﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  OUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  The 
  industry, 
  however, 
  with 
  the 
  enormous 
  amount 
  of 
  building 
  

   construction, 
  road 
  improvement 
  and 
  canal 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  

   flourishing 
  condition 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  show 
  a 
  large 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  

   coming 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  quarry 
  industries 
  the 
  subjects 
  

   of 
  slate, 
  millstones 
  and 
  rock 
  quarried 
  for 
  cement 
  are 
  omitted 
  and 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  discussed 
  under 
  separate 
  headings. 
  

  

  As 
  one 
  might 
  expect, 
  the 
  quarry 
  industries 
  suffered 
  under 
  the 
  

   general 
  stagnation 
  of 
  business 
  in 
  1908 
  and 
  reported 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  

   $6,615,614 
  against 
  $7,890,327 
  in 
  1907, 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  16 
  per 
  cent. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  total, 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  produced 
  $3,119,835, 
  or 
  47 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   sandstone 
  amounted 
  to 
  $1,711,585, 
  or 
  25 
  per 
  cent, 
  trap 
  $723,- 
  

   773, 
  or 
  II 
  per 
  cent, 
  marble 
  $692,857 
  or 
  10 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  

   granite 
  $367,564, 
  or 
  5 
  per 
  cent. 
  All 
  kinds 
  of 
  stone 
  showed 
  a 
  falling 
  

   off 
  in 
  their 
  output 
  except 
  granite 
  which, 
  owing 
  to 
  increased 
  use 
  of 
  

   crushed 
  stone 
  and 
  paving 
  blocks, 
  showed 
  a 
  decided 
  increase. 
  The 
  

   increased 
  public 
  interest 
  in 
  good 
  roads, 
  the 
  barge 
  canal 
  construction 
  

   and 
  concrete 
  work 
  in 
  general, 
  is 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  demand 
  for 
  

   crushed 
  stone 
  and 
  this 
  item 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  stone 
  produc- 
  

   tion, 
  namely 
  $2,659,016, 
  or 
  40 
  per 
  cent, 
  a 
  decrease 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  

   1907 
  of 
  $162,457. 
  

  

  Next 
  in 
  value 
  is 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  rubble, 
  riprap, 
  lime, 
  and 
  

   miscellaneous 
  products 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $1,624,607 
  against 
  $1,642,- 
  

   232 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  stone 
  produced 
  was 
  

   $1,264,403 
  against 
  $2,208,545. 
  Flagstone 
  and 
  curbing, 
  with 
  an 
  out-* 
  

   put 
  chiefly 
  of 
  bluestone, 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $928,511 
  against 
  $1,064,193 
  

   in 
  1907. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  monumental 
  stone 
  which 
  is 
  mostly 
  of 
  

   marble 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  decrease, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $139,077 
  in 
  1908 
  

   and 
  $162,359 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  

  Production 
  of 
  stone 
  in 
  1906 
  

  

  

  

  VARIETY 
  

  

  BUILDING 
  

   STONE 
  

  

  MONU- 
  

   MENTAL 
  

  

  CURBING 
  

  

  AND 
  

   FLAGGING 
  

  

  CRUSHED 
  

   STONE 
  

  

  ALL 
  

   OTHER 
  

  

  TOTAL 
  

   VALUE 
  

  

  Granite 
  

  

  $231 
  190 
  

  

  229 
  479 
  

  

  337 
  365 
  

  

  610 
  549 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  $4 
  119 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  $8 
  067 
  

   a 
  

   991 
  611 
  

  

  $13 
  98c 
  

   I 
  590 
  205 
  

  

  b 
  

  

  51 
  205 
  

  

  780 
  103 
  

  

  $5 
  900 
  

  

  I 
  136 
  078 
  

  

  24 
  450 
  

  

  323 
  464 
  

  

  67 
  300 
  

  

  $255 
  189 
  

   2 
  963 
  829 
  

  

  460 
  915 
  

   I 
  976 
  829 
  

  

  847 
  403 
  

  

  Limestone 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Marble 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  

  

  Trap 
  

  

  99 
  100 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $1 
  408 
  583 
  

  

  $103 
  219 
  

  

  $999 
  678 
  

  

  $2 
  435 
  493 
  

  

  $1 
  557 
  192 
  

  

  $6 
  504 
  165 
  

  

  a 
  Included 
  under 
  "All 
  other. 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  b 
  Included 
  under 
  " 
  Limestone. 
  

  

  