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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  active 
  mining 
  operations 
  as 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  for 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   ply 
  of 
  three 
  local 
  forges 
  and 
  a 
  furnace 
  at 
  Manchester. 
  According 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  authority 
  ore 
  was 
  obtained, 
  also, 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Sodus. 
  Hall 
  in 
  1838 
  mentioned 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  workings 
  on 
  the 
  

   outlet 
  of 
  Salmon 
  creek, 
  town 
  of 
  Sodus, 
  near 
  which 
  a 
  forge 
  was 
  still 
  

   standing 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  A 
  furnace 
  had 
  been 
  erected 
  before 
  that 
  date 
  

   on 
  Bear 
  creek, 
  at 
  the 
  locality 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  Furnaceville, 
  2 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Ontario 
  village. 
  The 
  furnace 
  was 
  run 
  upon 
  ores 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  operate 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  About 
  

   1869, 
  a 
  new 
  stack 
  having 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  80 
  tons 
  a 
  day 
  was 
  erected. 
  

   In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wolcott 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  iron 
  was 
  begun 
  soon 
  

   after 
  1820, 
  undoubtedly 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  furnace 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  Wolcott 
  vil- 
  

   lage. 
  The 
  iron 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  converted 
  into 
  castings 
  was 
  hauled 
  to 
  

   Clyde 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  outside 
  points 
  by 
  canal. 
  The 
  last 
  run 
  of 
  iron 
  

   at 
  this 
  furnace 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1869, 
  since 
  which 
  time 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   little 
  or 
  no 
  ore 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Ontario 
  

   mining 
  operations 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  steadily 
  from 
  

   the 
  first 
  discovery. 
  

  

  Openings 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wolcott. 
  The 
  oldest 
  working 
  in 
  

   this 
  town 
  is 
  that 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  Wolcott 
  creek, 
  \y 
  2 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Wolcott 
  village, 
  near 
  the 
  furnace 
  site. 
  The 
  ore 
  outcrops 
  

   on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  soil. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

   fossil 
  character 
  and 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  ore 
  horizon 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   record 
  of 
  the 
  test 
  hole 
  put 
  down 
  at 
  Wolcott. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  1 
  foot 
  

   thick. 
  An 
  analysis 
  quoted 
  from 
  Beck 
  1 
  shows 
  the 
  following 
  compo- 
  

   sition 
  : 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  Si6 
  2 
  

  

  Al.,63 
  

  

  CaCO 
  s 
  ... 
  

  

  MgCO, 
  

  

  HX> 
  ; 
  

  

  Iron 
  

  

  51 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  

  

  7 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  36 
  

  

  05 
  

  

  A 
  second 
  locality, 
  where 
  ore 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  days, 
  is 
  

   about 
  5 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  W 
  r 
  olcott 
  village, 
  on 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

   little 
  stream 
  called 
  Bear 
  creek. 
  The 
  bed 
  here 
  is 
  30 
  inches 
  thick, 
  

   representing 
  the 
  lower 
  or 
  main 
  seam 
  of 
  ore 
  as 
  developed 
  in 
  this 
  

  

  Jlineralogy 
  of 
  New^York. 
  1842. 
  1 
  p. 
  28. 
  

  

  