THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 

 Production of limestone by counties in 1905 



141 



Crushed 1 Lime 1 Furnace 

 stone ' made flux 



Building Other 

 stone uses 



Total 



Albany 



Cayuga 



Clinton 



Dutchess 



Erie 



Fulton 



Genesee 



Herkimer 



Jefferson 



Madison 



Monroe . 



Montgomery. 

 Niagara ....... 



Oneida 



Onondaga 



Rockland 



St Lawrence. . . 



Saratoga 



Schoharie 



Seneca 



Warren 



Washington . , . 



Westchester . . . 



Other coun- 



tiesa 



Total 



$90 800 



13 227 



4 600 



234 578 



153 736 



4 552 

 127 000 



5 412 



$9 600 

 58 000 



497 

 796 



260 



951 

 109 



404 



II 

 13 



5 913 

 71 



$240 

 5 200 



$525' $500 

 9 650 II 500 

 9 105 



96 626 

 81 516 



103 763 28 789 



io6i 



2 211 



30 



3 100 

 I 020 



4 650 



60 385 

 10 949 

 17 243; 

 39 83 2 1 

 220 596 

 940: 



8 5ooi 

 17 2461 



2 330I 



9 463 

 39 312 

 30 748 



4 500 



234 308 



9 650 



360 



171 556 



51 000 



43 900 



22 8871 17 23; 



$1 193 800 $702 684 



622 

 351: 



115 



5 550! 



6 154 

 5 2S9 

 8 036 



7 216 . . . . . . . 



3 055 



I 500 ....... 



17 984 12 648 



5o| 

 37i 



2 249 



3 065 

 49 227 



3 918 



TO 540 

 175 



300 



534 2 638 



$198 16811246 300 



185 

 205 

 272 

 368; 



577i 



2 717 



$101 



425 



34 



617 



76 



905 



234 



578 



383 



411 



16 



348 



227 



087 



12 



375 



85 



861 



43 



990 



45 



791 



67 



716 



18 



504 



18 



743 



310 



322 



220 



59'^ 



16 



024 



II 



770 



66 



795 



7 



013 



192 



136 



90 



487 



74 



948 



54 



014 



$70 5o4!$2 411 456 



a Includes Columbia, Essex, Greene, Lewis, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Rensselaer, Schenec- 

 tady, Ulster, Wayne and Yates. 



Marble 



The granular crystalline limestones and dolomites which are 

 classed as marble occur on the borders of the Adirondacks and in 

 the region of metamorphic strata in southeastern New York. A 

 few varieties of compact limestones that possess ornamental quali- 

 ties are also included under this head, since they pass for marble in 

 the trade. 



Along Lake Champlain there are many localities where quarries 

 have been opened at different times, but only a few are now operated. 

 The Lepanto and French gray marbles are among the best known 

 varieties from this section. They are obtained from Champlainic 

 strata in the vicinity of Plattsburg and Chazy. The former is a 

 variegated partly crystalline limestone with pink and white fossils 

 inclosed in a fine grained ground mass. The French gray has a 

 similar composition, though its color is more uniformly gray. Both 



