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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 

 Production of iron ore in New York State 



YEAR 



MAGNETITE 



HEMATITE 



LIMONITE 



CARBONATE 



TOTAL 



Total value 



Value 



Long tons 



Long tons 



Long tons 



Long tons 



Long tons 



per 

 ton 



1890 



945 071 

 782 729 

 648 564 

 440 693 



260 139 

 346 015 

 296 722 

 155 551 



344 159 



345 714 

 329 467 

 451 570 

 451 481 

 559 575 

 739 736 

 717 365 

 853 579 

 663 648 

 934 274 



I 075 026 



196 035 

 153 723 



124 800 

 IS 890 



■■■6'769 



10 789 



7 664 



6 400 



45 503 



44 467 



66 389 



91 075 



83 820 



54 128 



79 313 



187 002 



164 434 



33 825 



56 734 



79 206 



30 968 

 53 152 

 53 694 

 35 592 



26 462 

 12 288 

 20 059 

 14 000 



31 975 

 44 891 

 23 362 

 12 676 



5 159 



5 000 



8 000 



I 000 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



4 835 



81 319 

 27 612 

 64 041 



41 947 



"13 886 

 16 385 

 II 280 



4 000 



22 153 

 6 413 



I 000 



Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 

 Nil 



I 253 393 



I 017 216 

 891 099 

 534 122 

 242 759 

 307 256 

 385 477 

 335 725 

 179 951 

 443 790 

 441 485 

 420 218 

 555 321 

 540 460 

 619 103 

 827 049 

 905 367 



I 018 013 

 697 473 

 991 008 



I 159 067 







I89I 







1892 



1893 



1894 



$2 379 267 

 I 222 934 



$2 67 

 2 29 



1895 



598 313 



780 932 



642 838 



350 999 



I 241 985 



I 103 817 



I 006 231 



I 362 987 



I 209 899 



1 328 894 



2 576 123 



3 393 609 

 3 750 493 



2 098 247 



3 179 358 

 3 906 478 



1 95 



2 03 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899. • • 



1 95 



2 80 







I9OI 



1902 



1903 



1904 



2 39 



2 45 

 2 24 

 2 15 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



3 II 

 3 75 

 3 68 

 3 01 



^909 



1910 



3 21 

 3 37 



The production in 1910 as reported by all the active mines was 

 1,159,067 long tons, valued at $3,906,478. This represented an 

 increase of 168,059 tons over the total reported for the preceding 

 year, which was 991,008 tons. It was the largest output contributed 

 in any year since 1891 ; and the value was the highest ever reported 

 without exception, though the average fell below the average values 

 for 1906 and 1907. 



The principal ore represented in the production was magnetite, 

 the mines of which returned a total of 1,075,026 long tons valued at 

 $3,721,383. The output of hematite, mainly from the Clinton belt, 

 amounted to 79,206 tons valued at $175,425. A few thousand tons 

 of limonite were mined in southeastern New York. There has 

 been no production of carbonate ore in recent years. 



Of the magnetite ore an aggregate of 653,963 tons was reported 

 as consisting of concentrates and 421,063 tons of lump ore. The 

 concentrates represented the product of 1,012,776 tons of crude 

 material, so that the actual quantity hoisted from the magnetite 

 mines in the year was 1,433,839 tons and from all the mines 

 throughout the State 1,517,880 tons. 



The list of active producers in 1910 included for the Adirondack 

 region: Witherbee, Sherman & Co. and the Port Henry Iron Ore 

 Co., at Miineville ; the Cheever Iron Ore Co., Port Henry ; the Cha- 

 teaugay Ore & Iron Co., Lyon Mountain ; the Benson Mines Co., 



