﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
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  region. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  worked 
  from 
  the 
  outcrop 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  face 
  

   of 
  a 
  low 
  hill 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  acre. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  

   no 
  work 
  done 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  40 
  years. 
  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  is 
  here 
  

   given. 
  

  

  Fe 
  38.87 
  

  

  Si0 
  2 
  3.45 
  

  

  .MnO 
  25 
  

  

  S 
  018 
  

  

  P 
  374 
  

  

  Town 
  of 
  Huron. 
  Hematite 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  outcrop 
  on 
  lot 
  339 
  

   but 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  worked. 
  

  

  Town 
  of 
  Sodus. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  working 
  on 
  Salmon 
  creek, 
  

   near 
  the 
  mouth, 
  but 
  apparently 
  very 
  little 
  ore 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  out. 
  

   Hall 
  states 
  that 
  operations 
  were 
  abandoned 
  before 
  1838. 
  

  

  Openings 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Ontario. 
  This 
  township 
  has 
  yielded 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  output 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  belt. 
  

   The 
  workings 
  extend 
  almost 
  continuously 
  across 
  the' 
  whole 
  width 
  of 
  

   wn, 
  between 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  miles, 
  and 
  for 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  ]A 
  mile 
  back 
  

   outcrop. 
  The 
  bed 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Williamson 
  on 
  

   the 
  .here 
  it 
  maintains 
  its 
  average 
  thickness 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  2 
  miles 
  

  

  farther, 
  but 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  opened. 
  The 
  line 
  of 
  workings 
  lies 
  about 
  

   3 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  y 
  2 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  R. 
  W. 
  & 
  O. 
  

   Railroad 
  tracks. 
  The 
  ore 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  fossil 
  variety, 
  averaging 
  

   about 
  20 
  inches 
  thick. 
  It 
  occurs 
  below 
  the 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone, 
  

   which 
  reaches 
  its 
  maximum 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  owns 
  extensive 
  properties 
  along 
  the 
  

   ore 
  outcrop 
  from 
  Ontario 
  village 
  westward. 
  At 
  present 
  the 
  strip 
  

   from 
  Ontario 
  to 
  Ontario 
  Center 
  is 
  under 
  exploitation. 
  The 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  has 
  been 
  active 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  and 
  its 
  methods 
  of 
  excavation 
  

   and 
  extraction 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  have 
  been 
  perfected 
  to 
  a 
  degree 
  rarely 
  

   seen 
  in 
  such 
  work. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  feet 
  

   of 
  rock 
  and 
  soil 
  are 
  removed 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  ore 
  bed. 
  The 
  work- 
  

   ings 
  are 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  branch 
  railrcad 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  line 
  at 
  On- 
  

   tario 
  Center. 
  The 
  ore 
  is 
  shipped 
  to 
  Emporium, 
  Pa. 
  Its 
  compo- 
  

   sition 
  is 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  analyses, 
  of 
  which 
  no. 
  I 
  has 
  

   been 
  reported 
  by 
  Mr 
  W. 
  L. 
  Cumings 
  and 
  no. 
  2 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  

   from 
  Putnam's 
  report. 
  

  

  Fe 
  44 
  . 
  1 
  2 
  4 
  1 
  . 
  46 
  

  

  Si0 
  2 
  11.74 
  

  

  Al 
  2 
  6 
  3 
  48 
  

  

  