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  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  the 
  Union 
  Carbide 
  Co. 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  has 
  been 
  transferred 
  

   to 
  the 
  column 
  headed 
  '' 
  Other 
  uses." 
  The 
  total 
  production 
  of 
  lime 
  

   excluding 
  these 
  two 
  firms 
  was 
  $401,728, 
  a 
  slight 
  decrease 
  over 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  1907. 
  This 
  production 
  was 
  distributed 
  over 
  20 
  

   counties 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  county, 
  Warren, 
  produced 
  42 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  

   total, 
  while 
  four 
  counties, 
  Warren, 
  Jefferson, 
  Clinton 
  and 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  together 
  produced 
  y(y 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  production. 
  The 
  

   production 
  of 
  these 
  counties 
  with 
  their 
  1907 
  production 
  inclosed 
  

   in 
  brackets 
  is 
  as 
  f 
  oUow^s 
  : 
  Warren 
  $170,832 
  [$212,539]; 
  Jefferson 
  

   $52,454 
  [$30,871] 
  ; 
  CHntoii 
  $45,000 
  [$62,000] 
  ; 
  and 
  Washington 
  

   $36,960 
  [$54,400]. 
  

  

  Building 
  stone. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  limestones 
  for 
  building 
  

   construction 
  is 
  rather 
  restricted 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  use 
  is 
  for 
  founda- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  bridge 
  work. 
  The 
  competition 
  with 
  Bedford 
  limestone 
  

   and 
  other 
  building 
  materials 
  seems 
  to 
  retard 
  any 
  large 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  for 
  building 
  stone. 
  Neverthe- 
  

   less 
  a 
  gain 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  production, 
  the 
  value 
  for 
  1908 
  being 
  

   $245,655 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $189,782 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  gain 
  has 
  been 
  

   due 
  mainly 
  to 
  an 
  increased 
  production 
  from 
  the 
  Newport 
  Construc- 
  

   tion 
  Company's 
  quarry 
  at 
  Newport, 
  Herkimer 
  co., 
  and 
  an 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  county 
  production. 
  Erie 
  county 
  still 
  leads 
  in 
  

   production, 
  the 
  1908 
  value 
  being 
  $112,409 
  as 
  against 
  $114,351 
  in 
  

   1907. 
  Following 
  it 
  in 
  order 
  are 
  Schoharie 
  county 
  with 
  a 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  $30,555; 
  Herkimer 
  county 
  $30,000; 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  

   $16,709; 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  $13,513. 
  

  

  Furnace 
  flux. 
  Limestone 
  used 
  in 
  smelting 
  operations 
  for 
  flux 
  

   is 
  quarried 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  metallurgical 
  establishments 
  

   in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  blast 
  furnaces 
  around 
  Buffalo 
  use 
  a 
  large 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  material 
  quarried 
  from 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  beds 
  of 
  Erie 
  and 
  Genesee 
  counties, 
  the 
  larger 
  quarries 
  being 
  

   situated 
  at 
  Williamsville 
  and 
  Clarence, 
  Erie 
  co. 
  and 
  at 
  North 
  Leroy, 
  

   Genesee 
  co. 
  

  

  The 
  iron 
  furnaces 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  use 
  limestones 
  (juar- 
  

   ried 
  at 
  Qiazy, 
  Clinton 
  co., 
  and 
  Port 
  Henry, 
  Essex 
  co., 
  and 
  other 
  

   localities 
  report 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  limestone 
  sold 
  as 
  flux 
  and 
  utilized 
  

   in 
  nearby 
  blast 
  furnaces. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  true 
  limestone 
  flux 
  we 
  include, 
  also, 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  mar- 
  

   ble 
  quarried 
  at 
  Gouverneur, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co. 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Ohio 
  

   blast 
  furnaces. 
  

  

  