THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1914 

 Mineral production of New York in 19 14 



II 



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 o e 



Millstones 



Met Hie paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Sand and gravel . . . . 



Sand-lime brick 



Roofing slate 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc 



Other materials 1 



Total value . 



1 Includes apatite and marl. 



Barrels. . . . 

 Barrels. . . . 

 Thousands . 



5 667 728 

 232 076 

 943 241 



Short tons . 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Pounds. . . 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons. 



7 109 



:6 3 

 23 751 



4 026 

 483 339 

 513 094 

 75i 7i6 



Short tons 



Short tons 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet. 



Barrels 



Long tons 



Barrels 



7 321 



1 182 



8 480 669 



8 714 681 



933 5ii 



61 513 



10,389 072 



Thousands 

 Squares . . . 



17 696 

 4 998 



Short tons. 



74 075 



$5 088 677 



115 117 



4 703 295 



2 405 676 



2 366 248 



12 424 



9 105 



117 390 



134 940 



151 143 



1 247 404 



2 356 517 



12 410 



88 720 



9 620 



769 932 

 2 570 165 



1 773 671 

 266 930 



2 835 706 



2 212 087 

 in 326 



40 650 



367 242 



3 316 063 

 230 242 



1 056 990 



770 600 

 671 286 



58 428 



$35 870 004 



ASBESTOS 



The minerals which supply the asbestos of commerce are known 

 to occur in several places within the State, more especially in the 

 crystalline areas of the Adirondack^ and southeastern New York. 

 They are nowhere mined at present, but the occurrences have been 

 at different times the object of inquiry and more or less attention 

 which in one instance has extended to considerable exploratory 

 work. The purpose of this article is to mention the different 

 localities which have come to light and to give whatever informa- 

 tion is available concerning their features and possible importance. 



That the local occurrences have aroused some interest from a 

 commercial standpoint is not surprising in view of the recent great 

 development in the uses of asbestos and of the remarkable growth 



