﻿O 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  Substantial 
  progress 
  was 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  in 
  many 
  

   departments 
  of 
  the 
  mineral 
  industry, 
  and 
  though 
  conditions 
  in 
  

   some 
  lines 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  prosperous 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  previous 
  

   years, 
  the 
  general 
  record 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  with 
  satisfaction. 
  

   The 
  census 
  of 
  production 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  conducted 
  for 
  the 
  

   present 
  and 
  preceding 
  issues 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  covers 
  over 
  30 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  materials 
  mined 
  or 
  quarried 
  in 
  the 
  State; 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  

   the 
  output 
  returned 
  for 
  1907 
  amounted 
  to 
  $37,427,405, 
  showing 
  

   a 
  small 
  advance 
  over 
  the 
  corresponding 
  total 
  for 
  1906 
  which 
  was 
  

   $37,132,832, 
  the 
  largest 
  recorded 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time. 
  When 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  other 
  years 
  the 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  1907 
  appears 
  

   in 
  even 
  more 
  favorable 
  light, 
  as 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  in 
  

   1905 
  was 
  $35,470,987 
  and 
  in 
  1904 
  only 
  $28,812,595. 
  Within 
  the 
  

   four 
  years 
  for 
  which 
  returns 
  have 
  been 
  collected, 
  there 
  has 
  thus 
  

   been 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  30 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  the 
  mineral 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  These 
  valuations, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  noted, 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  materials 
  in 
  

   elementary 
  or 
  first 
  marketable 
  form, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  actually 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  aggregates 
  contributed 
  each 
  year 
  

   by 
  the 
  mineral 
  industry 
  in 
  general. 
  The 
  metallurgical 
  and 
  

   chemical 
  products 
  classed 
  as 
  mineral 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  largest 
  items 
  

   of 
  local 
  manufactures. 
  

  

  By 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  tables 
  of 
  production 
  included 
  herewith, 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  iron 
  mining 
  has 
  undergone 
  uninterrupted 
  

   expansion 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  The 
  output 
  for 
  1907 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  1,018,013 
  long 
  tons 
  and 
  exceeded 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  year 
  since 
  1890. 
  There 
  were 
  13 
  mines 
  under 
  exploitation, 
  

   or 
  two 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1906 
  when 
  the 
  production 
  was 
  905,367 
  tons. 
  

   Several 
  additional 
  mines 
  have 
  been 
  under 
  development 
  prelimin- 
  

   ary 
  to 
  active 
  work. 
  The 
  Clinton 
  ore 
  belt 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  special 
  interest, 
  and 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  Wayne 
  and 
  Cayuga 
  

   counties 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  over 
  by 
  companies 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  

   mining 
  operations. 
  The 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  began 
  shipments 
  

   from 
  this 
  region 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  Adirondack 
  

   region 
  also 
  has 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  activity. 
  The 
  Benson 
  mines 
  in 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  and 
  the 
  Cheever 
  mine 
  near 
  Port 
  Henry 
  

   have 
  been 
  reopened, 
  while 
  the 
  deposits 
  of 
  titaniferous 
  ores 
  at 
  

   Lake 
  Sanford 
  received 
  attention 
  and 
  their 
  operation 
  is 
  post- 
  

   poned 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  railroad 
  facilities 
  which 
  are 
  planned 
  

   for 
  the 
  near 
  future. 
  With 
  a 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  iron 
  market 
  to 
  normal 
  

   conditions, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  the 
  iron 
  ore 
  production 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  will 
  soon 
  develop 
  beyond 
  all 
  proportions 
  of 
  the 
  past. 
  

  

  