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Published monthly by the 



BULLETIN 281 



University of the State of New York 



MARCH 1903 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 



Bulletin 61 

 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1 1 



QUARRIES OF 



BLUESTONE AND OTHER SANDSTONE 



IN THE 



UPPER DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK STATE 



BY 



HAROLD T. DIG KIN 



PAGE 



Preface 3 



Introduction 4 



Joints and bedding < 



Stripping 9 



Quarrying 10 



Dressing 12 



Rent and ownership 13 



Transportation 14 



Market 16 



Quarries in Greene and Ulster counties 17 



Snake rock quarries 58 



Merrihew ledge 64 



List of buyers on Hudson river 65 



Condition of the bluestone industry in 



Ulster county 67 



Quarries in Broome, Delaware and Sullivan 



counties 67 



Docks and stone buyers along Erie and 



Ontario and Western railroads 85 



Quarries In the south central counties 86 



Quarries in the southwestern counties .... 97 



Index 105 



Plates 



1 Map of location of New York bluestone 



quarries Cover page 3 



2 Map of location of eastern Catskill blue- 



stone quarries Cover page 3 



FACE PAGE 



3 Waste weir of Kingston reservoir no. 1, 



SawkiU valley, Ulster co 35 



4 T. McDonald bluestone quarry in bed of 



Sawklll creek 36 



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Plates ( cont'd) 



5 Tom Gad bluestone quarj 



hill, Ulster co.. 



6 Owen Grant bluestone quj 



Hollow, Ulster co., 



BuKEAU 

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FACE PAOte 



ml 



ry near Stony 



88 



7 Henry St John bluestone quarry, 1 mile 



east of Walton 69 



8 Frank Bond bluestone quarry in Oxbow 



hollow, 33^ miles from Walton 69 



9 George Davis bluestone quarry, 2J^ miles 



east of Walton 69 



10 J. Merritt bluestone quarry, 2 miles south 



of Hamden 70 



11 I. J. Moore bluestone quarry. Pine creek 



south of Walton 71 



12 W. G. Underwood bluestone quarry on 



N. Y. O. & W. R. R. between Cadosia 

 and Rock Rift 71 



13 Conrow and Hauyck bluestone quarry, 



north of Deposit 77 



14 Bluestone quarry in Sands creek hollow 



near Hancock 83 



15 F. G. Clarke bluestone co. quarry, Ox- 



ford 87 



16 J. T. Hunt bluestone quarry, 6 miles north 



of Trumansburg 91 



17 Genesee Valley bluestone co. quarry, 



3 miles north of PortagevHie N. Y. on 

 Pennsylvania R. R 93 



18 Warsaw bluestone co. quarry at Rock 



Rift near Warsaw 94 



19 Otis and Gage bluestone quarry at Rock 



Glen near Warsaw . 95 



20 F. F. Woodworth sandstone quarry at 



Cohocton 98 



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ALBANY 

 university of the state of new 



1903 



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Price 35 cents 



