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John Ortner's Quarry is a quarter of a mile east of Gesl's. 

 The quarry beds at this place, have a total thickness of 18 to 20 feet* 

 One derrick is used, and a small force of men is employed. 



The Quarry of Cutter & Bailey is south of that described 

 above, and covers an area of at least 10 acres, having a working face 

 of 1,000 feet in length from north-east to south-west. The strata are 

 horizontal, with vertical joints or seams, 20 feet apart, and running 

 east and west. There are ten beds, of which the thickest is two 

 feet, and together, 18 to 20 feet thick. The stripping ranges from a 

 thin soil to earth, three feet thick. The beds are above natural 

 drainage. The plant consists of four, horse-power derricks. About 

 50 men are employed a large part of the year. The stone from these 

 quarries is all sold in the city, and is carted by team from them to 

 the spot where it is to be used. 



Rochester. — The Niagara limestone formation furnishes a large 

 part of the common building stone used, in this city. The quarries 

 are located in the north-eastern and in the western parts of the city ; 

 and, generally, the stone is covered by a few feet of earth and boul- 

 der drift. One of the largest openings in the city is that of Foery & 

 Kastner, on the east side of North Goodman street[and in the north-east- 

 ern part of the city. At this place about two acres have been gone over 

 to a depth of 25 to 30 feet. On the top there is an uneven bed of 

 gray limestone. It is underlain by 15 to 18 feet of even-bedded 

 stone, of a darker shade in color, resembling some of the Trenton 

 limestone. The gray limestone dresses more readily than the latter, 

 and is the best of the quarry. This stone is used § for cellar walls, 

 foundations, basement and party walls, and to a slight extent, as rock 

 faced ashlar, for building purposes. Steam pumps for raising the 

 water and steam drills are used. The average price is $1.00 per load 

 at the quarry, and it is sold in the rough to builders, who put it in 

 rubble work or square it for course work. 



Lockport, Niagara County. — The Lockport gray limestone is 

 quarried in the city by Chas. Whitmore and by B. & J. Carpenter. 

 The quarries are in the south-west part of the town, along the canal, 

 above the locks and south of the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. Whit- 

 more's quarry is worked in a small way, at intervals. The Carpenter 

 quarry has an opening on both sides of the canal, but the main working 

 is now on the north side. The beds are above the canal level, and 

 the quarrying work has extended over a distance of 200 yards from 



