﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YOKK 
  711 
  

  

  CartJiage. 
  Tlie 
  clay 
  deposit, 
  which 
  is 
  several 
  himdred 
  acres 
  in 
  

   extent 
  and 
  about 
  5 
  feet 
  thick, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  gray 
  color 
  with 
  streaks 
  of 
  

   brown. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  wet 
  mud 
  machines 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  

   steam 
  driers. 
  Local 
  market 
  consumes 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  product. 
  

  

  Potsdam, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co. 
  D. 
  W. 
  Finnimore's 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  

   situated 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  outside 
  of 
  the'village 
  limits. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   blue 
  color 
  and 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  overlain 
  by 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  of 
  

   dark 
  sandy 
  soil 
  and 
  underlain 
  by 
  gravel. 
  The 
  yard 
  is 
  equipped 
  

   with 
  a 
  Quaker 
  soft 
  mud 
  machine, 
  and 
  a 
  Kells 
  & 
  Son's 
  dry 
  press 
  

   machine. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  used 
  locally. 
  

  

  Watertown, 
  Jefferson 
  co. 
  At 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  on 
  

   Main 
  street 
  are 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  Watertown 
  pressed 
  brick 
  co. 
  They 
  

   have 
  about 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  clay, 
  red 
  in 
  color, 
  horizontally 
  stratified 
  and 
  

   averaging 
  about 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  Trenton 
  

   Kmestone. 
  The 
  tempering 
  san.d 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  carted 
  nearly 
  3 
  miles. 
  

   Analysis 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  shows: 
  

  

  Silica 
  64.39 
  

  

  Alumina 
  14 
  . 
  40 
  

  

  Peroxid 
  of 
  iron 
  5 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Lime 
  3.60 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  1.31 
  

  

  Alaklis 
  4.66 
  

  

  Water 
  and 
  organic 
  matter 
  6 
  . 
  64 
  

  

  100.00 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  is 
  rather 
  tough. 
  It 
  is 
  loaded 
  on 
  cars 
  which 
  are 
  drawn 
  

   by 
  cable 
  some 
  '7 
  5 
  feet, 
  up 
  into 
  the 
  machine 
  shed, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  dumped 
  

   into 
  a 
  disintegrator. 
  It 
  next 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  pug 
  mill 
  for 
  tempering, 
  

   and 
  is 
  molded 
  in 
  a 
  Martin 
  machine. 
  Drying 
  is 
  done 
  on 
  pallets 
  and 
  

   burning 
  in 
  scove-kilns, 
  the 
  latter 
  occupying 
  about 
  seven 
  days. 
  The 
  

   consumption 
  is 
  chiefly 
  local. 
  

  

  Ogdensburg, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co. 
  Paige 
  Bros.' 
  yard 
  is 
  on 
  Cedar 
  

   cor. 
  Canton 
  street, 
  at 
  the 
  southwest 
  end 
  of 
  town. 
  The 
  clav 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  