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Fresh Pond, Suffolk Co. This locality is about four miles east 

 of Northport on the north shore of the island. There are two 

 yards, about a mileapirt. The most eastern one belongs to G. 

 Longbottom. It is situated some 500 feet from the shore and 

 about 50 feet above Long Island Sound. The clay bank is about 

 200 feet Vest of the yard and at the same level. A section in 

 the summer of 1892 showed 



Sand and gravel 4 feet 



Eed sandy clay ♦ 8 " 



Eed clay H " 



The overlying sand and gravel is stratified and dips east. 

 It is screened for tempering. Carts are used for hauling the 

 clay to the machines. Molding sand is obtained from Ha^ken- 

 sack. The clay and sand are shoveled directly into a vertical 

 pug mill, from which they pass to the molding machine. Coal 

 dust is also added in tempering. The product is loaded on cars, 

 run down to schooners at the dock and shipped to Connecticut;. 

 Adjoining Longbottom's yard is the inactive plant of Provost. 



About a mile west of Longbottom's and situated along the 

 shore is the yard of R. Sammis. His land extends 2000 feet 

 along the shore and the whole of that distance the clay crops 

 out from underneath the sands and gravels. The lower portion 

 of the clay is a bluish red, the upper, red in color and somewhat 

 more gritty. The clay is rather tough but not so dry as 

 Longbottom's. The carting is done along the shore, and the 

 overlying sands which are highly stained with iron are used for 

 temper. ng. A cutting has been made in the cliff just east of 

 the yard for tempering sand. The bricks are burnt with wood. 



Greenport, Suffolk Co. The works of the Long Island Brick 

 Co. are some two miles west of Greenport on the shore 

 of Pike's cove, opposite Shelter Island. Their clay is a 

 glacial deposit of red color, rather tough and contains numerous 

 stones. Mr. Sage, the owner, claims a depth of 64 feet for the 

 deposit in places. Several openings have been made in it, 

 one of them 24 feet deep. It is said to thin out to the east of 

 the yard, where it is found to be underlain by hardpan. It is 

 undermined, the working face being about eight feet high and 



