﻿IROX 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLIXTOX 
  FORMATION 
  6l 
  

  

  sis 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  made 
  by 
  J. 
  B. 
  Britton 
  and 
  quoted 
  by 
  Putnam 
  gave 
  

   the 
  following 
  results. 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  3 
  58.2 
  

  

  SiO, 
  10.14 
  

  

  s... 
  51 
  

  

  P 
  2 
  5 
  2.557 
  

  

  aia 
  3.98 
  

  

  MnO 
  2 
  

  

  CaO 
  6.66 
  

  

  MgO 
  2.17 
  

  

  H 
  2 
  d 
  and 
  CO, 
  15-14 
  

  

  Undet. 
  and 
  loss 
  -443 
  

  

  100.000 
  

  

  Iron 
  4 
  1 
  • 
  °5 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  1 
  . 
  117 
  

  

  Franklin 
  and 
  Clinton 
  mines. 
  With 
  the 
  sloping 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  

   toward 
  the 
  Oriskany 
  valley, 
  the 
  ore 
  beds 
  beyond 
  the 
  Ellingwood 
  

   opening 
  come 
  out 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  Clinton 
  in 
  a 
  northeast-southwest 
  course 
  

   at 
  about 
  the 
  700 
  foot 
  contour, 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  topographic 
  sheet. 
  A 
  

   large 
  quantity 
  of 
  ore 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  here 
  by 
  open 
  cutting, 
  the 
  

   excavations 
  extending 
  nearly 
  a 
  mile 
  on 
  the 
  outcrop, 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  

   of 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  in 
  places. 
  These 
  workings 
  date 
  back 
  many 
  

   years. 
  For 
  the 
  last 
  25 
  years 
  or 
  more 
  the 
  ore 
  has 
  been 
  mined 
  under- 
  

   ground. 
  Altogether 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  200 
  acres 
  has 
  been 
  worked 
  

   over 
  by 
  mining 
  or 
  stripping, 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  product 
  must 
  amount 
  to 
  

   nearly 
  2,000,000 
  tons. 
  

  

  The 
  Franklin 
  and 
  Clinton 
  mines 
  are 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  properties- 
  

   owned 
  by 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Manufacturing 
  Co. 
  and 
  have 
  always 
  

   been 
  operated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  company's 
  furnace 
  at 
  Franklin 
  

   Springs, 
  2 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Clinton. 
  They 
  are 
  entered 
  by 
  adit 
  levels 
  

   that 
  follow 
  the 
  main 
  ore 
  bed 
  in 
  an 
  easterly 
  and 
  southeasterly 
  direc- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  advancing 
  long- 
  wall 
  system 
  of 
  mining 
  is 
  employed. 
  

   From 
  18 
  to 
  24 
  inches 
  of 
  overlying 
  shale 
  is 
  blasted 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  

   ore 
  to 
  gain 
  sufficient 
  room 
  for 
  the 
  miners 
  to 
  work. 
  The 
  ore 
  is 
  

   trammed 
  on 
  cars, 
  holding 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  ton, 
  to 
  a 
  loading 
  plat- 
  

   form 
  near 
  the 
  mine 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  run 
  over 
  a 
  spur 
  to 
  the 
  Ontario 
  & 
  

   Western 
  Railroad 
  for 
  shipment 
  to 
  the 
  furnace. 
  Since 
  the 
  rebuilding 
  

   of 
  the 
  Franklin 
  furnace 
  in 
  1880 
  the 
  mines 
  have 
  been 
  intermittently 
  

  

  