THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I908 '^'J 



main outlet the Hudson river; (2) the Delaware river district, 

 Broome, Delaware and Sullivan counties with the main transporta- 

 tion on the railroads following along the Delaware river and its 

 branches. The principal railroads are the Erie, New York, Ontario 

 and Western and the Delaware and Eastern; (3) Qienango county 

 with the main shipping centers at Norwich and Oxford; and (4) 

 Wyoming county with the main quarries around Warsaw and 

 Portageville. In addition to these districts bluestone has been or 

 is being quarried to some extent in almost every county throughout 

 the main area, the counties represented in the production for 1908 

 including besides those mentioned, Alban}-, Otsego, Tioga, Yates, 

 Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua. 



The industry in the Hudson river district is chiefly controlled by 

 a few large shippers with docks at Catskill, Saugerties and Ron- 

 dout. To these points the stone is hauled by wagons, sometimes 

 from a distance of from 10 to 15 miles. Quarrying is carried on 

 throughout all the year except the most severe portions of the 

 winter, and by the time navigation opens up on the river the ship- 

 pers have a large stock on hand. Shipments are made almost 

 entirely by water on barges, and owing to the accompanying low 

 transportation charge this district controls the market in New York 

 city and ships to numerous other coast markets on Long Island 

 sound, etc. 



The quarrying of bluestone is one of the important industries 

 of the Delaware valley region in Broome, Delaware and Sullivan 

 counties. The quarries are usually situated far up on the sides of 

 the hills and the quarrying and transportation of the stone down 

 the steep hillsides is attended with some difiiculty. The stone is 

 taken out by numerous small producers, many of whom simply 

 work a quarry at odd times when other work is unavailable, while 

 others develop their property more extensively. In this area at 

 present the small producers sell nearly all their stone to a few large 

 dealers or shippers who maintain " docks," or loading places, and 

 railroad switches at various places on the lines of the New York. 

 Ontario and Western, Erie, and Delaware and Eastern. The mar- 

 ket for this district is mainly inland cities easily reached by rail- 

 road from the shipping points, and includes Philadel])hia. Bingham- 

 ton, Syracuse, Rochester etc. The output is mostly Hag and curl)- 

 stone. 



In Chenango county the output is al.so mainly flag and curb and 

 the market is, as in Delaware county, the inland New York State 

 cities. 



