New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 1915, at the post office at Albany, New York, 



under the act of August 24, 19 12 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 



No. 190 ALBANY, N. Y. October 1, 1916 



The University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 1015 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



INTRODUCTION 



The mineral industries of the State, as represented by the 

 branches engaged in mining and quarry operations, were not very 

 prosperous during 191 5. The conditions in certain restricted lines 

 were fairly good and generally the tendency was toward improve- 

 ment as the year advanced, but on the whole they did not conduce 

 to activity and large outputs, as was the case in many allied lines 

 of metallurgy and chemical manufacturing. The slump that 

 developed out of the foreign situation still manifested an influence 

 upon many of the industries. 



The poorest showing of all was that made by the producers of 

 structural materials — cement, stone and clay wares. There was a 

 slackening in the demand for many of these materials, and prices 

 consequently fell off sharply from competition among sellers for 

 trade. 



A feature of more than passing interest in the year's record of 

 events was the inauguration of active ore shipments by the newly 

 opened zinc mines at Edwards, St Lawrence county. The ore is 

 included for the first time in the list of local mineral products. As 

 yet there has been no extended development undertaken aside from 



