DIRECTORY OF QUARRYMEN IN NEW YORK STATE I 29 



Bluestone 



Bluestone is a variety of sandstone, which, by reason of its even tex- 

 ture can be cut or sawed into any desired form and is therefore peculiarly 

 available for house trimmings of various kinds. In general, the layers in 

 the quarries vary from an inch to several feet in thickness ; the thinner of 

 these are used for flag stones and the thicker are cut into dimension 

 stone for building purposes. 



The bluestone industry is chiefly located in Ulster county and the quarries 

 are almost innumerable but the business is controlled by a few large dealers 

 who are located at points favorably situated for shipment and who, to a 

 considerable extent, buy stone from the men who quarry it. Bluestone 

 is also produced in the counties of Albany, Greene, Sullivan, Delaware 

 and Chenango in Eastern New York and in Cattaraugus and Wyoming 

 counties in Western New York. 



The geological horizon of the commercial bluestone is very near the 

 dividing line between the Hamilton and Portage groups. It is, however, 

 not usually possible to determine in which of these groups a given quarry 

 belongs owing to the great scarcity of fossils. 



* Producers of Bluestone 



POST OFFICE 

 ADDRESS 



NAME 



Town or village nearest 

 to the quarry 



j Albany county 



Reidsville I Otto Bennet* I Berne 



South Berne | Bailey, David* ) Westerlo 



Olean. 



Cattaraugus county 

 Olean Bluestone Co | Olean 



Chenango county 



Oxford I Clarke Bluestone Co. F. G. .. 



Tyner | Looniis, Perry* 



Delaware county 



Fish's Eddy. 

 Hales Eddy . 



Hainden 



Hancock 



Long Eddy. 



Lordville. 

 Peakville 



Rock Rift 



Stockport Station . 

 Walton 



Martin, Geo I Hancock 



Kingsbury, O. M. & Co.* I Tompkins 



Kenny, James* Hamden 



Cotter Bros.* Hancock 



Kirkpatrick Bros 



Kenny Bros 



Peak, Cyrus* 



Curry, John 



Merritt, Geo. W.* 



Staib, J. J 



Huntington, E Tompkins 



Morse, J & Co Hancock 



Gray &. Marvint Walton 



St John, H.E.* 



Warner, G. T. # 



Oxford 

 Smithville B. s. 



B. s., F. 



B. 8., F. 



