THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9I3 



Mineral production of New York in 191 3 



PRODUCT 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



Portland cement 

 Natural cement ...... 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products . 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar and quartz . 



Garnet 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Sand and gravel . . . . 



Sand-lime brick 



Roofing slate 



Slate manufactures . . 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc... 



Othe materials L . . . 



Total value 



Barrels .... 

 Barrels .... 

 Thousands . 



Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Pounds 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons . 



Short tons. . . . 

 Short tons .... 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet 



Barrels 



Long tons .... 

 Barrels 



Thousands . 

 Squares. . . 



Short tons. 



5 146 782 



193 975 



1 099 861 



6 291 

 611 



25 680 



4 665 



250 000 



532 884 



217 899 



7 950 



2 200 



448 348 



155 429 

 916 873 



54 903 

 819 521 



22 225 

 6 109 



63 000 



873 807 



95 565 

 038 658 



367 187 

 672 027 

 17 411 

 7 332 

 113 765 

 145 445 

 112 500 

 306 143 

 870 841 



13 130 



78 200 



15 026 

 806 298 

 549 227 

 255 508 

 242 065 

 856 664 

 584 266 

 143 345 



53 074 

 Nil 

 335 642 

 852 678 

 252 292 

 321 272 

 001 170 

 55i 250 



66 611 



■i 598 399 



1 Includes apatite, diatomaceous earth, marl and mica. 



CEMENT 

 The cement industry greatly improved its position last year when 

 it experienced the first really sustained prosperity that it has had in 

 a long time. There was a strong demand, sufficient to keep all the 

 mills busy at full capacity. The higher level of prices, which was 

 firmly held throughout the year, afforded a fair margin of profit to 

 manufacturers, most of whom had operated at a minimum profit if 

 not with actual loss in the three preceding years. The recent period 

 of price-cutting and unrestrained competition for markets found 

 some plants in a weak position financially or technically ; these either 



