﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  735 
  

  

  Silica 
  61.01 
  

  

  Alumina 
  19 
  . 
  23 
  

  

  Peroxid 
  of 
  iron 
  5 
  . 
  43 
  

  

  Lime 
  .96 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  1.88 
  

  

  Alkalis 
  4.60 
  

  

  93. 
  H 
  

  

  Adjoining 
  Jones's 
  yard 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  CTossman 
  Bros. 
  It 
  is 
  leased 
  by 
  

   T^^illiam 
  Hammond. 
  The 
  clay 
  in 
  his 
  bank 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   Jones. 
  The 
  yard 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  open 
  one, 
  steam 
  power 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  

   running 
  the 
  machines; 
  the 
  tempering 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  rectangailar 
  pits. 
  

  

  Fi^eshpond, 
  Suffolk 
  co. 
  This 
  locality 
  is 
  about 
  4 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  ISTorthport 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   yards, 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  apart. 
  The 
  most 
  eastern 
  belongs 
  to 
  G. 
  Long- 
  

   bottom. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  some 
  500 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  about 
  50 
  

   feet 
  above 
  Long 
  Island 
  sound. 
  The 
  clay 
  bank 
  is 
  about 
  200 
  feet 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  yard 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  level. 
  A 
  section 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  

   of 
  1892 
  showed 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  Eed 
  sandy 
  clay 
  8 
  " 
  

  

  Red 
  clay 
  6 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  overlying 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  is 
  stratified 
  and 
  dips 
  east. 
  It 
  is 
  

   screened 
  for 
  tempering. 
  Carts 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  hauling 
  the 
  clay 
  to 
  the 
  

   machines. 
  Molding 
  sand 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  Hackensack. 
  The 
  clay 
  

   and 
  sand 
  are 
  shoveled 
  directly 
  into 
  a 
  vertical 
  pug-mill, 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  pass 
  to 
  the 
  molding 
  machine. 
  Coal 
  dust 
  is 
  also 
  added 
  in 
  tem- 
  

   pering. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  loaded 
  on 
  cars, 
  run 
  down 
  to 
  schooners 
  at 
  

   the 
  dock 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Connecticut. 
  Adjoining 
  Longbottom's 
  

   yard 
  is 
  the 
  inactive 
  plant 
  of 
  Provost. 
  

  

  