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The total production of the limestone quarries last year 

 amounted in value to $3,182,447, This is exclusive of the stone 

 used in the Portland and natural cement industries, for which no 

 statistics have been collected. Compared with the previous year 

 there w^as a gain of $218,618 in the valuation or about seven per 

 cent. The product was distributed among 35 counties of the 

 State with a total of 136 active quarries. 



Crushed stone for road metal, concrete, etc., represents the 

 largest item in the output. The value of this material was 

 $1,725,203 against $1,590,205 for 1906. The manufacture of lime 

 is second in importance with a product valued at $888,309 in 1907 

 and $795,348 in 1906. Building stone represented a value of 

 $189,782, as compared with $229,479 in the preceding year. 

 Limestone used as flux in metallurgical processes accounted for 

 $338,127 against $287,816. Other items are: rubble and riprap 

 valued at $14,588 against $32,975; flagging and curbing $13,123 

 against $8067; and miscellaneous materials, not classified in the 

 returns, valued at $13,315, as compared with $19,939 i^ the pre- 

 ceding year. 



Distributed according to counties in which the limestone was 

 quarried, the largest producer was Erie county which reported 

 an output valued at $516,727, consisting principally of building 

 stone, crushed stone and furnace flux. This county also ranked 

 first in 1906 with a valuation of $525,381. Onondaga county 

 which returned a total of $479,780 was second as in 1906 when its 

 output amounted to $391,457. It manufactures more lime than 

 any other county in the State. The remaining counties which 

 reported a value of over $100,000 each with their respective totals 

 are here given, the figures in parentheses being the corresponding 

 totals for 1906: Dutchess $399,244 ($368,927); Rockland $284,- 

 800 ($242,184) ; Genesee $283,513 ($227,062) ; Warren $225,262 

 ($205,832) ; Westchester $156,957 ($143,168) ; Albany $129,220 

 ($106,800) ; and Clinton $110,560 ($96,925). 



Lime. There were 38 firms that reported an output last year 

 of limestone (including marble) for lime burning, either as a 

 main product or in connection with the quarrying of other mater- 

 ials. The greater portion of the limestone was converted by the 

 companies operating the quarries. In all 18 counties participated 

 in the production. The quantity of lime made was 403,114 short 

 tons valued at $888,309. Onondaga county reported a product of 

 295,293 short tons, or about 73 per cent of the whole amount. 



