﻿5° 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  During 
  1907 
  the 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  newly 
  opened 
  Short 
  Tract 
  

   or 
  Granger 
  district 
  in 
  northern 
  Allegany 
  county 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  

   with 
  vigor 
  and 
  additional 
  discoveries 
  are 
  reported. 
  This 
  district 
  

   was 
  prospected 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  without 
  

   definitely 
  establishing 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  oil. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   ductive 
  wells 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  Van 
  Nostrand 
  farm, 
  5 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Fillmore. 
  An 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  1000 
  acres 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  has 
  

   been 
  proved 
  to 
  show 
  good 
  indications. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  

   pipe 
  to 
  connect 
  the 
  wells 
  with 
  the 
  railroad 
  at 
  Fillmore 
  was 
  

   begun 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  clear 
  and 
  light 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  

   gravity, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  the 
  product 
  from 
  the 
  Tiona 
  field 
  of 
  

   Pennsylvania. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  when 
  first 
  opened 
  flow 
  under 
  

   natural 
  pressure. 
  

  

  Discoveries 
  of 
  oil 
  were 
  reported 
  from 
  Rexville, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Wayne, 
  Steuben 
  co., 
  but 
  as 
  yet 
  nothing 
  definite 
  can 
  be 
  

   stated 
  concerning 
  their 
  importance. 
  

  

  PYRITE 
  

  

  As 
  was 
  anticipated 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  issue 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  the 
  

   pyrite 
  industry 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  experienced 
  a 
  notable 
  

   advance 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  production 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   49,978 
  long 
  tons, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  11,798 
  long 
  tons 
  in 
  1906 
  and 
  

   10,100 
  long 
  tons 
  in 
  1905, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  ever 
  recorded 
  in 
  

   the 
  State. 
  The 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  Pyrite 
  Co. 
  at 
  Stellaville 
  and 
  the 
  

   American 
  Pyrites 
  Co. 
  at 
  Gouverneur 
  were 
  in 
  active 
  operation, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  company, 
  however, 
  iclosing 
  down 
  its 
  plant 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  Pyrite 
  Co. 
  is 
  situated 
  1 
  mile 
  

   north 
  of 
  Hermon 
  and 
  includes 
  the 
  old 
  Stella 
  mine, 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  

   opened 
  in 
  the 
  district. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  worked 
  at 
  present. 
  The 
  ore 
  

   is 
  taken 
  from 
  two 
  new 
  mines, 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  Stella 
  shaft, 
  

   developed 
  since 
  1904 
  when 
  the 
  present 
  company 
  acquired 
  the 
  

   property. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  mine 
  ad- 
  

   jacent 
  to 
  the 
  mill. 
  The 
  other 
  mine, 
  situated 
  34 
  m 
  ^ 
  e 
  south, 
  is 
  

   still 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  stage 
  though 
  producing 
  some 
  ore. 
  An 
  

   average 
  of 
  from 
  250 
  to 
  300 
  tons 
  daily 
  is 
  mined. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   mine 
  output 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  mill 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  concentrated 
  to 
  a 
  product 
  

   assaying 
  from 
  47 
  to 
  48 
  per 
  cent 
  sulfur. 
  A 
  preliminary 
  crushing 
  

   is 
  performed 
  at 
  the 
  mine 
  shafts 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  jaw 
  crushers 
  which 
  

   discharge 
  directly 
  into 
  cars. 
  The 
  ore 
  passes 
  through 
  a 
  Gates 
  

   gyratory 
  crusher 
  and 
  rolls 
  at 
  the 
  mills. 
  The 
  first 
  concentration 
  

   is 
  effected 
  by 
  Hancock 
  jigs, 
  while 
  the 
  middlings 
  from 
  this 
  treat- 
  

  

  