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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Amsterdam, 
  Montgomery 
  co. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Grimes's 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  

   located 
  on 
  Florida 
  avenue. 
  Tlie 
  clay 
  deposit 
  underlies 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  

   about 
  20 
  acres, 
  and 
  the 
  section 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Soil 
  1-3 
  feet 
  

  

  Yellow 
  clay 
  6 
  " 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  

  

  Common 
  bricks 
  are 
  manufactured. 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  is 
  first 
  passed 
  tbrougb 
  a 
  Cotts 
  disintegrator 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  

   molded 
  on 
  a 
  soft 
  mud 
  machine. 
  Drying 
  is 
  done 
  on 
  pallets. 
  This 
  

   yard 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  operation 
  16 
  years. 
  

  

  Gloversville, 
  Fulton 
  co. 
  H. 
  McDuffie's 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  

   on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  The 
  clay, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   color, 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  bed 
  2^ 
  feet 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  hardpan 
  and 
  

   overlain 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  soil. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  soft 
  mud 
  

   process, 
  being 
  molded 
  in 
  horse 
  power 
  machines. 
  

  

  W. 
  A. 
  Stoutner. 
  His 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  thick, 
  under- 
  

   lain 
  by 
  hardpan 
  and 
  overlain 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  of 
  soil. 
  The 
  clay 
  i& 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  and 
  bums 
  to 
  a 
  red 
  color. 
  The 
  brick 
  are 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  

   Peekskill 
  hand 
  power 
  machine. 
  The 
  brickmaking 
  season 
  at 
  Glov- 
  

   ersville 
  runs 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  Septem- 
  

   ber. 
  The 
  Eureka 
  pressed 
  brick 
  co. 
  also 
  operates 
  here. 
  

  

  Ilion, 
  Herkimer 
  co. 
  S. 
  E. 
  Coe. 
  Brick 
  yard 
  situated 
  along 
  

   the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  with 
  the 
  West 
  Shore 
  railroad 
  crossing 
  tha 
  property. 
  

   Mr 
  Coe 
  has 
  about 
  10 
  acres 
  of 
  clay 
  land, 
  the 
  clay 
  running 
  in 
  depth 
  

   from 
  8 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  three 
  different 
  colors, 
  black, 
  gray 
  and 
  

   blue. 
  The 
  latter 
  makes 
  the 
  stronger 
  brick. 
  'No 
  stripping 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  

   except 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  of 
  black 
  soil. 
  

  

  Rome, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  W. 
  Armstrong's 
  yard 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Home 
  and 
  Clinton 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  ITew 
  

   York, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Western 
  railroad. 
  The 
  clay 
  deposit 
  is 
  about 
  

   25 
  acres 
  in 
  extent; 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  gray 
  color 
  and 
  7 
  to 
  10 
  

   feet 
  deep. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  soft 
  mud 
  machines. 
  

  

  