﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLIXTOX 
  FORMATION 
  65 
  

  

  acre 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  ground 
  was 
  worked 
  by 
  the 
  open-cut 
  method, 
  the 
  

   operations 
  dating 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1888. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  

   valley 
  slope 
  here 
  the 
  overburden 
  increases 
  rapidly 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   outcrop. 
  The 
  section 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Smock 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Glacial 
  drift 
  18-30 
  feet 
  

  

  Greenish 
  gray 
  shale 
  20 
  inches 
  

  

  Ore 
  bed 
  2 
  4-3° 
  inches 
  

  

  Floor 
  of 
  ferruginous 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  The 
  ore 
  bed 
  dips 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  3 
  feet 
  in 
  100 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west, 
  and 
  drainage 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  readily 
  effected 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  valley. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  feature 
  is 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  slight 
  offsets 
  

   which 
  displace 
  the 
  bed 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  6 
  inches. 
  The 
  ore 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  

   general 
  character 
  as 
  the 
  Clinton 
  oolitic 
  bed 
  but 
  contains 
  a 
  greater 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  shaly 
  material. 
  

  

  Norton 
  opening. 
  This 
  adjoins 
  the 
  Clinton 
  Mills 
  property 
  on 
  

   the 
  north. 
  It 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Putnam 
  as 
  under 
  operation 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  his 
  report. 
  The 
  ore 
  is 
  21 
  inches 
  thick, 
  with 
  shale 
  covering. 
  

   An 
  analysis 
  of 
  a 
  sample 
  from 
  30 
  tons 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  

   Putnam 
  to 
  have 
  shown 
  : 
  

  

  Iron 
  39-88 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  665 
  

  

  Openings 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Westmoreland. 
  The 
  oolitic 
  bed 
  con- 
  

   tinues 
  north 
  and 
  west 
  into 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Westmoreland 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  worked 
  at 
  different 
  places 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  Kirkland 
  and 
  

   Taberg 
  furnaces. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  dug 
  on 
  the 
  Pryer 
  and 
  Laughlin 
  farms, 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  

   west 
  of 
  Kirkland, 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  furnace. 
  The 
  bed 
  is 
  here 
  18 
  

   inches 
  thick. 
  An 
  analysis, 
  quoted 
  from 
  Putnam, 
  shows 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  percentages 
  : 
  

  

  Iron 
  42 
  . 
  9 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  753 
  

  

  About 
  Y\ 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Pryer 
  farm, 
  across 
  the 
  small 
  

   stream 
  that 
  drains 
  into 
  the 
  Oriskany, 
  are 
  the 
  openings 
  on 
  the 
  Derwin 
  

   farm 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  south 
  of 
  them, 
  across 
  the 
  stream, 
  the 
  Freibergher 
  

   opening, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Kirkland 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  The 
  

   ore 
  from 
  the 
  Derwin 
  farm 
  is 
  about 
  16 
  inches 
  thick 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

  

  