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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Florida, 
  Orange 
  co. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Vernon's 
  brick 
  yard 
  and 
  claj 
  de- 
  

   posit 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  near 
  tlie 
  town. 
  The 
  clay 
  bed 
  is 
  10 
  

   feet 
  thick, 
  blue 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  tough. 
  The 
  upper 
  3 
  feet 
  is 
  weathered 
  to 
  

   a 
  red 
  clay, 
  which 
  makes 
  a 
  better 
  brick. 
  The 
  blue 
  is 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   purity 
  for 
  making 
  pottery. 
  Underneath 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  sand 
  and 
  hard- 
  

   pan. 
  

  

  OaMand 
  valley, 
  Sullivan 
  co. 
  A 
  small 
  deposit 
  of 
  clay 
  at 
  this 
  

   locality 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  for 
  making 
  earthenware. 
  

  

  About 
  one 
  eighth 
  sand 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  clay 
  for 
  brick 
  or 
  

   tile 
  ware. 
  The 
  sand, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  yellow 
  color, 
  is 
  in 
  banks 
  

   along 
  the 
  ISTavesink 
  river, 
  near 
  the 
  clay 
  beds. 
  This 
  clay 
  is 
  also 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  paint. 
  Oakland 
  valley 
  is 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Port 
  Jervis. 
  

  

  New 
  Palbz, 
  Ulster 
  co. 
  !N^ew 
  Paltz 
  brick 
  co. 
  The 
  brick 
  yard 
  is 
  

   located 
  on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  Valley 
  

   railroad, 
  mth 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  switch. 
  The 
  clay 
  deposit 
  

   is 
  yellow, 
  red 
  and 
  blue 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  varies 
  in 
  depth 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  

   50 
  feet. 
  It 
  underlies 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  6 
  acres. 
  The 
  natural 
  separation 
  

   of 
  the 
  clay 
  in 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  inch 
  layers 
  facilitates 
  the 
  digging 
  of 
  it. 
  There 
  

   is 
  a 
  thin 
  stratum 
  of 
  overlying 
  sand 
  which 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  first 
  stripped. 
  

   Soft 
  mud 
  machines 
  operated 
  by 
  horse 
  power 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  molding. 
  

  

  Warwich, 
  Orange 
  co. 
  Though 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  brick 
  yards 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity, 
  extensive 
  deposits 
  of 
  clay 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  present. 
  A 
  

   sample 
  of 
  clay 
  from 
  the 
  Drowned 
  lands, 
  lying 
  along 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  

   river 
  in 
  Orange 
  co., 
  was 
  analyzed 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  l^ew 
  

   Jersey 
  geological 
  survey 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  results: 
  

  

  Silicic 
  acid 
  in 
  combination 
  28.9 
  

  

  Quartz 
  22 
  . 
  9 
  

  

  Silicic 
  acid 
  free 
  . 
  1.2 
  

  

  Titanic 
  acid 
  1.5 
  

  

  Oxid 
  of 
  alumina 
  23.1 
  

  

  Peroxid 
  of 
  iron 
  7.2 
  

  

  Lime 
  .7 
  

  

  