﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  for 
  $7,201,525, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $9,302,165 
  in 
  1906, 
  and 
  front 
  

   and 
  fancy 
  brick 
  for 
  $222,769 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $386,124 
  for 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  vitrified 
  paving 
  brick 
  was 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $184,306 
  against 
  $178,011. 
  Fire 
  brick 
  and 
  stove 
  lining 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $624,033 
  against 
  $527,659. 
  The 
  manu- 
  

   factures 
  of 
  drain 
  tile 
  amounted 
  to 
  $162,167 
  against 
  $166,645 
  ; 
  

   and 
  of 
  sewer 
  pipe 
  to 
  $463,500 
  against 
  $95,142. 
  The 
  production 
  

   of 
  terra 
  cotta 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,224,300, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $1,037,387 
  in 
  1906; 
  fireproofing 
  at 
  $45,672 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $120,282; 
  and 
  building 
  tile 
  at 
  $215,126, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $217,475. 
  In 
  addition 
  there 
  were 
  produced 
  miscellaneous 
  ma- 
  

   terials, 
  including 
  flue 
  lining, 
  fire 
  tile 
  and 
  shapes, 
  conduit 
  pipes, 
  

   sidewalk 
  brick 
  and 
  acid-proof 
  brick, 
  the 
  collected 
  value 
  of 
  which 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  $104,575, 
  against 
  $129,402 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  potteries 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  reported 
  an 
  output 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,240,895, 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $1,795,008 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  clay 
  materials 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  I905 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Common 
  brick 
  j 
  $9 
  751 
  753 
  I 
  $9 
  

  

  Front 
  brick 
  

  

  Vitrified, 
  paving 
  brick 
  

  

  Fire 
  brick 
  and 
  stove 
  lining 
  

  

  Drain 
  tile 
  , 
  

  

  Sewer 
  pipe 
  , 
  

  

  Terra 
  cotta 
  

  

  Fireproofing 
  

  

  Building 
  tile 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  

  

  Pottery 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  302 
  844 
  

   180 
  004 
  

   498 
  184 
  

   146 
  790 
  

   444 
  457 
  

  

  302 
  165 
  

   386 
  124 
  

   178 
  on 
  

   527 
  659 
  

   166 
  645 
  

   95 
  142 
  

  

  $7 
  

  

  201 
  525 
  

   222 
  769 
  

   184 
  306 
  

   624 
  033 
  

   162 
  167 
  

   463 
  500 
  

  

  874 
  717 
  

  

  i33 
  995 
  

   251 
  600 
  

  

  75 
  ii4 
  

   1 
  620 
  558 
  

  

  

  1 
  o37 
  387 
  

   120 
  282 
  

  

  217 
  475 
  

  

  129 
  402 
  

  

  1 
  795 
  008 
  

  

  

  1 
  224 
  300 
  

  

  45 
  672 
  

   215 
  126 
  

  

  104 
  575 
  

  

  2 
  240 
  895 
  

  

  $14 
  280 
  016 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  r 
  3 
  955 
  300 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  12 
  688 
  868 
  

  

  A 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  counties 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  was 
  made 
  places 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  lead 
  as 
  having 
  

   the 
  largest 
  clay-working 
  industry. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  its 
  output 
  was 
  

   $1,331,443, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  representing 
  pottery. 
  In 
  1906 
  it 
  

   ranked 
  fourth. 
  Ulster 
  county 
  which 
  was 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  preced- 
  

   ing 
  year 
  maintained 
  that 
  position 
  with 
  an 
  output 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,324,476. 
  Rockland 
  county 
  fell 
  from 
  first 
  to 
  third 
  place 
  with 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  $1,258,467. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  brick 
  is 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  

   the 
  industry 
  in 
  these 
  counties. 
  Richmond 
  county 
  advanced 
  from 
  

   sixth 
  position 
  in 
  1906, 
  to 
  fourth 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  contributed 
  

   $1,121,524; 
  it 
  manufactures 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  terra 
  cotta 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  