﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  The 
  glass 
  sand 
  produced 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  The 
  principal 
  localities 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Rome, 
  Verona 
  and 
  Vienna, 
  Oneida 
  co., 
  and 
  

   Constantia, 
  Oswego 
  co. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  this 
  section 
  supported 
  a 
  

   large 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  window 
  glass, 
  with 
  factories 
  

   at 
  Durhamville, 
  Constantia 
  and 
  Cleveland, 
  but 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  fuel 
  

   became 
  a 
  serious 
  handicap 
  when 
  competition 
  was 
  encountered 
  

   with 
  centers 
  of 
  manufacture 
  in 
  the 
  natural 
  gas 
  and 
  soft 
  coal 
  

   regions. 
  Small 
  quantities 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  are 
  now 
  shipped 
  to 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  making 
  bottles 
  and 
  common 
  wares. 
  The 
  

   shipments 
  in 
  1907 
  amounted 
  to 
  1200 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $1380. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  sandstones 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   past 
  for 
  glass 
  making. 
  The 
  Shawangunk 
  grit 
  was 
  once 
  quarried 
  

   near 
  Ellenville, 
  Ulster 
  co., 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  sold 
  to 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   companies. 
  The 
  Potsdam 
  sandstone 
  has 
  likewise 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Molding 
  sand. 
  This 
  material 
  is 
  produced 
  largely 
  along 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  valley, 
  in 
  Albany, 
  Columbia 
  and 
  Dutchess 
  counties. 
  

   The 
  deposits 
  are 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  water-washed 
  glacial 
  accumula- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  and 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  section 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  underlying 
  the 
  soil. 
  The 
  valuable 
  portion 
  ranges 
  from 
  

   a 
  few 
  inches 
  up 
  to 
  several 
  feet 
  thick. 
  The 
  sand 
  contains 
  a 
  little 
  

   clayey 
  matter 
  which 
  contributes 
  to 
  its 
  firmness 
  and 
  plasticity. 
  

   The 
  finest 
  grades 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  stove 
  and 
  other 
  castings 
  that 
  

   require 
  a 
  smooth 
  finish 
  and 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  Albany, 
  Troy 
  and 
  

   more 
  distant 
  points. 
  Sand 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  cores 
  in 
  molding 
  

   is 
  obtained 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  deposits 
  that 
  yield 
  

   glass 
  sand. 
  

  

  SAND-LIME 
  BRICK 
  

   There 
  have 
  been 
  few 
  changes 
  in 
  this 
  industry 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   The 
  activity 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  new 
  plants 
  for 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  sand-lime 
  brick 
  was 
  less 
  noticeable 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  year, 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  smaller 
  demand 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  experienced 
  for 
  building 
  materials 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  Reports 
  

   were 
  received 
  from 
  12 
  plants, 
  of 
  which 
  nine 
  were 
  operative 
  

   during 
  the 
  whole 
  or 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  production 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  16,610,000 
  valued 
  at 
  $109,677. 
  The 
  seven 
  plants 
  

   that 
  reported 
  as 
  active 
  in 
  1906 
  made 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  17,080,000 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $122,340. 
  The 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Composite 
  Brick 
  

   Co. 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  but 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  replaced. 
  The 
  following 
  

   is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  