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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Fe 
  34.98 
  

  

  P 
  35i 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  044 
  

  

  The 
  shipments 
  from 
  the 
  property 
  during 
  1907 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  

   have 
  averaged 
  between 
  36 
  and 
  38$ 
  iron. 
  

  

  A 
  spur 
  from 
  the 
  R. 
  W. 
  & 
  O. 
  Railroad 
  extends 
  into 
  the 
  pit 
  from 
  

   the 
  western 
  end 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  can 
  be 
  loaded 
  directly 
  on 
  cars 
  for 
  

   shipment. 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  run 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  opposite 
  end 
  on 
  a 
  track 
  and 
  

   dumped 
  on 
  the 
  waste 
  land 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  pit. 
  The 
  excavation 
  has 
  

   been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  65-ton 
  Marion 
  steam 
  shovel 
  which 
  

   works 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  limestone 
  capping. 
  The 
  limestone 
  and 
  ore 
  are 
  

   then 
  removed 
  by 
  drilling 
  and 
  blasting. 
  

  

  Swartout 
  opening. 
  Just 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  property, 
  across 
  the 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  track, 
  is 
  the 
  Swartout 
  opening, 
  which 
  was 
  worked 
  about 
  35 
  

   years 
  ago. 
  The 
  workings 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  ore 
  taken 
  

   out 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  amounted 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  tons. 
  

  

  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  A 
  short 
  distance 
  farther 
  west, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Josiah 
  Gailey 
  farm, 
  ore 
  was 
  mined 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1887 
  and 
  1888 
  

   by 
  the 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  Smock 
  1 
  

   who 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  ore 
  occurs 
  in 
  two 
  beds, 
  each 
  about 
  18 
  inches 
  

   thick. 
  It 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  beds 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  main 
  

   bed 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  which, 
  as 
  already 
  

   stated, 
  is 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  seam 
  of 
  limestone. 
  From 
  information 
  

   obtained 
  locally, 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  as 
  mined 
  ranged 
  from 
  30 
  

   to 
  40 
  inches. 
  The 
  ore 
  was 
  uncovered 
  by 
  steam 
  shovel. 
  The 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  

  

  Oneida 
  county 
  

  

  The 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  belt 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  

   New 
  Hartford, 
  Kirkland, 
  Westmoreland 
  and 
  Verona, 
  Oneida 
  00., 
  

   has 
  afforded 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  formation 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Openings 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  ore 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida-Herkimer 
  county 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  to 
  Verona 
  Station 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  by 
  open 
  cutting 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop, 
  a 
  method 
  exclusively 
  pur- 
  

   sued 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  mining, 
  but 
  now 
  abandoned. 
  For 
  some 
  

   years 
  past 
  operations 
  have 
  been 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  properties 
  just 
  

  

  1 
  First 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Iron 
  Mines 
  and 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Districts 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Mus. 
  Bui. 
  7. 
  1889. 
  p. 
  51. 
  

  

  