﻿ADIRONDACK 
  MAGNETIC 
  IRON 
  ORES 
  7 
  

  

  is 
  on 
  a 
  firmer 
  basis 
  than 
  ever 
  before, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  improved 
  methods 
  

   of 
  preparing 
  the 
  product 
  for 
  the 
  market. 
  By 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  

   milling 
  plants 
  to 
  the 
  installations, 
  the 
  mines 
  are 
  now 
  able 
  to 
  ship 
  

   their 
  output 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  concentrates, 
  which 
  contain 
  smaller 
  

   amounts 
  of 
  phosphorus 
  and 
  sulfur 
  and 
  higher 
  percentages 
  of 
  

   iron 
  than 
  the 
  crude 
  material 
  formerly 
  marketed. 
  The 
  concen- 
  

   trates 
  are 
  in 
  wide 
  demand 
  for 
  mixture 
  with 
  the 
  leaner 
  ores 
  of 
  

   other 
  districts 
  and 
  command 
  a 
  price 
  above 
  the 
  average. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  local 
  charcoal 
  industry 
  which 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  the 
  support 
  

   of 
  many 
  small 
  workings 
  was 
  completely 
  extinguished 
  during 
  the 
  

   depression 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  decade, 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  two 
  coke 
  furnaces 
  in 
  

   operation 
  locally 
  on 
  Adirondack 
  ores. 
  The 
  furnace 
  recently 
  built 
  

   at 
  Standish, 
  Clinton 
  co., 
  manufactures 
  a 
  superior 
  grade 
  of 
  low- 
  

   phosphorus 
  iron 
  from 
  the 
  Lyon 
  Mountain 
  concentrates. 
  The 
  Port 
  

   Henry 
  furnace 
  is 
  run 
  mainly 
  on 
  foundry 
  irons, 
  using 
  the 
  Mineville 
  

   ores. 
  The 
  surplus 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  mines 
  from 
  these 
  operations 
  is 
  

   sold 
  to 
  furnaces 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  The 
  titaniferous 
  magnetites 
  which 
  hitherto 
  have 
  been 
  neglected 
  

   almost 
  completely 
  may 
  add 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  

   in 
  the 
  near 
  future. 
  Their 
  development 
  is 
  already 
  in 
  prospect 
  at 
  

   Lake 
  Sanford, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  enormous 
  bodies 
  of 
  the 
  ores, 
  excep- 
  

   tionally 
  situated 
  for 
  convenient 
  working.' 
  The 
  ores 
  possess 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  advantages 
  in 
  their 
  low 
  phosphorus 
  and 
  sulfur, 
  though 
  the 
  

   titanium 
  content 
  has 
  been 
  generally 
  regarded 
  as 
  presenting 
  diffi- 
  

   culties 
  to 
  their 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  blast 
  furnace. 
  Under 
  the 
  present 
  

   management 
  of 
  the 
  enterprise 
  at 
  Lake 
  Sanford 
  a 
  thorough 
  test 
  of 
  

   the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  adaptability 
  may 
  be 
  expected. 
  

  

  Acknowledgments. 
  The 
  courtesies 
  extended 
  by 
  the 
  mining 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  and 
  others 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  

   have 
  been 
  of 
  invaluable 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  Much 
  

   of 
  the 
  information 
  relating 
  to 
  ore 
  analyses, 
  mine 
  maps 
  and 
  sections, 
  

   magnetic 
  surveys, 
  drill 
  records, 
  etc. 
  has 
  been 
  secured 
  through 
  their 
  

   agency. 
  Some 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  contributed 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  and 
  to 
  

   whom 
  special 
  recognition 
  is 
  due 
  are: 
  Messrs 
  S. 
  Norton, 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  and 
  S. 
  Le 
  Fevre, 
  engineer, 
  of 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherman 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   Mineville; 
  W. 
  T. 
  Foote, 
  Port 
  Henry; 
  J. 
  N. 
  Stower, 
  Plattsburg; 
  

   H. 
  H. 
  Hindshaw, 
  New 
  York, 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  geologist 
  for 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

   & 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  ; 
  N. 
  V. 
  Hansell, 
  New 
  York, 
  formerly 
  engineer 
  at 
  

   Lyon 
  Mountain; 
  C. 
  S. 
  Hurd, 
  New 
  York; 
  W. 
  L. 
  Cumings, 
  geologist 
  

   for 
  the 
  Bethlehem 
  Steel 
  Co., 
  South 
  Bethlehem, 
  Pa. 
  ; 
  M. 
  H. 
  Newman, 
  

   Madison, 
  Wis.; 
  and 
  the 
  Oliver 
  Iron 
  Mining 
  Co., 
  Duluth, 
  Minn. 
  

  

  