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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of limestone by counties in 1915 



COUNTY 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



LIME 

 MADE 



FURNACE 

 FLUX 



BUILD- 

 ING 

 STONE 



OTHER 



USES 



TOTAL 





$92 OO3 



33 003 



3i 853 



236 106 



4 6 9 374 



196 964 



1 920 



8 866 



18 153 



3 300 



17 166 



14 132 



31 500 



24 847 



48 190 



357 600 



13 334 



76 034 



145 794 

 13 713 











$92 003 

 40 063 



Cayuga 







$7 060 





Clinton 



$47 373 

 40 365 



11 560 



$17 373 



96 599 

 276 471 

 601 465 









Erie 



90 707 

 38 000 



39 590 



$1 794 

 13 500 



Genesee 



260 024 





1 920 



Herkimer 









1 975 

 17 165 



13 762 



300 

 19 199 



10 841 



Jefferson 



10 145 

 30 000 





319 



80 



45 782 



Lewis 



33 380 





30 928 



Monroe 







590 

 2 977 

 1 660 



14 722 



Montgomery 



Niagara 







34 777 





267 845 



313 551 





48 190 

 495 004 



Onondaga 



St Lawrence 



Schoharie 



Ulster 







5 300 



285 

 2 763 



132 104 



1 365 



6 787 



300 



4 930 



1 226 



4 725 



402 



19 017 



138 381 



60 000 



25 115 



25 762 



45 47i 



85 986 



165 in 



Warren 



550 



1 247 

 1 250 



158 271 



Washington 



61 250 



Other counties .... 



239 000 



265 891 



Total 



$2 072 852 



$387 083 



$440 237 



$63 121 



$214 407 



$3 177 700 



MARBLE 



Marble, in the commercial sense, like granite, includes a variety 

 of rocks that lend themselves to building or decorative uses. Most 

 commonly, the name signifies a crystalline aggregrate of calcite or 

 dolomite, as distinguished from ordinary limestones which at best 

 are of indistinctly crystalline nature. At the same time it implies 

 the feature of attractiveness by reason of color and the ability to 

 take a lustrous polish. Rocks possessing all these features are 

 marbles in the strict sense to which the name may be applied with- 

 out qualification. Some compact or granular limestones that lack 

 the elements of thorough crystallinity make, however, a handsome 

 appearance when polished, and such are commercially classed as 

 marbles. Fossil marbles, black marbles, and a few other kinds are 

 commonly of the noncrystalline type. Serpentine marble, or verde 

 antique, is made up for the most part of the mineral serpentine, a 

 silicate of magnesium and iron, and is therefore not related to the 

 varieties already described. Ophitic limestone, or ophicalcite, is a 



