﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
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  5 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Keeseville, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  body 
  of 
  nearly 
  pure 
  

   garnet 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  for 
  

   1905. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  geological 
  features, 
  the 
  garnet 
  shows 
  a 
  good 
  

   deal 
  of 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  occurrences. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  

   has 
  a 
  massive 
  appearance, 
  consisting 
  of 
  granular 
  particles 
  loosely 
  

   bound 
  together, 
  though 
  in 
  places 
  a 
  tendency 
  toward 
  crystal 
  

   structure 
  may 
  be 
  observed. 
  Exploratory 
  operations 
  have 
  been 
  

   conducted 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  by 
  G. 
  W. 
  Smith 
  of 
  Keese- 
  

   ville, 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  garnet 
  was 
  shipped 
  in 
  

   1907 
  to 
  American 
  and 
  foreign 
  consumers. 
  

  

  The 
  Adirondack 
  localities 
  furnished 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  5709 
  short 
  tons 
  

   in 
  1907, 
  valued 
  at 
  $174,800, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  4729 
  short 
  tons 
  

   ($159,298) 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  output 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  

   six 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  proportionately 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   latter 
  half 
  when 
  the 
  market 
  fell 
  off 
  in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  business 
  depression. 
  

  

  GRAPHITE 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  crystalline 
  graphite 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   has 
  been 
  attended 
  by 
  few 
  developments 
  of 
  special 
  interest. 
  As 
  

   heretofore, 
  the 
  American 
  mine 
  near 
  Hague, 
  Warren 
  co., 
  sup- 
  

   plied 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  output. 
  This 
  mine, 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Joseph 
  

   Dixon 
  Crucible 
  Co., 
  has 
  been 
  operated 
  steadily 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  only 
  firmly 
  established 
  enter- 
  

   prise 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks. 
  Stimulated 
  by 
  its 
  success, 
  several 
  

   other 
  mines 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  surrounding 
  region, 
  but 
  

   in 
  most 
  cases 
  without 
  commensurate 
  results. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  companies 
  in 
  1907 
  was 
  2,950,000 
  

   pounds, 
  having 
  a 
  valuation 
  of 
  $106,951. 
  The 
  production 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year 
  was 
  2,811,582 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  $96,084, 
  while 
  

   in 
  1905 
  it 
  was 
  3,897,616 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  $142,948. 
  The 
  average 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  graphite 
  per 
  pound 
  was 
  3.6 
  cents 
  in 
  1907, 
  3.4 
  cents 
  

   in 
  1906 
  and 
  ^.y 
  cents 
  in 
  1905. 
  There 
  has 
  thus 
  been 
  a 
  shrinkage 
  

   in 
  the 
  prices, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  since 
  1905, 
  though 
  a 
  

   slight 
  gain 
  in 
  both 
  is 
  shown 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  over 
  the 
  corres- 
  

   ponding 
  figures 
  for 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  Crown 
  Point 
  Graphite 
  Co. 
  discontinued 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  

   mine 
  near 
  Penfield 
  pond, 
  Essex 
  co. 
  A 
  deposit 
  near 
  Eagle 
  lake 
  

   will 
  be 
  worked 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  season, 
  in 
  preparation 
  for 
  

   Avhich 
  the 
  present 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  The 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  Graphite 
  Co. 
  has 
  erected 
  a 
  mill 
  at 
  the 
  mine 
  

  

  