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Amsterdam, Montgomery Co. H. C. Grimes' brick yard is 

 located on Florida Ave. The clay deposit underlies a tract of 

 about 20 acres, and the section is as follows : 



Soil 1-3 feet 



Yellow clay 6 " 



Blue clay 



Common bricks are manufactured. 



The clay is first passed through a Cotts disintegrator and is 

 then molded on a soft mud machine. Drying is done on pallets. 

 This yard has been in operation for 16 years. 



Gloversville, Fulton Co. H. McDuffie's brick yard is situated 

 on the outskirts of the town. The clay, which is of a dark brown 

 color, is in a bed two and a half feet thick. It is underlain by 

 hardpan and overlain by a thin soil. The bricks are made by 

 the soft mud process, being molded in horse-power machines. 



W. A. Stoutner. His clay bank is about three feet thick, 

 underlain by hardpan and overlain by a few inches of soil. The 

 clay is reddish brown and burns to a red color. The brick are 

 made on a Peekskill hand-power machine. The brickmaking 

 season at G-loversville runs from about the middle of May to the 

 end of September. 



Ilion, Herkimer Co. S. E. Coe. Brick yard situated along the 

 Erie Canal, with the West Shore Railroad crossing the property. 

 Mr. Coe has about 10 acres of clay land, the clay running in 

 depth from eight to 15 feet. It is of three different colors, black, 

 gray and blue. The latter makes the stronger brick. Ko strip- 

 ping to be done except a few feet of black soil. 



Rome, N. Y., Oneida Co. W. Armstrong's yard is located on 

 the edge of the town and along the Borne and Clinton branch of 

 the Xew York, Ontario and Western Railroad. The clay deposit 

 is about 25 acres in extent and the clay is of a dark gray color 

 and seven to 10 feet deep. The bricks are molded in soft 

 mud machines. 



W. W. Parry. Yard located near the town; the clay is ob- 

 tained from the flats bordering the Mohawk river, and the bed of 

 it is from six to nine feet deep. It is underlain by gravel, which 

 rises to near the surface in many places. A light loam covers the 

 clay. For making brick the clay is mixed from top to bottom. 



