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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  greater 
  depth. 
  A 
  partial 
  analysis 
  by 
  J. 
  B. 
  Britton 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  

   Maynard's 
  paper. 
  

  

  Iron 
  64.76 
  

  

  Sulfur 
  .06 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  .16 
  

  

  Schofield 
  mine. 
  Ore 
  was 
  mined 
  here 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1828 
  

   and 
  1845 
  and 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  forges 
  at 
  Schroon. 
  The 
  openings 
  extend 
  

   for 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  along 
  Skiff 
  mountain 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  trend- 
  

   ing 
  about 
  northwest 
  and 
  southeast. 
  Apparently 
  the 
  excavations 
  

   do 
  not 
  reach 
  much 
  over 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  ore 
  is 
  rich, 
  but 
  

   does 
  not 
  average 
  above 
  3 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  A 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   waste 
  rock 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  out 
  in 
  working 
  the 
  deposit. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  analysis 
  by 
  J. 
  B. 
  Britton 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Maynard: 
  

  

  Iron 
  62 
  .36 
  

  

  Insoluble 
  silicious 
  matter 
  7 
  • 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  Sulfur 
  nil 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  .02 
  

  

  