THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9II 



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is in prospect for the near future owing to the inclusion of the 

 quarry properties in the new Palisades park. One of the quarries 

 terminated its activity during the past season. The production of 

 trap in the State amounted in value to $899,414, against $909,006 

 in the preceding year, practically all of it in the form of crushed 

 stone. 



Production of stone in 1909 



a Included under "All other." 



Production of stone in 191 1 



a Included under "All other.' 



GRANITE 



In the strict sense granite is an entirely crystalline rock made up 

 of feldspar and quartz, usually with subordinate amounts of one or 

 more minerals of the mica, hornblende and pyroxene groups. 

 Among quarrymen and builders, however, the name granite is 



