﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Education 
  Department 
  

  

  Science 
  Division, 
  August 
  31, 
  1908 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Andrew 
  S. 
  Draper 
  LL. 
  D. 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  of 
  Education 
  

  

  Dear 
  sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  herewith 
  for 
  publication 
  

   as 
  a 
  bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  iron 
  ores 
  of 
  

   central 
  New 
  York, 
  prepared 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  a 
  provision 
  in 
  chapter 
  

   578, 
  laws 
  of 
  1907, 
  "for 
  determining 
  what 
  deposits 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  exist 
  

   within 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  availability 
  

   thereof." 
  

  

  The 
  investigations, 
  the 
  results 
  whereof 
  are 
  here 
  given, 
  have 
  been 
  

   carried 
  on 
  by 
  continuous 
  drilling 
  during 
  the 
  autumn, 
  winter 
  and 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1907-8 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  where 
  but 
  slight 
  effort 
  has 
  heretofore 
  

   been 
  made 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  available 
  for 
  pro- 
  

   duction. 
  This 
  report 
  conclusively 
  indicates 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  

   central 
  New 
  York 
  there 
  exists 
  a 
  commercial 
  asset 
  in 
  iron 
  of 
  great 
  

   magnitude 
  and 
  vast 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  the 
  

   conclusions 
  herewith 
  set 
  forth 
  are 
  in 
  essential 
  accord 
  with 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   diction 
  made 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  be 
  under- 
  

   taken. 
  

  

  These 
  operations 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  prepared 
  by 
  

   D. 
  H. 
  Newland, 
  Assistant 
  State 
  Geologist, 
  and 
  C. 
  A. 
  Hartnagel, 
  

   Assistant 
  in 
  Economic 
  Geology. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke 
  

  

  State 
  Geologist 
  

  

  