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old lake basins associated with clay and peat. In the Cowaselon 

 swamp near Canastota the marl underlies several thousand acres 

 and is said to be 30 feet thick. The Montezuma marshes in Cayuga 

 and Seneca counties contain a large deposit which at Montezuma 

 is 14 feet thick. In Steuben county the marls at Arkport and 

 Dansville have been employed for lime-making. Until recently 

 marls have been used quite extensively for portland cement and 

 plants were operated at one time in the marl beds near Warners 

 and Jordan, Onondaga county ; at Montezuma, Cayuga county ; 

 Wayland, Steuben county ; and Caledonia, Livingston county. Their 

 principal use at present is for agricultural and chemical purposes. 



Production of limestone. The limestone quarries rank first in 

 importance among the stone industries. The product for 191 1 was 

 valued at $3,174,161 and was distributed among 31 counties. The 

 returns showed a slight decrease as compared with the output in 

 1910. which was valued at $3,245,807, and was also below that re- 

 ported for 1909. 



Production of limestone 



MATERIAL 



I9O9 



I9IO 



I9II 



Crushed stone . . . 



Lime made 



Building stone. . . 



Furnace flux 



Rubble, riprap. . . 

 Flagging, curbing 

 Miscellaneous . . . 



Total 



$1 936 292 

 400 396 



112 082 



454 800 

 20 328 

 11 989 



238 274 



174 161 



Erie county had the largest output of any county; its products 

 are chiefly building stone, crushed stone and furnace flux. The 

 total value of the limestone quarried in the county last year was 

 $843,615. 



Onondaga county ranks second in the list, but its importance is 

 chiefly due to the operations of the Solvay Process Co. which uses 

 the limestone in alkali manufacture. The company has recently 

 opened new quarries at Jamesville, with equipment for the pro- 

 duction of sufficient limestone to meet its requirements. The old 

 quarries at Split Rock have been abandoned. 



The other counties reporting a value of over $100,000 in 191 1 



