﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK: 
  727 
  

  

  Mr 
  Lowe 
  manufactures 
  drain 
  tile 
  onlj, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  for 
  private 
  

   use. 
  

  

  Horseheads, 
  Chemung 
  co. 
  The 
  Horseheads 
  brick 
  co. 
  has 
  a 
  clay 
  

   deposit 
  several 
  acres 
  in 
  extent, 
  having 
  an 
  average 
  thickness 
  of 
  about 
  

   20 
  feet. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  about 
  10 
  inches 
  of 
  soil, 
  and 
  under- 
  

   lying 
  the 
  clay 
  are 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  At 
  present 
  the 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  

   chiefly 
  shale. 
  {See 
  also 
  under 
  ^' 
  Shale," 
  p. 
  839.) 
  

  

  The 
  shale 
  bank 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  and 
  the 
  shale 
  is 
  

   brought 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  works 
  in 
  cars. 
  The 
  softer 
  portions 
  are 
  cinished 
  

   in 
  a 
  dry 
  pan, 
  but 
  hard 
  pieces 
  are 
  crushed 
  in 
  a 
  Blake 
  crusher. 
  The 
  

   yard, 
  which 
  turns 
  out 
  common 
  brick, 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  40,000 
  a 
  day. 
  

   The 
  soft 
  mud 
  process 
  and 
  tunnel 
  driers 
  are 
  used, 
  and 
  burning 
  is 
  

   done 
  in 
  a 
  Haigh 
  continuous 
  kiln. 
  

  

  Elmira. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Weyer 
  is 
  manufacturing 
  common 
  brick 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  shale 
  as 
  is 
  used 
  at 
  Horseheads, 
  but 
  the 
  quarry 
  is 
  

   at 
  a 
  higher 
  elevation. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  burned 
  in 
  a 
  Wilford 
  contin- 
  

   uous 
  kiln. 
  

  

  Breesjport, 
  Chemung 
  co.^ 
  About 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   town 
  are 
  the 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  Empire 
  state 
  brick 
  co., 
  Locy 
  Bros., 
  and 
  

   P. 
  M. 
  C. 
  To^\Tisend. 
  The 
  bank 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  obtain 
  their 
  clay 
  

   lies 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  long 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  hight 
  of 
  50 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  chiefly 
  of 
  a 
  bluish 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  

   stratified 
  in 
  places. 
  

  

  We 
  give 
  herewith 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  clay: 
  

  

  Silica 
  52 
  .48 
  

  

  Alumina 
  16 
  . 
  78 
  

  

  Peroxid 
  of 
  iron 
  6.79 
  

  

  Lime 
  6.63 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  3.59 
  

  

  Alkalis 
  7.16 
  

  

  93.43 
  

  

  1 
  Since 
  this 
  was 
  written 
  for 
  the 
  original 
  report 
  in 
  1895, 
  the 
  yards 
  have 
  

   been 
  dismantled. 
  

  

  