QUARTZYTES AND SANDSTONES. 85 



1. Earth and stone in fragments 8 feet. 



2. Sandstone, with annelid borings 2 feet 4 inches. 



3. Quarry beds of sandstone, from 18 inches to 



4 feet thick _ 8 feet. 



The ground rises west of the quarry, and new beds come in at 

 top, as the excavation advances into the hill. A side track runs to 

 the quarry from the line of the N. Y. L. E. & W. R. R. The drain- 

 age is natural. Steam derricks and a complete quarry plant have 

 been set up. The stone is very fine-grained, harder than the Ohio 

 stone, and has a bluish-gray shade, and is said to retain its color. It 

 has been used for over thirty years in Warsaw and vicinity, for monu- 

 mental bases and for buildings. The Smith & Perkins block on Ex- 

 change street, and the first story of the City Hall in Rochester, and 

 the Alpine, on Broadway near Thirty-fourth street, New York city, 

 are examples of its use in construction. 



Chemung Group. 



Waverly, Tioga County. — Sandstone is quarried in the vicinity of 

 Waverly by M. L. Bogart and John H. Murray. 



Bogart's quarry is about 40 rods from the Gr. I. & S. R. R. line, 

 and two miles north of Waverly. It is opened in the face of a hill, 

 and the back of the quarry has a height of 80 feet. There is about 

 two feet of overlying earth, on the average. The beds range in thick- 

 ness from two inches to two feet, averaging about a foot. The stone 

 is blue to gray in color. It has been used in bridge building on the 

 line of the D. L. & W. R. R. Co., and in several business blocks in 

 Waverly, East Waverly and South Waverly. The quarry was 

 opened in 1870. 



John H. Murray's quarry is in Chemung county, and one and 

 three-quarter miles from railroad depot at Waverly. The stripping 

 is three to six feet thick, and the average thickness of the quarry 

 beds, one to three feet. The stone is a gray sandstone. It has been 

 put into foundations and basements in Waverly. The quarry has 

 been opened thirty years. 



Elmira, Chemung County. — There are four quarries near the 

 city and opened in the western face of the hill, which here bounds the 

 valley. One of them is worked by a large force, that of A. D. Simon. 

 It is opened for a length of about 600 feet from north to south, and 

 is back at least 200 feet in the hillside. The maximum height of the 

 face is 100 feet. Earth covers the rock to an average depth of nine 



