Published monthly by iht 



New York State Education Department 



BULLETIN 378 JUNE I906 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke Director 



Bulletin 102 

 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 15 



THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



OF 



NEW YORK STATE 



REPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION DURING 1905 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



PAGE 



Preface 45 



Introduction 46 



Mineral production of New 



York in 1904 48 



Mineral production of New 



York in 1905 49 



Apatite 50 



Carbon dioxid 51 



Cement 52 



Clay 56 



Occurrence and character of 



clays 56 



Utilization of shale 60 



Production of clay materials.. 60 



Manufacture of building brick. 62 



Other clay materials 65 



Pottery 66 



Crude clay 67 



Diatomaccous earth 67 



Emery 68 



' Feldspar 69 



Fullers earth 70 



Garnet 70 



Graphite 73 



Gypsum 78 



Iron ore 82 



Production 82 



PAGE 



Occurrence 84 



Notes on mining develop- 

 ments 88 



Marl 107 



Millstones no 



Mineral paint in 



Mineral waters 112 



Natural gas 115 



Peat 119 



Petroleum 120 



Pyrite 122 



Quartz 124 



Salt 124 



Sand 128 



Slate 131 



Stone 132 



Production of stone. v . 132 



Granite 133 



Limestone 135 



Marble 141 



Sandstone 144 



Trap 152 



Talc 154 



Zinc and lead 157 



Directory of mines and quarries. 161 



I Index 189 



