THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY IQIO 



Mineral production of New York in 1910 



13 



PRODUCT 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



Portland cement .... 

 Natural rock 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. 



Other materials ^ . 



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. 



3 364 255 

 292 760 



I 404 345 



6 005 



978 



18 012 



5 297 

 2 619 000 



465 591 

 I 159 067 



8 063 



I 400 



8 432 672 



4 815 643 



I 073 650 



37 270 



10 270 273 



14 053 

 14 107 



65 000 



$2 938 818 



147 202 



6 683 071 



2 136 518 



2 699 393 



9 

 II 



667 

 736 



64 503 



151 700 



160 700 



I 122 952 



3 906 478 



6 613 



70 841 



10 900 



675 034 

 I 411 699 



1 458 194 



175 791 



2 258 292 



2 129 708 



82 619 



79 857 



3 233 



244 763 



3 245 807 

 341 880 



I 451 796 



909 006 



552 500 



258 986 



$35 400 257 



Includes apatite, carbon dioxid, diatomaceous earth, marl and lead ore. 



CEMENT 



The Portland cement mills of the State generally reported a 

 larger business during 1910 than for some time past. The year 

 as a v^hole, however, could hardly be called very favorable for the 

 industry. The improved demand which began late in 1909 enabled 

 manufacturers to extend operations, in some plants to nearly 

 full capacity, but prices were still on an unremunerative basis. A 

 radical improvement in this respect was especially needed to bring 

 any real prosperity to the industry. A slight advance that was 



