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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  has 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  22 
  inches 
  as 
  a 
  maximum, 
  diminishing 
  grad- 
  

   ually 
  as 
  one 
  proceeds 
  in 
  an 
  easterly 
  direction. 
  At 
  the 
  upper 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  on 
  Starch 
  Factory 
  creek, 
  across 
  the 
  county 
  line, 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  only 
  

   10 
  inches 
  thick. 
  The 
  overlying 
  rocks 
  are 
  shown 
  here 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  

   flux 
  bed 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  40 
  inches 
  and 
  is 
  exposed 
  over 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  area. 
  The 
  ore 
  from 
  the 
  Davis 
  mine 
  was 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   Poughkeepsie 
  and 
  other 
  points. 
  An 
  analysis 
  given 
  by 
  Putnam 
  shows 
  

   the 
  following 
  percentages 
  : 
  

  

  Iron 
  43-76 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  . 
  1 
  . 
  1 
  16 
  

  

  Wells 
  and 
  Ellingwood 
  openings. 
  Continuing 
  westward 
  from 
  

   the 
  Davis 
  mine, 
  the 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  bed 
  comes 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  

   Sauquoit 
  valley 
  and 
  then 
  turns 
  upstream 
  or 
  southward 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  

   beyond 
  Chadwicks 
  where 
  it 
  crosses 
  the 
  Sauquoit 
  and 
  follows 
  a 
  

   nearly 
  northerly 
  course 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Washington 
  

   Mills. 
  Some 
  ore 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  near 
  Chadwicks, 
  

   but 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  extensive 
  excavations 
  until 
  the 
  outcrop 
  is 
  encoun- 
  

   tered 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  from 
  Washington 
  Mills 
  to 
  Clinton. 
  In 
  

   this 
  stretch 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  miles 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  quite 
  level, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  

   gradual 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  bed 
  can 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   ploited 
  by 
  shallow 
  workings. 
  The 
  outcrop 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  stripped 
  

   for 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  distance, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  only 
  

   covering 
  is 
  soil 
  and 
  glacial 
  materials. 
  

  

  The 
  Wells, 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Kirkland 
  

   about 
  half 
  way 
  between 
  Washington 
  Mills 
  and 
  Clinton, 
  is 
  an 
  open 
  

   cut 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  outcrop 
  for 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet. 
  It 
  was 
  

   once 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  It 
  was 
  idle 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   Smock's 
  report. 
  The 
  property 
  now 
  belongs 
  to 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst 
  of 
  Clin- 
  

   ton. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Putnam 
  the 
  ore 
  as 
  worked 
  

   averaged 
  about 
  21 
  inches 
  and 
  was 
  covered 
  by 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  of 
  shale 
  

   and 
  gravel. 
  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  a 
  sample 
  from 
  400 
  tons 
  showed 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  percentage 
  of 
  iron 
  and 
  phosphorus. 
  

  

  Iron 
  46 
  . 
  79 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  .64 
  

  

  East 
  of 
  the 
  Wells 
  open 
  cut, 
  there 
  is 
  about 
  1 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  outcrop 
  

   that 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  exploited, 
  while 
  beyond 
  this 
  interval 
  an 
  opening 
  has 
  

   been 
  made 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Borst 
  over 
  a 
  small 
  area. 
  

  

  The 
  Ellingwood 
  opening 
  adjoins 
  the 
  Wells 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  An 
  analy- 
  

  

  