﻿JO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  I 
  2 
  

  

  CaO 
  7.34 
  

  

  MgO 
  3.76 
  

  

  MnO 
  tr 
  

  

  P 
  494 
  .578 
  

  

  S 
  028 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Tenth 
  Census, 
  Putnam 
  mentions 
  several 
  

   properties 
  as 
  under 
  operation 
  and 
  shows 
  their 
  location. 
  The 
  prop- 
  

   erties 
  in 
  order 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  include 
  the 
  Bennet, 
  Ontario 
  Fur- 
  

   nace 
  Co., 
  Hurly, 
  La 
  Frois, 
  Bundy 
  and 
  Ontario 
  Furnace 
  Co., 
  of 
  

   which 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  one 
  were 
  active. 
  The 
  principal 
  holdings 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ontario 
  Furnace 
  Co. 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  Furnaceville 
  

   Iron 
  Co., 
  the 
  former 
  company 
  having 
  gone 
  out 
  of 
  existence. 
  The 
  

   analyses 
  below 
  are 
  from 
  Putnam 
  and 
  refer 
  to 
  ores 
  from 
  these 
  prop- 
  

   erties 
  : 
  no. 
  1, 
  Hurly; 
  no. 
  2, 
  La 
  Frois; 
  and 
  no. 
  3, 
  Bundy. 
  

  

  1 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  Fe 
  40.73 
  42.25 
  38.36 
  

  

  P 
  53i 
  -481 
  .471 
  

  

  The 
  Ontario 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  producer 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  and 
  

   began 
  shipments 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  company 
  owns 
  properties 
  lying 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Slocum 
  road 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  Ontario 
  Center. 
  

  

  The 
  Wayne 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co. 
  has 
  properties 
  under 
  development 
  near 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  Furnaceville 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  north 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  also 
  

   farther 
  west, 
  near 
  the 
  Wayne-Monroe 
  county 
  line. 
  The 
  holdings 
  

   near 
  Ontario 
  have 
  been 
  tested 
  with 
  a 
  core 
  drill 
  and 
  the 
  ore 
  bed 
  

   found 
  to 
  range 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  30 
  inches 
  thick. 
  The 
  ore 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  

   properties 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  thickness 
  of 
  18 
  inches. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  15 
  

   analyses 
  from 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  drill 
  cores 
  and 
  

   test 
  pits 
  distributed 
  over 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  these 
  properties 
  shows 
  the 
  

   following 
  average: 
  

  

  Fe 
  37-85 
  

  

  p 
  646 
  

  

  