﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  713 
  

  

  Central 
  New 
  Yorh 
  yards 
  

   St 
  Johnsville, 
  Montgomery 
  co. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Smith 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  brick 
  

   mamifacturer 
  in 
  this 
  town. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  60 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  

   following 
  is 
  the 
  section 
  involved. 
  

  

  Loam 
  1 
  foot 
  

  

  Fine 
  sand 
  T 
  feet 
  

  

  Dark 
  building 
  sand 
  3 
  " 
  

  

  Gray 
  clay 
  1 
  foot 
  

  

  Quicksand 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  Hardpan 
  1 
  foot 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  75 
  feet 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  92 
  feet 
  

  

  Only 
  common 
  brick 
  are 
  manufactured. 
  

  

  Fonda, 
  Montgomery 
  co. 
  W. 
  Davenport^s 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  about 
  

   one 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ^ew 
  York 
  

   central 
  railroad. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  yard, 
  is 
  12 
  

   feet 
  high, 
  and 
  yellow 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  brick 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  soft 
  mud 
  

   machines 
  operated 
  by 
  horse 
  power, 
  dried 
  on 
  open 
  yards 
  and 
  burnt 
  

   in 
  Bcove-kilns. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  sold 
  in 
  Montgomery 
  co. 
  Drain 
  

   tile 
  are 
  also 
  manufactured. 
  

  

  Dolgeville, 
  Herkimer 
  co. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Kyser 
  has 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  clay 
  about 
  

   60 
  acres 
  in 
  extent, 
  and 
  30 
  feet 
  thick. 
  He 
  manufactures 
  ordinary 
  

   building 
  brick, 
  which 
  are 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  local 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  is 
  tempered 
  in 
  a 
  pug 
  mill 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  

   amount 
  of 
  sand, 
  and 
  passes 
  thence 
  to 
  a 
  Quaker 
  soft 
  mud 
  machine. 
  

   Drying 
  is 
  done 
  on 
  an 
  open 
  yard, 
  and 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  burned 
  in 
  a 
  

   scove-kiln. 
  The 
  latter 
  operation 
  takes 
  five 
  to 
  eight 
  days. 
  

  

  South 
  Trenton, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Garrett 
  has 
  manufactured 
  

   brick 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  for 
  45 
  years. 
  His 
  clay 
  bed 
  is 
  several 
  acres 
  in 
  

   extent 
  and 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  thick. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  blue 
  below 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   and 
  red 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  weathering. 
  

   It 
  is 
  slightly 
  stratified. 
  Underlying 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  slate. 
  

  

  