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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  magnetite 
  801,820 
  tons 
  were 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack^. 
  The 
  producers 
  in 
  that 
  region 
  included 
  Witherbee, 
  Sher- 
  

   man 
  & 
  Co., 
  and 
  the 
  Port 
  Henry 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  at 
  Mineville 
  ; 
  the 
  

   Chateaugay 
  Ore 
  & 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Mountain 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Benson 
  

   Mines 
  Co., 
  at 
  Benson 
  Mines. 
  The 
  Arnold 
  Mining 
  Co. 
  at 
  Arnold 
  

   was 
  inactive. 
  In 
  southeastern 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  Hudson 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  

   operating 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Dean 
  mine 
  and 
  the 
  Sterling 
  Iron 
  & 
  Rail- 
  

   way 
  Co., 
  operating 
  the 
  Lake 
  mine 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  to 
  report 
  

   a 
  production. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  hematite 
  55,409 
  tons 
  were 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  

   Rossie 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  and 
  the 
  Old 
  Sterling 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  who 
  own 
  

   mines 
  near 
  Antwerp, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  and 
  109,025 
  tons 
  by 
  the 
  

   producers 
  of 
  oolitic 
  and 
  fossil 
  hematite 
  from 
  the 
  Clinton 
  forma- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  latter 
  producers 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  

   Manufacturing 
  Co., 
  and 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst, 
  Clinton; 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  Iron 
  

   Co., 
  Sterling; 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  and 
  Ontario 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  

   Co., 
  Ontario 
  Center. 
  The 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  

   Ontario 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  made 
  their 
  first 
  shipments 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  Several 
  new 
  developments 
  have 
  been 
  under 
  way 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  In 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  the 
  Cheever 
  mine 
  near 
  Port 
  Henry 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  closed 
  down 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  15 
  years, 
  was 
  reopened 
  

   and 
  equipped 
  with 
  a 
  mill 
  of 
  300 
  tons 
  daily 
  capacity. 
  The 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  expected 
  to 
  begin 
  shipments 
  the 
  present 
  season. 
  The 
  ex- 
  

   ploration 
  of 
  the 
  titaniferous 
  magnetite 
  deposits 
  at 
  Lake 
  Sanford 
  

   in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  issue 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  was 
  prosecuted 
  with 
  energy 
  and 
  sur- 
  

   veys 
  have 
  been 
  nearly 
  completed 
  for 
  a 
  railroad 
  to 
  afford 
  access 
  

   to 
  the 
  locality 
  from 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  some 
  40 
  miles 
  distant. 
  The 
  

   results 
  of 
  test 
  borings 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  have 
  been 
  favorable 
  in 
  

   respect 
  to 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  in 
  depth. 
  

  

  In 
  Wayne 
  county, 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  de- 
  

   posits, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  unusual 
  activity 
  and 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  

   situated 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  over 
  by 
  

   mining 
  companies. 
  The 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  is 
  the 
  pioneer 
  

   among 
  the 
  latter, 
  while 
  the 
  Wayne 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  the 
  Lake 
  On- 
  

   tario 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  and 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  were 
  organ- 
  

   ized 
  in 
  1907. 
  A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  exploration 
  has 
  been 
  performed 
  

   in 
  Wayne 
  and 
  Cayuga 
  counties, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  restoration 
  of 
  

   former 
  market 
  conditions, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  extensive 
  

   mining 
  operations 
  will 
  be 
  instituted. 
  

  

  Mineville. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  ore 
  from 
  this 
  locality 
  in 
  1907 
  was 
  

  

  