THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 

 Production of sandstone in 1904 



965 



District 



Building 

 stone 



Curbing 



and 

 flagging 



Paving 

 blocks 



Crushed 

 stone 



Rubble, 

 riprap 



All 

 other 



Bluestone 

 Hudson river 



$99 114 



117 806 



85 710 



175 072 



4 390 



$352 249 



310 913 



24 100 



300 



16 25s 



$13 394 







$44 



Delaware river. . . 





$3 218 



5 043 

 I 000 



Chenango county. 

 Wvoming county . 

 Other districts. . . . 













500 

 100 



I 502 









$1 



390 



163 



Total bluestone. 



$482 092 



$703 817 



$13 394 



$1 



390 



$3 818 



$7 752 



Sandstone 

 Orleans county ... 

 Other districts. . . . 



$iiS 000 

 40 S15 



$185 S26 

 12 684 



$274 846 

 5 012 





$1 900 

 9 018 



$11 500 



$26 



193 



2 240 



Total sandstone 



S155 515 



$198 210 



$279 858 



$26 



193 



$10 918 



$13 740 



Combined total 



$637 607 



$902 027 



$293 252 



$27 



S83 



$i4i736 



$21 492 



The value of bluestone quarried for all purposes in 1904 was 

 $1,212,263 or approximately 64% of the total sandstone; the value 

 of other sandstones quarried was $684,434 or 36% of the total. 



The production of bluestone by districts was as follows: Hudson 

 river, $464,801; Delaware river, $436,980; Wyoming county, 

 $177,374; Chenango county, $110,810; elsewhere, $22,298. Of 

 the sandstone quarried Orleans county reported an output valued 

 at $588,772 and other counties an output valued at $95,662. 



A more detailed classification of the product that would cover 

 each county separately has been found impracticable, since many 

 of the large companies who operate quarries at several localities 

 are unable to divide their output according to the different sources. 

 The relative rank of the principal counties of the State, was, how- 

 ever, as follows in the order of their importance: Orleans, Ulster, 

 Delaware, Wyoming, Sullivan, Chenango and St Lawrence. 



The foregoing table shows that of the bluestone quarried along 

 the Hudson river, in Albany, Greene and Ulster counties, about 

 75% in value was sold as curbstone and flagstone and about 22% 

 as building stone. In the Delaware river districts, including Sulli- 

 van, Delaware and Broome counties, the value of the flagstone and 

 curbstone sold amounted to 70% and building stone to 27% of the 

 total. In Chenango and Wyoming counties, on the other hand, 

 almost the entire output was marketed as building stone, the value 

 of flagstone and curbstone being less than 6% of the total sales. 

 The output of Medina sandstone in Orleans county was used chiefly 



