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  ORES 
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  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
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  in 
  the 
  furnace. 
  It 
  attains 
  the 
  notable 
  thickness 
  of 
  6 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   oolitic 
  bed 
  extends 
  through 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  New 
  Hartford, 
  Kirk- 
  

   land 
  and 
  Westmoreland 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  mineable 
  grade 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  

   the 
  territory 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  exposed. 
  It 
  ranges 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  36 
  

   inches, 
  with 
  an 
  iron 
  average 
  of 
  40^ 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  in 
  places. 
  

   A 
  subordinate 
  area, 
  perhaps 
  connected 
  with 
  this, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Verona, 
  where 
  some 
  ore 
  was 
  obtained 
  for 
  the 
  early 
  

   furnaces. 
  The 
  workings 
  are 
  7 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  proximate 
  

   outcrops 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Westmoreland. 
  The 
  bed 
  measures 
  from 
  

   12 
  to 
  20 
  inches 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  fossil 
  nature. 
  The 
  oolitic 
  bed 
  is 
  absent 
  

   from 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  The 
  test 
  hole 
  at 
  Lakeport, 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  put 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  

   stretch 
  of 
  30 
  miles 
  from 
  Verona 
  Station 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake, 
  was 
  unfavorable 
  for 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  any 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  volume 
  of 
  ore 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  At 
  Brewerton, 
  15 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Lakeport, 
  a 
  16-inch 
  bed 
  of 
  oolitic 
  ore 
  was 
  found. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  new 
  discovery 
  and 
  is 
  nowhere 
  exposed 
  at 
  the 
  surface. 
  That 
  

   it 
  underlies 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  seems 
  quite 
  certain, 
  and 
  it 
  doubt- 
  

   less 
  attains 
  a 
  greater 
  thickness 
  than 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  test. 
  Fur- 
  

   ther 
  exploration 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  ascertain 
  its 
  full 
  value. 
  

  

  After 
  an 
  interval 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  formation 
  crosses 
  the 
  south- 
  

   western 
  corner 
  of 
  Oswego 
  county 
  without 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   any 
  considerable 
  ore 
  bodies, 
  the 
  third 
  area 
  is 
  encountered 
  in 
  

   northern 
  Cayuga 
  county, 
  beginning 
  near 
  Sterling 
  Station. 
  The 
  

   excavations 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop 
  here 
  show 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  36 
  inches 
  

   of 
  fossil 
  ore, 
  while 
  within 
  1 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  to 
  increase 
  to 
  40 
  inches. 
  The 
  bed 
  has 
  been 
  proved 
  as 
  

   far 
  west 
  as 
  W^olcott 
  where 
  the 
  drill 
  encountered 
  21 
  inches 
  while 
  

   an 
  overlying 
  12-inch 
  seam 
  comes 
  in 
  at 
  this 
  place. 
  The 
  drill 
  hole 
  

   put 
  down 
  at 
  Red 
  Creek 
  midway 
  between 
  Wolcott 
  and 
  Sterling 
  

   Station 
  showed 
  the 
  main 
  bed 
  to 
  be 
  30 
  inches 
  thick. 
  The 
  two 
  

   drill 
  tests 
  have 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  

   greater 
  than 
  hitherto 
  known. 
  All 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  previously 
  

   in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  exploration 
  consisted 
  of 
  shallow 
  open 
  cuts 
  and 
  

   drill 
  holes 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  end, 
  which 
  afforded 
  no 
  satisfactory 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  and 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  west. 
  The 
  average 
  iron 
  content 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  

   bed 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  about 
  35$ 
  to 
  38^. 
  

  

  The 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  bed 
  immediately 
  west 
  from 
  Wol- 
  

   cott 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  prospected. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  assumed, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  the 
  main 
  seam 
  thins 
  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  or 
  is 
  broken 
  up 
  by 
  

  

  