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  I^EW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  About 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Longbottom's, 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  shore, 
  is 
  

   the 
  yard 
  of 
  R. 
  Samrais. 
  His 
  land 
  extends 
  2000 
  feet 
  along 
  the 
  

   shore 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  that 
  distance 
  the 
  clay 
  crops 
  out 
  from 
  un- 
  

   derneath 
  the 
  sands 
  and 
  gravels. 
  The 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  a 
  

   bluish 
  red, 
  the 
  upper, 
  red 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  somewhat 
  more 
  gritty. 
  The 
  

   clay 
  is 
  rather 
  tough 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  dry 
  as 
  Longbottom's. 
  The 
  carting 
  

   is 
  done 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  ; 
  the 
  overlying 
  sands 
  which 
  are 
  highly 
  stained 
  

   with 
  iron 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  tempering. 
  A 
  cutting 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   cliff 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  yard 
  for 
  tempering 
  sand. 
  The 
  bricks 
  are 
  burnt 
  

   with 
  wood. 
  

  

  Greenport, 
  Suifolk 
  co. 
  The 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  brick 
  co. 
  

   are 
  some 
  2 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Greenport 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Pike's 
  cove, 
  

   opposite 
  Shelter 
  island. 
  Its 
  clay 
  is 
  a 
  glacial 
  deposit 
  of 
  red 
  color, 
  

   rather 
  tough 
  and 
  contains 
  numerous 
  stones. 
  Mr 
  Sage, 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   claims 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  64 
  feet 
  for 
  the 
  deposit 
  in 
  places. 
  Several 
  open- 
  

   ings 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  it, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  24 
  feet 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   thin 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  yard, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  underlain 
  

   by 
  hardpan. 
  It 
  is 
  undermined, 
  the 
  working 
  face 
  being 
  about 
  8 
  feet 
  

   high; 
  and 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  hauled 
  to 
  the 
  machines 
  in 
  carts. 
  It 
  is 
  tempered 
  

   in 
  soak 
  pits, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  one 
  third 
  its 
  volume 
  of 
  sand. 
  Hema- 
  

   tite 
  is 
  also 
  added 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  good 
  color 
  in 
  burning. 
  The 
  

   bricks 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  pallets 
  or 
  on 
  open 
  yards. 
  They 
  are 
  burnt 
  in 
  

   scove-kihis, 
  loaded 
  on 
  schooners 
  and 
  shipped 
  largely 
  tO' 
  Connecticut. 
  

   Many 
  also 
  go 
  to 
  points 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Southold, 
  Suffolk 
  co. 
  2 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  is 
  C. 
  L. 
  

   Sandford's 
  yard. 
  The 
  clay 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  Sage's. 
  Mr 
  Sanford 
  has 
  

   about 
  29 
  acres 
  of 
  clay., 
  It 
  is 
  worked 
  chiefly 
  by 
  undermining, 
  the 
  

   working 
  face 
  being 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  hight. 
  In 
  places, 
  gravel 
  is 
  

   scattered 
  through 
  it, 
  but 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  free 
  from 
  stones. 
  Bor- 
  

   ings 
  have 
  shown 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  65 
  feet 
  of 
  clay. 
  The 
  clay 
  and 
  coal 
  dust 
  

   are 
  put 
  into 
  rectangular 
  soak 
  pits 
  and 
  from 
  these 
  are 
  shoveled 
  into 
  

   the 
  machine, 
  the 
  tempering 
  sand 
  not 
  being 
  added 
  till 
  then. 
  The 
  

   drying 
  is 
  done 
  on 
  pallets, 
  whose 
  total 
  capacity 
  is 
  154,000. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  product 
  goes 
  to 
  Connecticut 
  by 
  schooner. 
  

  

  