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Title: Annual report of the Regents
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: New York State Museum University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Subjects: New York State Museum Science
Publisher: Albany : J.B. Lyon, State Printer
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ded in a hand power press. The burning is donein up-draft kilns. Springhrooh^ Erie co. There are extensive deposits of clayand shale at Springbrook, on the land of E. B. Eorthrup, but theyare not worked. Evans, Erie co. William Bolton has a horse power yard here.The clay is a local deposit, chiefly blue in color, and the lower por-tions are stratified. It is underlain by sand and hardpan. Theyard is run in accordance with the local demand for brick. Soutliern and eastern New York yard*Dunkirk, Chautauqua co. William Hiltons yard is situated inthe valley, about a mile west of the town. The clay deposit isabout 20 feet thick, and is underlain by rock. The upper 6 feetis yellow and below this is blue. Stones are found scatteredthrough the clay and have to be separated. The yellow clay givesa better colored brick, while the blue clay shrinks more, but is saidto give a harder product. The blue clay obtained from the main claybank has to be tempered with sand; it has, however, not been much
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<« m cb o CLAYS OF NEW YORK 725 used up to the present time. Eolls are used to crush the stonesand the clay is tempered in a pug mill. Mr Hilton uses a soft mudmachine of his own manufacture. The brick are dried on pallets —the burning, which takes eight to 11 days, is done in scove-kilns.Coke is used for water-smoking and coal for subsequent firing.Most of the brick are used in the vicinity. Jamestown, Chautauqua co. Two yards are in operation 4miles east of this town, those of C. A. Morley and M. J. Mecusker& Son. The two yards adjoin each other, and the deposit of clayworked by them is of considerable size. In addition to brick,Mecusker & Son make drain tile and hollow brick. The clay de-posit is basin-shaped. A boring near the water works showed: Yellow sand 4 feet Quicksand 6 inches Yellow clay 5 feet Blue clay 70 Hard pan The Jamestown shale paving brick works are mentioned under Paving brick and Shales . Randolph, Cattaraugus co. J. Turner owns a brick clay deposi

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