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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  intercalations 
  of 
  limestone, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  found 
  at 
  Wallington, 
  10 
  miles 
  from 
  Wolcott. 
  At 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  distance 
  beyond 
  Wallington, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  

   Wayne 
  co., 
  is 
  an 
  area 
  that 
  contains 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  fossil 
  ore 
  from 
  

   18 
  to 
  30 
  inches 
  thick. 
  This 
  seam 
  has 
  been 
  wprked 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  

   of 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  miles 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  and 
  explored 
  by 
  the 
  mining 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  several 
  miles 
  farther 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop. 
  It 
  diminishes 
  

   very 
  gradually 
  westward 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  Rochester 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  14 
  inches 
  

   thick. 
  The 
  ore 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  workings 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  On- 
  

   tario 
  averages 
  40^ 
  or 
  slightly 
  more 
  in 
  iron. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  hematites 
  is 
  neces- 
  

   sarily 
  tentative; 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  effort 
  merely 
  to 
  interpret 
  the 
  data 
  thus 
  

   far 
  at 
  hand. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  gaps 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  in, 
  and 
  much 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  information 
  is 
  required 
  concerning 
  the 
  sections 
  even 
  that 
  

   are 
  best 
  known 
  before 
  an 
  ultimate 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  conditions 
  is 
  

   possible. 
  The 
  available 
  evidences 
  suffice, 
  however, 
  to 
  indicate 
  in 
  

   some 
  measure 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  formation 
  as 
  a 
  future 
  

   source 
  of 
  iron 
  ore. 
  

  

  The 
  volume 
  of 
  ore 
  which 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  estimate 
  within 
  the 
  areas 
  

   mentioned 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  

   important 
  reserves 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  fields 
  of 
  iron 
  mining. 
  A 
  great 
  

   proportion, 
  of 
  course, 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  profitable 
  extraction 
  

   for 
  many 
  years 
  to 
  come. 
  But 
  if 
  limitations 
  be 
  put 
  upon 
  the 
  estimate, 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  bring 
  it 
  into 
  relation 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  close 
  with 
  the 
  existing 
  

   status 
  of 
  the 
  mining 
  industry, 
  the 
  total 
  will 
  still 
  be 
  large. 
  

  

  Thus, 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  reasonable 
  basis 
  of 
  calculation, 
  we 
  may 
  exclude 
  

   all 
  ore 
  that 
  is 
  below 
  18 
  inches 
  thick 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   surface, 
  also 
  leaving 
  out 
  of 
  account 
  the 
  beds 
  that 
  are 
  below 
  the 
  

   average 
  in 
  iron 
  content. 
  Under 
  these 
  restrictions 
  the 
  quantity 
  

   available 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  principalareas 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  approximately 
  

   600,000,000 
  tons. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  resources 
  available 
  for 
  underground 
  

   mining 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  western 
  areas 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Wayne 
  

   counties. 
  The 
  inclination 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  usually 
  

   less 
  than 
  50 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  mile, 
  while 
  the 
  surface 
  rises 
  very 
  gradually 
  

   southward; 
  consequently 
  mining 
  could 
  be 
  extended 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  (from 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  miles) 
  on 
  the 
  dip 
  before 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  work- 
  

   ings 
  would 
  reach 
  500 
  feet. 
  That 
  the 
  ore 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  hold 
  

   out 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  distance 
  has 
  been 
  practically 
  demonstrated 
  by 
  the 
  

   borings 
  at 
  Wolcott 
  and 
  Red 
  Creek 
  which 
  penetrated 
  the 
  beds 
  at 
  

   points 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  outcrop. 
  Its 
  continuity 
  

  

  