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  1908, 
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  the 
  act 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  No. 
  434 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  November 
  i, 
  1908 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

   Museum 
  bulletin 
  123 
  

  

  IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  IN 
  

   NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  D. 
  H. 
  NEWLAND 
  

  

  AND 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  HARTNAGEL 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  The 
  hematites 
  accompanying 
  the 
  belt 
  of 
  Clinton 
  strata 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  worked 
  commercially, 
  though 
  with 
  some 
  inter- 
  

   ruptions, 
  since 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  record 
  

   that 
  a 
  mining 
  lease 
  was 
  granted 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  

   1797, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  ore 
  was 
  shipped 
  from 
  Wayne 
  county 
  

   during 
  the 
  War 
  of 
  1812. 
  Regular 
  mining 
  operations 
  were 
  not 
  

   instituted, 
  probably, 
  until 
  about 
  1825. 
  A 
  few 
  years 
  later 
  charcoal 
  

   forges 
  and 
  furnaces 
  had 
  been 
  erected 
  in 
  Wayne, 
  Madison 
  and 
  

   Oneida 
  counties, 
  as 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  geologists 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Survey 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  Clinton 
  ores 
  has 
  averaged 
  about 
  75,000 
  tons 
  

   for 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years. 
  In 
  1907 
  it 
  was 
  109,025 
  tons. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  

   from 
  the 
  beginning 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  from 
  4,000,000 
  to 
  5,000,000 
  

   tons, 
  which 
  is 
  approximately 
  the 
  yield 
  obtainable, 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  

   workable 
  seam, 
  from 
  a 
  square 
  mile 
  of 
  area. 
  Mining 
  has 
  been 
  

   restricted 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  beds, 
  and 
  little 
  or 
  

   nothing 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  mine 
  interests, 
  hitherto, 
  toward 
  

   exploration 
  outside 
  the 
  limited 
  fields 
  of 
  operations. 
  

  

  