 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  extent 
  of 
  six 
  acres. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  

   building 
  brick. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  consumed 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Middle 
  Granville, 
  Washington 
  co. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Pepper 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  

   manufacturer 
  at 
  this 
  locality. 
  His 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  45 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  

   2000 
  feet 
  long. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  blue, 
  and 
  scattered 
  through 
  it 
  are 
  

   some 
  streaks 
  of 
  sand. 
  A 
  bed 
  of 
  gray 
  sand 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  un- 
  

   derlies 
  the 
  clay 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  turn 
  underlain 
  by 
  slate. 
  

  

  Plattshurg, 
  Clinton 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  yards 
  here. 
  That 
  

   of 
  J. 
  Ouimet 
  lies 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  open 
  yard 
  

   and 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  horse 
  power. 
  The 
  clay 
  which 
  is 
  hard 
  

   and 
  tough 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  and 
  red 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  mined 
  with 
  

   plows. 
  

  

  