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bank lies on the east side of the Eacket Eiver. It is about 25 

 feet in thickness and there is a covering of 12 feet of fine sand. 

 The clay is rather tough and requires an admixture about one- 

 third sand for making brick. An abundance of unworked clay- 

 is still in sight. 



St Johnsville, Montgomery Co. J. S. Smith is the only brick 

 manufacturer in this town. The clay bank is 60 feet high, and 

 the following is the section involved : 



Loam 3 foot 



Fine sand 7 feet 



Dark building sand 3 " 



Gray clay 1 foot 



Quicksand 4 feet 



Hardpan 1 foot 



Blue clay 75 feet 



Total thickness 92 feet 



Only common brick are manufactured. 



Fonda, Montgomery Co. W. Davenport's brick yard is about 

 one mile west of the village on the north side of the N. Y. C. 

 E. E. The clay bank lies to the north of the yard, is 12 feet 

 high, and yellow in color. The brick are molded in soft mud 

 machines operated by horse power, dried on open yards and 

 burnt in scove kilns. The product is sold in Montgomery county. 

 Drain tile are also manufactured. 



Dolgeville, Herkimer Co. A. C. Kyser has a bed of clay about 

 50 acres in extent, and 30 feet thick. He manufactures ordinary 

 building brick, which are consumed by the local market. 



The clay is tempered in a pug mill with the addition of a cer- 

 tain amount of sand, and passes thence to a Quaker soft mud 

 machine. Drying is done on an open yard, and the bricks are 

 burned in a scove kiln. This latter operation takes live to eight 

 days. 



South Trenton, Oneida Co. H. L. Garrett has manufactured 

 brick at this locality for 45 years. His clay bed is several acres 

 in extent and about four feet thick. The clay is blue below and 

 yellow and red in the upper portion of the bed, due to weather- 

 ing. It is slightly stratified. Underlying the clay is slate. 



