﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  59 
  

  

  east 
  of 
  Clinton 
  owned 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst 
  and 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Manu- 
  

   facturing 
  Co. 
  who 
  obtain 
  the 
  ore 
  entirely 
  by 
  underground 
  mining. 
  

  

  The 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  ore 
  bed 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  

   map 
  [pi. 
  12], 
  which 
  reproduces 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Oriskany 
  and 
  Utica 
  

   topographic; 
  sheets 
  on 
  the 
  scale 
  of 
  i 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  inch. 
  

  

  The 
  mining 
  industry 
  around 
  Clinton 
  dates 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  beginning 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  The 
  first 
  lease 
  for 
  digging 
  ore 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  granted 
  in 
  1797. 
  The 
  Norton 
  mine 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  College 
  hill 
  

   west 
  of 
  Clinton 
  is 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  operations 
  and 
  

   supplied 
  ore 
  to 
  forges 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  Charcoal 
  furnaces 
  soon 
  super- 
  

   seded 
  the 
  forges 
  and 
  were 
  operated 
  until 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  

   furnaces 
  using 
  anthracite 
  coal. 
  The 
  charcoal 
  plants 
  were 
  located 
  as 
  

   far 
  away 
  as 
  Taberg 
  and 
  Constantia, 
  while 
  there 
  were 
  others 
  nearer 
  

   by 
  at 
  Lenox, 
  Walesville, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Frankfort, 
  Herkimer 
  co. 
  

   With 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  Chenango 
  canal, 
  shipments 
  of 
  ore 
  began 
  to 
  

   be 
  made 
  to 
  Pennsylvania 
  furnaces. 
  From 
  1845 
  to 
  1850 
  the 
  Scranton 
  

   Iron 
  Co. 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  business 
  on 
  an 
  extensive 
  scale, 
  shipping 
  the 
  

   ore 
  from 
  New 
  Hartford 
  and 
  Clinton 
  by 
  boat 
  to 
  Binghamton 
  and 
  then 
  

   on 
  to 
  Scranton. 
  In 
  1852 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Works 
  erected 
  a 
  plant 
  on 
  

   the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  furnace 
  of 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Manufacturing 
  

   Co., 
  and 
  began 
  operations 
  with 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  150 
  tons 
  of 
  pig 
  iron 
  a 
  

   week. 
  The 
  fuel 
  used 
  was 
  anthracite 
  coal. 
  An 
  additional 
  furnace 
  was 
  

   built 
  in 
  1869-70 
  giving 
  a 
  combined 
  output 
  of 
  about 
  300 
  tons 
  a 
  week. 
  

   The 
  Clinton 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  was 
  organized 
  in 
  1872 
  to 
  manufacture 
  iron 
  at 
  

   Kirkland, 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  Clinton. 
  The 
  furnace 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  operation 
  

   in 
  1872, 
  the 
  ore 
  supply 
  being 
  obtained 
  from 
  Westmoreland. 
  This 
  

   furnace 
  has 
  been 
  closed 
  down 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  20 
  years, 
  while 
  the 
  Frank- 
  

   lin 
  furnace 
  has 
  been 
  operated 
  intermittently, 
  depending 
  upon 
  the 
  

   iron 
  market. 
  Besides 
  the 
  ore 
  used 
  by 
  these 
  furnaces 
  considerable 
  

   quantities 
  were 
  shipped 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  to 
  Geddes 
  (near 
  Syracuse), 
  

   Albany 
  and 
  Poughkeepsie. 
  The 
  mining 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  ore 
  for 
  paint 
  

   manufacture 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst 
  since 
  1890. 
  From 
  

   5,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  tons 
  are 
  produced 
  each 
  year 
  for 
  that 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Davis 
  opening. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  working 
  in 
  Oneidu 
  

   county, 
  being 
  within 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  Herkimer 
  county 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  East 
  Hill 
  opening 
  and 
  was 
  once 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   property 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Scranton 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  It 
  was 
  worked 
  for 
  some 
  

   years 
  by 
  J. 
  G. 
  Egert 
  and 
  afterwards 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst. 
  The 
  open-cut 
  

   excavation 
  extends 
  over 
  several 
  acres 
  beginning 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  mile 
  

   east 
  of 
  Washington 
  Mills 
  and 
  extending 
  eastward 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop. 
  

   The 
  ore 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  of 
  soil, 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  shale, 
  

  

  