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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of limestone by counties in 191 1 



COUNTY 



Albany . . . 

 Cayuga . . , 

 Clinton. . . 



Erie 



Genesee . . 

 Greene . . . 

 Herkimer. 

 Jefferson . 

 Lewis . . . . 



Madison 



Monroe 



Montgomery. . . . 



Niagara 



Onondaga 



Rensselaer 



St Lawrence . . . . 



Saratoga 



Schoharie 



Seneca 



Ulster 



Warren 



Washington 



Westchester 



Other counties b . 



Total 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



LIME 



MADE 



$62 002 



300 



2 603 



a 18 625 

 35 000 

 22 625 

 18 780 



525 



a 53 



6 824 



300 

 22 

 19 300 

 165 064 

 10 000 

 21 072 

 17 301 



$1 936 292 $400 396 



FURNACE BUILDING 

 FLUX STONE 



$9 5ii 

 268 082 



2 000 



5 000 



141 824 



100 



24 186 



61 



253 



3 783 



$454 800 



S12 100 

 625 



77 689 



95 

 100 



3 291 



5 338 



800 



10 178 



652 



457 

 487 



270 



>II2 082 



OTHER 

 USES 



$579 

 7 663 



40 220 

 91 



994 



1 1 184 



190 704 



1 268 



13 



4 600 



74 



5 621 



4 027 



3 553 



S270 591 



TOTAL 



SI32 925 



40 594 



84 909 



843 615 



204 896 



4 625 



11 886 



75 594 

 38 036 

 62 086 



39 



55 

 143 

 37i 



17 



31 

 3 



24 



6 



186 



189 



1 1 



198 

 522 

 149 

 337 

 924 

 962 

 792 

 997 

 294 

 772 

 116 

 000 



25 352 

 568 580 



$3 174 161 



a Lime made by Solvay Process Co. and Union Carbide Co. included in " Other uses." 



b Includes Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Fulton, Oneida, Ontario, Orange and Rockland counties. 



MARBLE 



The granular crystalline limestones and dolomites classed as 

 marble are found in the metamorphosed areas of the Adirondacks 

 and southeastern New York. A few varieties of compact, non- 

 crystalline limestone, such as the black limestone of the Trenton 

 formation occurring at ("dens Falls and the fossiliferous Chazy lime- 

 stone along Lake Champlain, possess ornamental qualities that tit 

 them for special uses and pass as marble in the trade. 



The principal quarries of monumental marble are situated in the 

 vicinity of Gouverneur, St Lawrence county. The typical product is 

 a rather coarse-grained, mottled white and gray marble which takes 

 a lustrous polish. It is graded according to color effect into 

 "light," "medium," "dark." and "extra dark." The best quality 

 is employed for monumental and ornamental work; building stone 

 is of secondary importance. The quarries are operated by the 



