THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I912 



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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 



a ton 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



I9II 



1912 



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 



1 075 026 

 909 359 

 954 320 



124 800 

 15 890 



6 769 

 10 789 



7 664 

 6 400 



45 503 

 44 467 

 66 389 

 91 075 

 83 820 

 54 128 

 79 313 

 I87 002 



164 434 

 33 825 

 56 734 

 79 206 

 38 005 



103 382 



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 



1 000 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



4 835 



5 000 

 Nil 



64 041 

 41 947 



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 



1 018 013 

 697 473 

 991 008 



I 159 067 

 952 364 



1 057 702 



$2 379 267 

 1 222 934 



$2 67 

 2 29 



13 886 



16 385 



11 280 



4 000 



22 153 



6 413 



1 000 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



Nil 



598 313 



780 932 



642 838 



350 999 



1 241 985 



I 103 817 



I 006 231 



I 362 987 



1 209 899 



1 328 894 



2 576 123 



3 393 609 

 3 750 493 



2 098 247 



3 179 358 

 3 906 478 

 3 184 057 

 3 349 095 



1 95 



2 03 



1 91 

 r 95 



2 80 

 2 50 

 2 39 

 2 45 

 2 24 



2 IS 



3 II 

 3 75 

 3 68 

 3 01 

 3 2r 

 3 37 

 3 24 

 3 17 



The output in 19 12, as reported by all the mines that made ship- 

 ments during the year, was 1,057,702 long tons, valued at $3,349,095. 

 Compared with the total for the preceding year, there was a gain 

 of 105,338 tons, or about 10 per cent, as against a decline of 206,703 

 tons in 191 1. The value of the ore averaged $3.17 a ton, as against 

 $3.34 for 191 1 ; the falling off indicated by these figures was not 

 solely a market decline, but was due in part to the large proportion 

 of hematite shipped during the past year. 



Of the output, magnetite constituted a total of 954,320 long tons 

 and represented a value of $3,148,756. The quantity of hematite 

 mined was 103,382 long tons, all from the Clinton belt, with a value 

 of $200,339. There were no shipments of limonite ore from south- 

 eastern New York and none of carbonate, although these were 

 actively mined a few years ago. 



The output of magnetite was made up largely of concentrates, 

 some of the mines in the Adirondacks shipping all their product in 

 that form. A ton of concentrates, which on the average contains 

 about 65 per cent iron, represents all the way from a little over 

 one to three tons of crude ore. The actual amount of magnetite 

 raised from the mines during the year was 1,174,295 long tons; 

 and the total quantity of ore of all kinds hoisted was 1,277,677. 

 In 191 1 the total quantity hoisted was 1.258,873 tons. 



