﻿State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   Education 
  Department 
  

  

  commissioner's 
  room 
  

  

  Albany, 
  August 
  31, 
  190S 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  covering 
  a 
  painstaking 
  

   investigation 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  deposits 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  

   and 
  having 
  particular 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  territory, 
  something 
  like 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  from 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Otsego 
  counties 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  Wayne 
  

   county 
  oh 
  the 
  west, 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  special 
  appropriation 
  was 
  provided 
  

   in 
  the 
  annual 
  supply 
  bill 
  of 
  1907. 
  Having 
  very 
  earnestly 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  the 
  appropriation, 
  I 
  find 
  much 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  the 
  assurance 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geologist 
  that 
  a 
  conservative 
  estimate, 
  based 
  upon 
  this 
  investi- 
  

   gation, 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  deposited 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  places 
  

   the 
  amount 
  at 
  six 
  hundred 
  millions 
  of 
  tons. 
  If 
  this 
  estimate 
  is 
  war- 
  

   ranted, 
  New 
  York 
  might 
  yet 
  easily 
  become 
  the 
  leading 
  iron 
  state 
  in 
  

   the 
  Union. 
  Of 
  course, 
  this 
  report 
  is 
  scientific 
  and 
  technical, 
  but 
  

   surely 
  signifies 
  much; 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  points 
  the 
  way 
  truly, 
  as 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ence, 
  attainments 
  and 
  assiduity 
  of 
  Dr 
  Clarke, 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist, 
  

   warrant 
  me 
  in 
  believing 
  it 
  does, 
  it 
  adds 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  re- 
  

   sources, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  much 
  moment 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  prosperity 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  The 
  information 
  it 
  contains 
  should 
  be 
  extended 
  as 
  quickly 
  

   and 
  as 
  widely 
  as 
  practicable. 
  Publication 
  is 
  approved 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  expedited. 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  of 
  Education 
  

  

  