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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  are 
  used. 
  All 
  the 
  yards 
  dry 
  their 
  brick 
  on 
  

   pallets 
  and 
  burn 
  them 
  in 
  stationary 
  kilns, 
  using 
  coal 
  fuel. 
  One 
  fire 
  

   is 
  made 
  to 
  burn 
  one, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  arches, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  kiln. 
  The 
  burning 
  takes 
  nine 
  days. 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  its 
  

   vicinity 
  consume 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  product. 
  

  

  Jeioettville, 
  Erie 
  co. 
  Brush 
  & 
  Schmidt 
  started 
  a 
  brick 
  yard 
  at 
  

   this 
  locality 
  in 
  1892. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  Buffalo, 
  Eochester 
  

   and 
  Pennsylvania 
  railroad, 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  northwest 
  of 
  

   the 
  station 
  (pi. 
  56). 
  The 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  Hamilton 
  shale. 
  It 
  is 
  

   of 
  a 
  grayish 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  easily 
  worked. 
  An 
  opening 
  has 
  been 
  

   made 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  yard 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  level. 
  A 
  black, 
  gritty 
  shale 
  

   crops 
  out 
  farther 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  hill, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  used. 
  

   The 
  shale 
  is 
  loaded 
  on 
  cars 
  and 
  run 
  into 
  the 
  machine 
  shed, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  crushed 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  pan 
  and 
  then 
  molded. 
  The 
  yard 
  is 
  equipped 
  

   with 
  a 
  Boyd 
  dry 
  press, 
  and 
  stiff 
  mud 
  machine. 
  The 
  dry 
  press 
  

   bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  in 
  tunnels, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  on 
  brick 
  floors. 
  Special 
  

   shapes 
  are 
  molded 
  in 
  a 
  hand 
  power 
  press. 
  The 
  burning 
  is 
  done 
  

   in 
  up-draft 
  kilns. 
  

  

  Springhrooh^ 
  Erie 
  co. 
  There 
  are 
  extensive 
  deposits 
  of 
  clay 
  

   and 
  shale 
  at 
  Springbrook, 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  E. 
  B. 
  E'orthrup, 
  but 
  they 
  

   are 
  not 
  worked. 
  

  

  Evans, 
  Erie 
  co. 
  William 
  Bolton 
  has 
  a 
  horse 
  power 
  yard 
  here. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  is 
  a 
  local 
  deposit, 
  chiefly 
  blue 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  stratified. 
  It 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  sand 
  and 
  hardpan. 
  The 
  

   yard 
  is 
  run 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  local 
  demand 
  for 
  brick. 
  

  

  Soutliern 
  and 
  eastern 
  New 
  York 
  yard* 
  

   Dunkirk, 
  Chautauqua 
  co. 
  William 
  Hilton's 
  yard 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  

   the 
  valley, 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  The 
  clay 
  deposit 
  is 
  

   about 
  20 
  feet 
  thick, 
  and 
  is 
  underlain 
  by 
  rock. 
  The 
  upper 
  6 
  feet 
  

   is 
  yellow 
  and 
  below 
  this 
  is 
  blue. 
  Stones 
  are 
  found 
  scattered 
  

   through 
  the 
  clay 
  and 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  separated. 
  The 
  yellow 
  clay 
  gives 
  

   a 
  better 
  colored 
  brick, 
  while 
  the 
  blue 
  clay 
  shrinks 
  more, 
  but 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  give 
  a 
  harder 
  product. 
  The 
  blue 
  clay 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  clay 
  

   bank 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  tempered 
  with 
  sand; 
  it 
  has, 
  however, 
  not 
  been 
  much 
  

  

  