DESCRIPTIVE NOTES OF QUARRY DISTRICTS AND QUARRIES 2// 



At the Cohocton quarry the output is all cut Into flag- 

 ging, which is used in the adjacent towns. 



In the town of Bath two quarries are worked. The stone 

 is of a light-gray color, fine-grained and rather hard. Curb- 

 stone, flagging and common wall stone, are obtained from 

 these quarries. The county buildings and the Protestant 

 Episcopal and Baptist churches are built of this stone. 



Two quarries are opened and worked in the vicinity of 

 Hornellsville. The stone has a bluish color, is hard and fine- 

 grained. The product of these quarries is mostly common 

 building stones, and is cut at Hornellsville. The Park 

 school-house, the electric-light building and several stores 

 and residences are built of it. 



In Allegany county, sandstone quarries are opened at 

 Belmont, at Belvidere, near Belfast, and in the towns of 

 New Hudson and Cuba. The Belmont quarry affords a 

 light-blue stone, which, when cut, has a light-gray shade, 

 and is rather soft and easily dressed. The principal mar- 

 kets are Belmont, Wellsville and Angelica. Vanderhoef's 

 block, in Belmont, besides other buildings, are of this stone. 



The Belvidere quarry Is worked in a small way, mainly 

 for the local market. Some of the stone is used at Friend- 

 ship, Angelica, and a little of it in Wellsville and Hornells- 

 ville. 



Two miles south of Belfast sandstone Is quarried to a lim- 

 ited extent for a supply of the town. The Baptist church is 

 constructed of this stone. 



Flag-stone is quarried In the town of New Hudson, near 

 the west line of Belfast. The quarry is worked to a small 

 extent, and its output is considered the best In this part of 

 the State. 



Olean, Cattaraugus County. — The Olean Blue Stone Com- 

 pany quarries a sandstone two and a half miles south of 

 Olean, and about seven hundred feet above the Alleghany 

 river. Stone for building and flagging is obtained and Is 

 put on the market as " Olean bluestone." It goes to Buf- 



