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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  property 
  at 
  Victor, 
  Ontario 
  co., 
  but 
  has 
  made 
  as 
  yet 
  no 
  pro- 
  

   duction. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  Gypsum 
  Co. 
  has 
  taken 
  over 
  the 
  quarry 
  and 
  

   mill 
  of 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Plaster 
  Co., 
  at 
  Union 
  Springs, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  operated 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  its 
  properties 
  at 
  Oakfield. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  quarry 
  has 
  been 
  opened 
  at 
  Jamesville, 
  Onondaga 
  co., 
  

   by 
  James 
  E. 
  Hubbell 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  beds 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  

   60 
  feet 
  thick. 
  Analyses 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr 
  Hubbell 
  show 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  percentages 
  : 
  

  

  ! 
  I 
  2 
  

  

  Si 
  °2 
  3-34 
  5-56 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  3 
  , 
  A1 
  2 
  Q 
  3 
  ...: 
  2.92 
  1.88 
  

  

  CaCO 
  s 
  3.32 
  4.10 
  

  

  MgCO 
  s 
  2.69 
  3.32 
  

  

  CaS0 
  4 
  2H 
  2 
  (Gypsum) 
  87.48 
  85.18 
  

  

  99.75 
  100.04 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  is 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  soft 
  weathered 
  rock 
  and 
  No. 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  hard 
  

   reck. 
  

  

  IRON 
  ORES 
  

  

  The 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  mining 
  of 
  iron 
  ores 
  during 
  recent 
  years 
  

   was 
  well 
  maintained 
  throughout 
  most 
  of 
  1907, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  that 
  the 
  production 
  

   began 
  to 
  fall 
  off 
  in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  business 
  de- 
  

   pression. 
  The 
  returns 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  mining 
  companies 
  show 
  

   an 
  advance 
  sufficient 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  production 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  above 
  

   that 
  recorded 
  for 
  any 
  year 
  since 
  1890, 
  the 
  total 
  amounting 
  to 
  

   over 
  1,000,000 
  tons. 
  With 
  the 
  increment 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  new 
  

   enterprises, 
  there 
  would 
  have 
  been, 
  undoubtedly, 
  a 
  still 
  larger 
  

   gain 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  if 
  the 
  market 
  had 
  continued 
  

   favorable, 
  but 
  several 
  mines 
  have 
  now 
  suspended 
  work 
  and 
  will 
  

   await 
  improved 
  conditions 
  before 
  resuming. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  13 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  mining 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  

   besides 
  those 
  carrying 
  on 
  exploratory 
  or 
  other 
  preparatory 
  work. 
  

   This 
  shows 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  two 
  over 
  the 
  number 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   3 
  r 
  ear. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  iron 
  ore, 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  according 
  to 
  kinds, 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  1890-1907 
  inclusive. 
  

   The 
  statistics 
  covering 
  the 
  years 
  previous 
  to 
  1904 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  annual 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  