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  THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
  7 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  materials 
  reported 
  in 
  1907 
  represented 
  an 
  aggregate 
  

   value 
  of 
  $12,688,868. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  $1,266,432 
  from 
  

   the 
  amount 
  returned 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   output 
  and 
  market 
  values 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  materials. 
  The 
  com- 
  

   bined 
  output 
  of 
  brick, 
  tile, 
  fireproofing 
  and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  used 
  for 
  

   building 
  purposes 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $8,909,392 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $11,063,433 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  bricks 
  made 
  was 
  1,366,842,- 
  

   000, 
  of 
  which 
  1,051,907,000 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  region. 
  

   The 
  decline 
  in 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  building 
  materials 
  was 
  counter- 
  

   balanced 
  to 
  some 
  degree 
  by 
  the 
  gain 
  in 
  pottery 
  manufactures 
  

   which 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,240,895, 
  against 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $1,795,008 
  

   for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  61 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  43 
  were 
  

   represented 
  among 
  the 
  reports 
  received 
  last 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facturers 
  of 
  clay 
  products. 
  

  

  The 
  quarries 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  contributed 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $7,890,327, 
  

   against 
  $6,504,165 
  in 
  1906, 
  showing 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  about 
  20 
  per 
  

   cent 
  and 
  establishing 
  a 
  new 
  record 
  for 
  these 
  industries. 
  The 
  

   total 
  was 
  divided 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  uses 
  into 
  : 
  building 
  

   stone 
  $2,208,545; 
  monumental 
  stone 
  $162,359; 
  curb 
  and 
  flag- 
  

   stone 
  $1,064,193; 
  crushed 
  stone 
  $2,812,098; 
  other 
  uses 
  $1,642,232. 
  

   The 
  output 
  of 
  slate, 
  millstones 
  and 
  of 
  limestone 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  

   hydraulic 
  cement 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  totals. 
  The 
  marble 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  was 
  specially 
  active 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  production 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $1,571,936 
  has 
  probably 
  never 
  been 
  exceeded 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

   The 
  stone 
  quarries 
  are 
  distributed 
  among 
  all 
  the 
  counties 
  practi- 
  

   cally, 
  while 
  they 
  yield 
  nearly 
  every 
  kind 
  of 
  material 
  for 
  building, 
  

   construction 
  or 
  ornamental 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  companies 
  manufacturing 
  hydraulic 
  cement 
  reported 
  an 
  

   output 
  of 
  3,245,729 
  barrels, 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $2,971,820. 
  The 
  

   totals 
  consisted 
  of 
  2,108,450 
  barrels 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $2,214,090 
  and 
  1,137,279 
  barrels 
  of 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $757,730. 
  In 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  4,114,939 
  

   barrels 
  produced 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,950,699, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  loss 
  

   for 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  869,210 
  barrels 
  in 
  quantity 
  and 
  $978,879 
  in 
  

   value. 
  The 
  poor 
  showing 
  has 
  been 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  unfavor- 
  

   able 
  conditions 
  that 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  natural 
  cement 
  trade 
  which 
  

   has 
  shown 
  a 
  steady 
  decline 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past. 
  

  

  The 
  salt 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  amounted 
  to 
  9,657,543 
  barrels, 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  9,013,993 
  barrels 
  in 
  1906, 
  thus 
  continuing 
  the 
  

   progress 
  that 
  has 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  been 
  a 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  

   The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  $2,449,178, 
  exceeding 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year 
  by 
  $317,528. 
  There 
  were 
  six 
  counties 
  represented 
  

  

  