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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Iron 
  21 
  . 
  16 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  327 
  

  

  Elliott 
  and 
  Butler, 
  or 
  Borst 
  mines. 
  The 
  properties 
  described 
  

   in 
  the 
  early 
  reports 
  under 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  Elliott 
  and 
  Butler 
  

   openings 
  lie 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  mines 
  along 
  the 
  east- 
  

   west 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton. 
  Since 
  their 
  purchase 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Borst, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  converted 
  into 
  underground 
  mines. 
  They 
  

   cover 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  60 
  acres. 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  mining 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  practised 
  by 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Iron 
  Manufacturing 
  Co., 
  but 
  the 
  

   workings 
  are 
  so 
  laid 
  out 
  that 
  natural 
  drainage 
  is 
  secured. 
  The 
  

   •entry 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  trammed 
  by 
  hand 
  to 
  the 
  stock 
  

   pile 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  facilities 
  for 
  loading 
  directly 
  on 
  cars 
  for 
  

   shipment. 
  The 
  mining 
  equipment 
  is 
  exceptionally 
  complete 
  

   while 
  the 
  underground 
  development 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  output 
  

   can 
  be 
  made. 
  An 
  independent 
  spur 
  connects 
  the 
  mine 
  with 
  the 
  

   main 
  railroad 
  line. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  heretofore 
  has 
  been 
  sold 
  

   for 
  grinding 
  into 
  mortar 
  colors 
  and 
  metallic 
  paint, 
  the 
  output 
  for 
  

   that 
  purpose 
  being 
  much 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  any 
  hematite 
  mine 
  in 
  

   the 
  region. 
  The 
  paint 
  ore' 
  is 
  shipped 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  45^ 
  Fe, 
  

   the 
  quality 
  being 
  somewhat 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  run-of-mine, 
  since 
  

   the 
  sandstone 
  parting 
  is 
  removed 
  by 
  cobbing. 
  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  

   a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Putnam 
  to 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  percentages 
  : 
  • 
  

  

  Iron... 
  45.73 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  554 
  

  

  The 
  oolitic 
  bed 
  measures 
  about 
  30 
  inches, 
  with 
  variations 
  of 
  a 
  

   few 
  inches 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  average. 
  

  

  Clinton 
  Mills 
  opening. 
  This 
  open 
  cut, 
  also 
  called 
  the 
  Ferman, 
  

   is 
  situated 
  2 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  mines, 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  Oriskany 
  valley. 
  From 
  the 
  mines 
  east 
  of 
  Clinton 
  village, 
  

   the 
  ore 
  outcrop 
  runs 
  southwest 
  and, 
  forming 
  an 
  upstream 
  deflec- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  at. 
  Sauquoit, 
  crosses 
  the 
  Oriskany 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  

   surface 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Franklin 
  Springs. 
  Continuing 
  north, 
  on 
  

   the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley, 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  first 
  encountered 
  in 
  exposure 
  

   within 
  the 
  small 
  glen 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  that 
  leads 
  up 
  College 
  

   hill. 
  One 
  mile 
  further 
  north 
  is 
  the 
  Clinton 
  Mills 
  locality, 
  stated 
  by 
  

   Smock 
  to 
  have 
  afforded 
  some 
  ore 
  for 
  the 
  Kirkland 
  furnace. 
  An 
  

  

  