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iIk' Union Carbide Co. of Jefferson county lias been transferred 

 to the column headed " Other uses." The total production of lime 

 excluding these two firms was $401,728, a slight decrease over the 

 production of 1907. This production was distributed over 20 

 counties of which one county, Warren, produced 42 per cent of the 

 total, while four counties, Warren, Jefferson, Clinton and Washing- 

 ton, together produced J^ per cent of the total production. The 

 pnxluction of these counties with their 1907 production inclosed 

 in brackets is as follows: Warren $170,832 [$212,539] ; Jefferson 

 $52,454 [$30,871] ; Clinton $45,000 [$62,000] ; and Washington 

 $36,960 [$54,400] . 



Building stone. The use of our native limestones for building 

 construction is rather restricted and the chief use is for founda- 

 tions and bridge work. The competition with Bedford limestone 

 and other building materials seems to retard any large develop- 

 ment of the local limestone quarries for building stone. Neverthe- 

 less a gain is shown in the production, the value for 1908 being 

 $245,655 as compared with $189,782 in 1907. The gain has been 

 due mainly to an increased production from the New^wrt Construc- 

 tion Company's quarry at Ne\vi)ort. Herkimer co., and an increase 

 in the Schoharie county production. Erie county still leads in 

 production, the 1908 value being $112,409 as against $114,351 in 

 1907. Following it in order are Schoharie county with a produc- 

 tion of $30,555; Herkimer county $30,000; Onondaga county 

 $16,709; Jefferson county $13,513. 



Furnace flux. Limestone used in smelting operations for flux- 

 is quarried and shipped to the various metallurgical establishments 

 in the State. The blast furnaces around Buffalo use a large quan- 

 tity of New York State material quarried from the ( )nondaga lime- 

 stone beds of Erie and Genesee counties, the larger quarries being 

 situated at Williamsville and Clarence, Erie co. and at North Leroy. 

 Genesee co. 



The iron furnaces of the Adirondack region use limestones quar- 

 ried at Qiazy, Clinton co., and Port Henry, Essex co., and other 

 localities report small amounts of limestone sold as flux and utilized 

 in nearby blast furnaces. 



With the true limestone llux we include, also, a ([uantity of mar- 

 ble quarried at Gouverneur, St Lawrence co. and shipped to Ohio 

 blast furnaces. 



