REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I916 



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Production of stone in 1916 



VARIETY 



BUILD- 

 ING 

 STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 

 AND 

 FLAG- 

 GING 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



ALL 

 OTHER 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



$173 431 



59 492 



133 238 

 184 971 



4 000 



$9 293 

 a 



75 587 



$1 621 



$55 196 

 2 085 748 



$130 199 



I 525 593 



59 566 



145 985 



$368 119 



3 672 454 



268 391 



714 558 

 956 100 



Sandstone 



Trap 



259 047 



124 555 

 952 100 









Total 



$555 132 



$84 880 



$260 668 



$3 217 599 



$1 861 243 



$5 979 622 



a Included under "all other." 



GRANITE 



The quarrying of granite for commercial purposes is carried on 

 in the Adirondack and St Lawrence river regions in the north and 

 the Highlands in the southeastern part. A detailed account of the 

 resources in this material, which are much more important than one 

 might infer from the statistics of production, will be found in 

 Bulletin i8i of the New York State Museum, issued in 1916. 



The granite employed for building stone is mainly quarried in 

 southeastern New York. The Mohegan Granite Co., with quarries 

 near Peekskill, and the firm of H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., with quarries 

 at Valhalla, are the principal factors in this industry. The Peekskill 

 stone possesses an attractive appearance in the mass, being from 

 light gray to deep yellow in color. The yellow variety has been 

 much in demand for large structures. 



In the Adirondacks, Essex and Clinton counties contribute most 

 of the stone reported from that region. Included in the product is 

 the green monumental stone from Ausable Forks, scarcely to be 

 duplicated elsewhere. The material is really syenite and is very 

 lustrous when polished, showing a dark green color. 



In the St Lawrence River district the Wisconsin Granite Co. has 

 recently acquired interests in quarry lands of the well-known red 

 granite which outcrops on several islands in the river. Its main 

 quarries are on Wellesley island, which were worked last year for 

 paving blocks. J. Leopold & Co. have quarries at Alexandria Bay, 

 where paving blocks are the main product. The output of this 

 region is sold in the markets contiguous to the Great Lakes. 



