DESCRIPTION OF SANDSTONE QUARRIES 397 



Bank building, Oswego ; Protestant Episcopal church, and a block 

 of stores in Cortland ; and new Jewish synagogue, Buffalo. 

 Small quarries are opened westward in this formation at 



Camden, Oneida County- 

 Sterling, Cayuga County 

 Wolcott, Wayne County 

 Penfield, Monroe County 



At Rochester the gorge of the Genesee river exposes to view 

 a fine section of the formation. Formerly some stone was obtained 

 from quarries in the river bluffs. In Monroe county generally 

 this sandstone is too argillaceous to be durable* 



What is more particularly known as the Medina sandstone 

 district, is that portion of the outcrop which extends from Brock- 

 port in Monroe county west to Lockport. The belt is narrow, 

 and the quarries are opened in it near the Erie canal. They 

 are grouped here as follows : 



Brockport, Monroe County 

 Holley, Orleans County 

 Hulberton, Orleans County 

 Hindsburg, Orleans County 

 Albion, Orleans County 

 Medina, Orleans County 

 Shelby Basin, Orleans County 

 Lockport, Niagara County 



Brockport. — Two quarries are opened at this place. 



Holley, Orleans County. — There are five quarries at Holley. 

 Those of Downs & Bowman, Michael Slack, and O'Brien & Co., 

 Fletcher & Sons,f and the Big Six Stone Company are near the 

 canal and the New York Central railroad. The beds lie nearly 

 horizontal, and under a light stripping of earth and boulders. 

 The stone is of a light-red color and fine-grained. 



The output is largely in the form of blocks for street paving, 

 curbing, crosswalks and gutter stone. 



Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, and western cities, as far as 

 Kansas City, are markets. 



*Prof. Hall's Report on the Survey of the Fourth District, Albany, 1843, pp. 432-3. 

 t Not at present in operation. 



