﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  57 
  

  

  between 
  the 
  Lehigh 
  Valley 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  (R. 
  W. 
  & 
  O. 
  

   branch) 
  railroad 
  lines. 
  The 
  company 
  was 
  organized 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  

   work 
  done 
  thus 
  far 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  a 
  trench 
  which 
  begins 
  

   about 
  400 
  yards 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  near 
  the 
  railroad 
  track, 
  

   and 
  follows 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  outcrop 
  to 
  the 
  east. 
  The 
  bed 
  is 
  found 
  here 
  

   beneath 
  10 
  to 
  25 
  feet 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  rock. 
  The 
  loose 
  overburden 
  

   represented 
  by 
  soil 
  and 
  glacial 
  materials 
  varies 
  from 
  18 
  inches 
  to 
  

   10 
  feet. 
  A 
  general 
  section 
  involving 
  the 
  ore, 
  made 
  some 
  distance 
  

   back 
  from 
  the 
  outcrop, 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  covering, 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  FEET 
  

  

  Soil 
  10 
  

  

  Shale 
  55 
  

  

  Limestone 
  1 
  . 
  5 
  to 
  2 
  

  

  Ore 
  3 
  

  

  Green 
  shaly 
  limestone 
  5 
  

  

  Medina 
  10+ 
  

  

  The 
  ore 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  trench 
  ranges 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  38 
  inches 
  thick, 
  

   the 
  average 
  mineable 
  thickness 
  being 
  probably 
  about 
  30 
  inches. 
  

   There 
  is 
  generally 
  a 
  seam 
  of 
  limestone 
  1 
  or 
  2 
  inches 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  ore, 
  while 
  the 
  limestone 
  covering 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  from 
  10 
  

   to 
  18 
  inches 
  thick. 
  Eight 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  main 
  bed 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  seam 
  of 
  

   ore, 
  reaching 
  4 
  inches 
  as 
  a 
  maximum. 
  The 
  shale 
  above 
  the 
  ore 
  

   bed 
  is 
  at 
  times 
  quite 
  compact, 
  but 
  presents 
  no 
  difficulty 
  to 
  excava- 
  

   tion 
  after 
  loosening 
  by 
  blasting. 
  It 
  carries 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  layers 
  of 
  

   limestone 
  which 
  appear 
  at 
  different 
  horizons 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  persistent 
  

   for 
  any 
  distance, 
  their 
  total 
  thickness 
  amounting 
  to 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  inches. 
  

   An 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  ore, 
  supplied 
  by 
  Mr 
  W. 
  L. 
  Cumings, 
  showed 
  the 
  

   following 
  percentages 
  : 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  O 
  s 
  

  

  Si0 
  2 
  

  

  Al 
  2 
  O 
  s 
  

  

  MnO 
  

  

  CaO 
  

  

  MgO 
  

  

  ■SO, 
  

  

  p 
  2 
  o 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  co 
  2 
  

  

  H 
  2 
  and 
  org 
  

  

  49 
  

  

  97 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  01 
  

  

  

  ■95 
  

  

  

  47 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  96 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  

  11 
  

  

  

  .8 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  

  45 
  

  

  99.91 
  

  

  