﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  6^ 
  

  

  Falls, 
  Herkimer 
  co. 
  ; 
  and 
  Wellesley 
  and 
  Picton 
  islands, 
  Jefferson 
  

  

  CO. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  bordering 
  area 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  immense 
  amount 
  of 
  building 
  stone, 
  durable 
  and 
  capable 
  

   of 
  taking 
  a 
  fine 
  polish, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  lack 
  of 
  demand 
  and 
  the 
  in- 
  

   accessibility 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  outcrops 
  have 
  prohibited 
  any 
  extensive 
  

   development. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  area 
  comprising 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Highlands 
  in 
  Putnam, 
  

   Orange, 
  Rockland 
  and 
  Westchester 
  counties 
  and 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   county 
  are 
  large 
  masses 
  of 
  granite, 
  gneiss 
  and 
  schists 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  worked. 
  In 
  Westchester 
  county, 
  following 
  the 
  river 
  

   from 
  Peekskill 
  to 
  Yonkers, 
  is 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  gneissic 
  rock 
  in 
  which 
  many 
  

   small 
  quarries 
  are 
  located, 
  those 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  1908 
  being 
  at 
  

   Scarsdale, 
  Glenville, 
  Yonkers, 
  Peekskill, 
  New 
  Rochelle 
  and 
  Hast- 
  

   mgs. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  active 
  quarry 
  reporting 
  from 
  the 
  Highland 
  

   region 
  was 
  one 
  operated 
  for 
  crushed 
  stone 
  at 
  Carmel 
  in 
  Putnam 
  

   county. 
  In 
  former 
  times 
  quarries 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  Rockland 
  

   and 
  Orange 
  counties 
  and 
  on 
  Manhattan 
  Island, 
  furnishing 
  some 
  

   gneissic 
  stone 
  for 
  buildings 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  

   Point 
  buildings. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  use 
  of 
  granite 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  crushed 
  

   stone 
  for 
  roads, 
  concrete 
  and 
  railroad 
  ballast, 
  and 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  

   share 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  is 
  quarried 
  and 
  prepared 
  in 
  Little 
  Falls 
  

   where 
  an 
  increasing 
  output 
  is 
  made 
  year 
  by 
  year. 
  The 
  rock 
  used 
  

   is 
  properly 
  a 
  syenite, 
  an 
  outlier 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  border. 
  

  

  The 
  Westchester 
  and 
  Putnam 
  county 
  material, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  

   gneissic 
  character, 
  is 
  better 
  adapted 
  for 
  a 
  building 
  stone 
  than 
  for 
  

   crushing 
  or 
  paving 
  purposes 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  is 
  sold 
  mainly 
  as 
  rough 
  

   building 
  stone. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  granites 
  and 
  less 
  schistose 
  gneisses, 
  

   however, 
  are 
  dressed 
  and 
  polished 
  and 
  present 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  

   appearance. 
  

  

  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  granite 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  

   1908 
  in 
  making 
  paving 
  blocks. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  monumental 
  stone, 
  

   though 
  considerable, 
  was 
  not 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  the 
  beauty 
  and 
  dura- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  would 
  wairant. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  pink 
  color, 
  good 
  

   polish 
  and 
  durability 
  should 
  give 
  to 
  this 
  stone 
  a 
  wider 
  demand 
  

   specially 
  for 
  interior 
  decoration 
  and 
  for 
  monumental 
  work. 
  

  

  At 
  Ausable 
  Forks, 
  Essex 
  co. 
  a 
  dark 
  green 
  syenite 
  is 
  quarried 
  

   and 
  utilized 
  as 
  a 
  building 
  and 
  monumental 
  stone, 
  taking 
  a 
  hand- 
  

   some 
  polish. 
  

  

  