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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of limestone by counties in 191 1 



COUNTY 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



LIME 

 MADE 



FURNACE BUILDING 

 FLUX STONE 



OTHER 



USES 



TOTAL 



Albany. . 



Cayuga 



Clinton 



Erie 



Genesee 



Greene 



Herkimer 



Jefferson 



Lewis 



Madison 



Monroe 



Montgomery. . . 



Niagara 



Onondaga 



Rensselaer 



St Lawrence ... 



Saratoga 



Schoharie 



Seneca 



Ulster 



Warren 



Washington . . . . , 



Westchester 



Other counties b . 



Total 



'I32 



925 



28 



494 



12 



192 



489 



881 



204 



896 



2 



625 



9 



283 



16 



749 



2 



850 



34 



361 



16 



133 



39 



000 



)2 002 

 300 



f9 511 



268 082 



2 000 



2 603 



a 18 625 

 35 000 

 22 625 

 18 780 



5 000 



170 



402 



16 



556 





287 



3 



792 



19 



640 



5 



650 



167 



472 



18 



161 



I 



000 



543 



943 



525 



a 53 



141 824 



6 824 



100 

 24 186 



300 

 22 

 19 300 

 165 064 

 10 000 

 21 072 

 17 301 



61 



253 

 3 783 



$1 936 292 $400 396 $454 800 



5l2 100 

 625 



77 689 



$579 

 7 663 



95 

 100 



3 291 



5 338 



800 



10 178 



40 220 

 91 



994 

 II 184 



652 



190 704 



I 268 



13 



457 

 487 



4 600 



74 



270 



5 621 



4 027 



3 553 



5132 925 



40 594 

 84 909 



843 615 



204 896 



4 625 



II 886 



75 594 



38 036 

 62 086 



39 198 

 55 522 



143 149 



371 337 



17 924 



31 962 



3 792 



24 997 

 6 294 



186 772 



189 116 



II 000 



25 352 

 568 580 



>II2 082 



5270 591 



$3 174 161 



a Lime made by Solvay Process Co. and Union Carbide Co. included in " Other uses." 



b Includes Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Fulton, Oneida, Ontario, Orange and Rockland counties. 



MARBLE 



The granular crystalline limestones and dolomites classed as 

 marble are found in the metamorphosed areas of the Adirondacks 

 and southeastern New York. A few varieties of compact, non- 

 crystalline limestone, such as the black limestone of the Trenton 

 formation occurring at Glens Falls and the fossiliferous Chazy lime- 

 stone along Lake Champlain, possess ornamental qualities that fit 

 them for special uses and pass as marble in the trade. 



The principal quarries of monumental marble are situated in the 

 vicinity of Gouverneur, St Lawrence county. The typical product is 

 a rather coarse-grained, mottled white and gray marble which takes 

 a lustrous polish. It is graded according to color effect into 

 " light," " medium," " dark," and " extra dark." The best quality 

 is employed for monumental and ornamental work; building stone 

 is of secondary importance. The quarries are operated by the 



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