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  limits 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  analyses, 
  there 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  

   difficulty 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  preparing 
  concentrates 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   8 
  or 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  Ti0 
  2 
  . 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  iron 
  in 
  the 
  tailings 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  

   drawback 
  to 
  concentration, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  immense 
  deposits 
  

   like 
  those 
  at 
  Lake 
  Sanford 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  worked 
  very 
  cheaply 
  this 
  

   could 
  hardly 
  be 
  critical. 
  

  

  The 
  electric 
  furnace 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  for 
  titaniferous 
  ores, 
  yet 
  

   the 
  expense 
  of 
  making 
  iron 
  by 
  this 
  method 
  must 
  operate 
  against 
  

   its 
  extended 
  use 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  coke 
  is 
  available 
  at 
  anything 
  like 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  prices. 
  The 
  open-hearth 
  method 
  of 
  steel 
  manufacture 
  seems 
  

   to 
  offer 
  a 
  field 
  that 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  investigation. 
  Crude 
  ores 
  are 
  

   employed 
  now 
  quite 
  largely 
  in 
  the 
  process 
  instead 
  of 
  scrap 
  metal. 
  

   From 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  learned 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  titaniferous 
  

   ores 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  experimented 
  with 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  SAXFORD 
  DEPOSITS 
  

  

  This 
  group 
  of 
  ore 
  bodies, 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  

   the 
  kind 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  Newcomb 
  township, 
  

   western 
  Essex 
  county, 
  on 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  rugged 
  mountain 
  complex 
  

   that 
  has 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  as 
  its 
  central 
  and 
  culminating 
  point. 
  Lake 
  

   Sanford 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  several 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  which 
  form 
  the 
  

   head 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  The 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  Adirondack 
  

   village 
  (now 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  -Tahawus 
  Club) 
  which 
  was 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  

   early 
  iron 
  workers, 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  a 
  wild, 
  heavily 
  forested 
  

   region, 
  shut 
  in 
  by 
  high 
  elevations 
  on 
  all 
  sides 
  except 
  the 
  south 
  

   where 
  the 
  river 
  has 
  worn 
  a 
  narrow 
  valley. 
  North 
  Creek, 
  the 
  

   terminus 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  & 
  Hudson 
  

   Railroad 
  is 
  about 
  30 
  miles 
  distant 
  by 
  wagon 
  road, 
  and 
  Port 
  Henry 
  

   on 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  about 
  50 
  miles. 
  The 
  ore 
  bodies 
  outcrop 
  at 
  

   elevations 
  ranging 
  from 
  1800 
  to 
  about 
  2100 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  

   Their 
  distribution 
  is 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  accompanying 
  map 
  which 
  

   reproduces 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Santanoni 
  quadrangle 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Geological 
  Survey 
  [pi. 
  1 
  5]. 
  The 
  scale 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  is 
  1 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  inch. 
  

  

  Unusual 
  interest 
  attaches 
  to 
  the 
  events 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Sanford 
  deposits 
  and 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   of 
  the 
  local 
  iron-making 
  enterprise 
  to 
  utilize 
  the 
  ores. 
  1 
  Following 
  

  

  1 
  A 
  good 
  historical 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  discovery 
  and 
  exploitation 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Watson's 
  " 
  History 
  of 
  Essex 
  County." 
  The 
  reports 
  by 
  

   Emmons 
  contain 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  developments 
  up 
  to 
  1840. 
  For 
  details 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  blast 
  furnaces 
  and 
  metallurgical 
  operations 
  consult 
  Rossi, 
  " 
  Titan- 
  

   iferous 
  Ores 
  in 
  the 
  Blast 
  Furnace." 
  Am. 
  Inst. 
  Min. 
  Eng. 
  Trans, 
  v. 
  XXI- 
  

   1892-93. 
  

  

  