﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  main 
  outlet 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river; 
  (2) 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  district, 
  

   Broome, 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Sullivan 
  counties 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  transporta- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  the 
  railroads 
  following 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  

   branches. 
  The 
  principal 
  railroads 
  are 
  the 
  Erie, 
  New 
  York, 
  Ontario 
  

   and 
  Western 
  and 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Eastern; 
  (3) 
  Chenango 
  county 
  

   with 
  the 
  main 
  shipping 
  centers 
  at 
  Norwich 
  and 
  Oxford; 
  and 
  (4) 
  

   Wyoming 
  county 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  quarries 
  around 
  Warsaw 
  and 
  

   Portageville. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  districts 
  bluestone 
  has 
  been 
  or 
  

   is 
  being 
  quarried 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  county 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  main 
  area, 
  the 
  counties 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  for 
  1908 
  

   including 
  besides 
  those 
  mentioned, 
  Albany, 
  Otsego, 
  Tioga, 
  Yates, 
  

   Allegany, 
  Cattaraugus 
  and 
  Chautauqua. 
  

  

  The 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  district 
  is 
  chiefly 
  controlled 
  by 
  

   a 
  few 
  large 
  shippers 
  with 
  docks 
  at 
  Catskill, 
  Saugerties 
  and 
  Ron- 
  

   dout. 
  To 
  these 
  points 
  the 
  stone 
  is 
  hauled 
  by 
  wagons, 
  sometimes 
  

   from 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  miles. 
  Quarrying 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  

   throughout 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  except 
  the 
  most 
  severe 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   winter, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  navigation 
  opens 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  the 
  ship- 
  

   pers 
  have 
  a 
  large 
  stock 
  on 
  hand. 
  Shipments 
  are 
  made 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  by 
  water 
  on 
  barges, 
  and 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  accompanying 
  low 
  

   transportation 
  charge 
  this 
  district 
  controls 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   city 
  and 
  ships 
  to 
  numerous 
  other 
  coast 
  markets 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   sound, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  quarrying 
  of 
  bluestone 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  industries 
  

   of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  valley 
  region 
  in 
  Broome, 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Sullivan 
  

   counties. 
  The 
  quarries 
  are 
  usually 
  situated 
  far 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  hills 
  and 
  the 
  quarrying 
  and 
  transportation 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  down 
  

   the 
  steep 
  hillsides 
  is 
  attended 
  with 
  some 
  difliculty. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  

   taken 
  out 
  by 
  numerous 
  small 
  producers, 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  simply 
  

   work 
  a 
  quarry 
  at 
  odd 
  times 
  when 
  other 
  work 
  is 
  unavailable, 
  while 
  

   others 
  develop 
  their 
  property 
  more 
  extensively. 
  In 
  this 
  area 
  at 
  

   present 
  the 
  small 
  producers 
  sell 
  nearly 
  all 
  their 
  stone 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  

   dealers 
  or 
  shippers 
  who 
  maintain 
  " 
  docks," 
  or 
  loading 
  places, 
  and 
  

   railroad 
  switches 
  at 
  various 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Ontario 
  and 
  Western, 
  Erie, 
  and 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Eastern. 
  The 
  mar- 
  

   ket 
  for 
  this 
  district 
  is 
  mainly 
  inland 
  cities 
  easily 
  reached 
  by 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  from 
  the 
  shipping 
  points, 
  and 
  includes 
  Philadelphia, 
  Bingham- 
  

   ton, 
  Syracuse, 
  Rochester 
  etc. 
  The 
  output 
  is 
  mostly 
  flag 
  and 
  curb- 
  

   stone. 
  

  

  In 
  Chenango 
  county 
  the 
  output 
  is 
  also 
  mainly 
  flag 
  and 
  curb 
  and 
  

   the 
  market 
  is, 
  as 
  in 
  Delaware 
  county, 
  the 
  inland 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   cities. 
  

  

  