THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1914 



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The production of furnace ores and concentrates as reported by 

 the different mines that were operative within the State was 

 751,716 long tons. In comparison with the total reported for the 

 preceding year, this represented a decrease of 466,183 tons, or 

 nearly 40 per cent. It was the smallest output recorded in the last 

 ten years with the exception of that for 1908. The value of the 

 product at the mine was $2,356,517, or an average of $3.13 a ton. 



Of the total, the magnetite represented 703,670 tons, with a value 

 of $2,251,656. Hematite constituted the remainder with the excep- 

 tion of a few hundred tons of limonite from Columbia county. The 

 hematite all came from the Clinton belt in Oneida and Wayne 

 counties ; the magnetite was mainly from the Adirondacks, with a 

 smaller but important part from the mines in Orange county. 



Production of iron ore in New York State 





MAGNE- 



HEMA- 



LIMO- 



CARBO- 



TOTAL 









TITE 



TITE 



NITE 



NATE 



^/"vy A T 





YEAR 













IOI AL 



VALUE 



VALUE 

 A TON 





Long 



Long 



Long 



Long 



Long 









tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 



tons 







1895 



260 139 



6 769 



26 462 



13 886 



307 256 



$598 313 



$1 95 



1896 



346 015 



10 789 



12 288 



16 385 



385 477 



780 932 



2 03 



1897 



296 722 



7 664 



20 059 



11 280 



335 725 



642 838 



I 91 



1898 



155 551 



6 400 



14 000 



4 000 



179 95i 



350 999 



1 95 



1899 



344 159 



45 503 



31 975 



22 153 



443 790 



1 241 985 



2 80 



I900 



345 714 



44 467 



44 891 



6 413 



. 441 485 



1 103 817 



2 50 



1901 



329 467 



66 389 



23 362 



1 000 



420 218 



1 006 231 



2 39 



1902 



45i 570 



9i 075 



12 676 



Nil 



555 321 



1 362 987 



2 45 



I903 



451 481 



83 820 



5 159 



Nil 



540 460 



1 209 899 



2 24 



1904 



559 575 



54 128 



5 000 



Nil 



619 103 



1 328 894 



2 15 



1905 



739 736 



79 313 



8 000 



Nil 



827 049 



2 576 123 



3 11 



1906 



717 365 



187 002 



1 000 



Nil 



905 367 



3 393 609 



3 75 



1907 



853 579 



164 434 



Nil 



Nil 



1 018 013 



3 750 493 



3 68 



I908 



663 648 



33 825 



Nil 



Nil 



697 473 



2 098 247 



3 01 



1909 



934 274 



56 734 



Nil 



Nil 



991 008 



3 179 358 



3 21 



I9IO 



1 075 026 



79 206 



4 835 



Nil 



1 159 067 



3 906 478 



3 37 



I9II 



909 359 



38 005 



5 000 



Nil 



952 364 



3 184 057 



3 34 



1912 



954 320 



103 382 



Nil 



Nil 



1 057 702 



3 349 095 



3 17 



1913 



1 097 208 



120 691 



Nil 



Nil 



1 217 899 



3 870 841 



3 18 



1914 



703 670 



47 705 



34i 



Nil 



751 716 



2 356 517 



3 13 



The magnetite consisted largely of concentrates, some of the Adi- 

 rondack mines shipping all their product in that form. A ton of 

 concentrates, which on the average contains 65 per cent iron, repre- 

 sents from a little over 1 to 3 tons of crude ore, according to the 

 grade of the particular ore body. The actual amount of magnetite 



