New York State Education Department 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke Director 

 Bulletin 93 

 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 13 

 THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 



1904 

 PREFACE 



This bulletin is intended to present a summary of the mineral 

 resources of New York and their economic development. It covers 

 the principal facts regarding the character, occurrence and pro- 

 duction of the useful minerals, with brief discussion of existing 

 conditions in the related industries. 



In many departments of the mineral industry a notably increased 

 activity has been manifest during the last few years, and to meet 

 the requests for information that are constantly received it has 

 seemed advisable to undertake a more elaborate investigation than 

 has been attempted hitherto. For that purpose a statistical 

 canvass has been made of the mines and quarries throughout the 

 State. The data incorporated in the following pages are based 

 mainly on information thus obtained. 



Acknowledgment for assistance is due to those engaged in mining 

 and quarry enterprises ; the requests for statistics and other details 

 of operations have met uniformly a considerate response that has 

 greatly facilitated the investigation. 



In communicating with the various producers use has been made 

 of the list of mineral producers compiled in 1904 by Dr F. J. H. 

 Merrill, formerly State Geologist. 



