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ered with 18 feet of dirt and loose rock. The atone is of same 

 quality and character as Stone's. The product is sold to Ulster 

 bluestone co. at Maiden. Two to three men are employed during 

 the year. Three loads a week of four tons each. 



Lyman Lamouree, Palenville. This quarry is 200 feet above 

 Palenville, on the mountain side at an elevation of 780 feet. 

 The quality of bed and character are the same as Stone's. The 

 color is reddish. Bed is 10 feet thick with 20 feet of rock and 

 shale top. One man employed intermittently. 



Stewart & Dolan, Palenville. Two men employed very inter- 

 mittently on the mountain. 



P. A. Moon, Palenville. Quarry is situated just south of Otis 

 elevated railroad, 300 feet from base of mountain. The bed is 

 very irregular, 2 to 6 feet thick, with rock stripping of 8 feet. 

 The product is principally flag and is a little more green than 

 usual, but the stofae is of poor quality, and the quarry is worked 

 irregularly. Product sold to Ulster bluestone co. at Maiden, 

 nnd also locally. One man and one boy employed. 



Frank Symmonds, Palenville. One man employed occasionally 

 on same ledge as Moon. This bed when worked back into the 

 mountain gives out; that is, the stone changes into " rock." 



J. H. Wolven, Palenville. Quarry on north side of the Kaaters- 

 kill clove, 2f miles west of Palenville and 500 feet above the 

 bottom of the clove at this point. The bed of stone is 8 fefet 

 thick, with 30 to 35 feet of top, including 7 to 8 feet of shale. 

 The stone is of the greenish tinge characteristic of this district, 

 and coarse grained. A few reeds are present. The lifts vary in 

 thickness from 2'' to 8''. The dip of the bed here is north and 

 west. The quarry is worked toward the north, the face running 

 oast and west. The product is hauled 15 miles to Ulster blue- 

 stone CO. at Maiden. A hand derrick is in use. Four men are 

 employed during the year and six to seven loads of stone a week 

 are drawn during eight months in the year. 



The stone is comparatively soft for mill treatment, but tough, 

 and may " chip out " under a plainer. The quarrymen say they 

 have found streaks of coal and " shiny '; in the beds. This latter 



