﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YOBK 
  715 
  

  

  TV. 
  W. 
  Parry. 
  Yard 
  located 
  near 
  tlie 
  town; 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  flats 
  bordering 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river; 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  

   6 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  gravel, 
  which 
  rises 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  

   surface 
  in 
  many 
  places. 
  A 
  light 
  loam 
  covers 
  the 
  clay. 
  For 
  making 
  

   brick, 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  mixed 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom. 
  Both 
  soft 
  and 
  3tiff 
  

   mnd 
  machines 
  are 
  used 
  and 
  bulTiing 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  scove 
  kilns. 
  

  

  Deerfieldj 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  G. 
  F. 
  Weaver's 
  Sons' 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  l^ew 
  York 
  

   Central 
  railroad 
  depot. 
  Their 
  clay 
  deposit 
  is 
  about 
  40 
  acres 
  in 
  ex- 
  

   tent, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  worked 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  10 
  feet. 
  

  

  South 
  Bay. 
  C. 
  Stephens 
  has 
  brick 
  and 
  tile 
  works 
  at 
  this 
  town. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  deposit 
  is 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  underlies 
  a 
  tract 
  

   of 
  800 
  acres 
  bordering 
  on 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  Underlying 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  a 
  

   fine 
  and 
  closely 
  cemented 
  blue 
  gravel. 
  The 
  Elmira, 
  Cortland 
  and 
  

   Northern 
  railroad 
  passes 
  through 
  the 
  property. 
  Chiefly 
  drain 
  tile 
  

   are 
  manufactured. 
  These 
  works 
  were 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  

   1891. 
  

  

  Canastota, 
  Madison 
  co. 
  M. 
  Ballou 
  has 
  a 
  brick 
  yard 
  at 
  this 
  

   locality. 
  

  

  Syracuse, 
  Onondaga 
  co. 
  At 
  the 
  northeast 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  is 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  deposit 
  of 
  clay, 
  underlying 
  the 
  low 
  lands 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  worked 
  by 
  several 
  brick 
  manufacturers. 
  

   The 
  yards 
  are 
  mostly 
  on 
  'N. 
  7th 
  street. 
  The 
  first 
  is 
  tliat 
  of 
  

   T. 
  Nolan, 
  a 
  horse 
  power 
  yard; 
  adjoining 
  him 
  is 
  the 
  yard 
  of 
  Preston 
  

   Bros., 
  also 
  a 
  horse 
  power 
  yard. 
  Next 
  comes 
  F. 
  H. 
  Kennedy, 
  at 
  

   whose 
  yard 
  the 
  bricks 
  are 
  molded 
  by 
  hand. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merrick 
  has 
  a 
  

   steam 
  power 
  yard 
  on 
  S. 
  Salina, 
  and 
  farther 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  Cicero 
  plank- 
  

   road 
  are 
  the 
  brick 
  works 
  of 
  J. 
  Brophy. 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  is 
  stratified, 
  red 
  above 
  and 
  blue 
  below. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  flat 
  land 
  it 
  runs 
  7 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  deep, 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  edges 
  it 
  

   thins 
  out 
  to 
  2 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  York 
  'paving 
  hrich 
  co. 
  (See 
  under 
  Paving 
  brick.) 
  

  

  Warner, 
  Onondaga 
  co. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  vitrified 
  pressed 
  brick 
  co. 
  

   This 
  yard 
  uses 
  both 
  shale 
  and 
  clay. 
  The 
  works 
  are 
  situated 
  about 
  

   half 
  a 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  Warner 
  along 
  the 
  West 
  Shore 
  track. 
  

  

  