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ware and Greene counties, and was shipped to New York and other 

 cities along the coast. The annual product at that time is given 

 by Mather as 3.500,000 square feet. 



The stone industry of the State was first made the subject of 

 detailed investigation in the work of the Tenth Census of 1880. 

 The information gathered by the census included notes on the 

 occurrence of building stone in the State and statistics of the 

 capital investment represented in the quarries, the number of em- 

 ployees and production. At that time New York ranked sixth 

 among the states in size of its quarry industry, with an output 

 valued at $1,261,495. The industry had then reached its present 

 stage of development so far as variety of products is concerned, but 

 was destined to great changes in technic and to a great increase of 

 production. 



The growth of the quarry industry was particularly rapid in the 

 decade from 1890 to 1900. This was a period of remarkable 

 advancement in all kinds of engineering work and manufacturing, 

 in which New York participated to its full share. The metallurgical 

 and chemical uses of limestone showed great increase and continued 

 to grow in the subsequent years. By the year 1900 the annual 

 product of the State had reached a value of $4,039,102 as shown 

 in the reports of the United States Geological Survey. This gave 

 New York third place in the list, next after Vermont, Pennsylvania, 

 as now, holding first rank. 



In the year 191 3, the latest for which statistics are available, the 

 production was valued at $6,763,054, the vtaluati'on being placed on 

 the materials at the quarry and not including slate or stone used in 

 cement manufacture. The figures for the different products and 

 kinds of stone, as returned to the State Geological Survey, are as 

 follows : 



Production of stone in New York in 1913 



VARIETY 



BUILDING 

 STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 



AND 

 FLAGGING 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



ALL OTHER 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 





$45 911 

 lOI 198 

 127 5S6 



28s 64s 



S17 013 

 81 330 



"'J6"s46 

 682 984 



I236 650 

 2 386 632 



I36 068 

 I 358 302 



43 406 



306 376 



5335 642 

 3 852 678 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



Trap 



46 267 



I 001 170 



I 321 272 

 I 001 170 









Total 



ls6o 310 



J98 343 



$689 530 



f3 670 719 



$1 744 152 



16 763 054 



A review of the industry for the last few years shows that 

 progress has been rapid in some branches, while others have fairly 



