﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  The 
  total 
  production 
  of 
  sandstone 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  $1,711,585 
  

   against 
  $1,998,417 
  in 
  1907, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  15 
  per 
  cent. 
  A 
  number 
  

   of 
  smaller 
  quarries 
  were 
  idle 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  firms 
  

   report 
  a 
  decreased 
  demand 
  for 
  their 
  stone. 
  Thirty 
  counties 
  are 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  total. 
  The 
  decrease 
  was 
  distributed 
  over 
  the 
  

   output 
  of 
  building 
  stone 
  and 
  the 
  curb 
  and 
  flagstone. 
  The 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  increasing 
  demand 
  for 
  crushed 
  stone 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  crushed 
  stone 
  increased 
  from 
  

   $55,818 
  in 
  1907 
  to 
  $135,741 
  in 
  1908, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  143 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Classified 
  as 
  to 
  uses 
  the 
  output 
  for 
  1908 
  was 
  as 
  follows, 
  the 
  

   production 
  in 
  1907 
  being 
  included 
  in 
  brackets: 
  building 
  stone 
  

   $380,182 
  [$525,799] 
  ; 
  curbing 
  and 
  flagstones 
  $912,843 
  [$1,051,070] 
  ; 
  

   paving 
  blocks 
  $239,239 
  [$320,301] 
  ; 
  crushed 
  stone 
  $135,741 
  [$55,- 
  

   818] 
  ; 
  rubble 
  and 
  riprap 
  $28,792 
  [$24,812] 
  ; 
  other 
  uses 
  $14,818 
  

   [$20,617]. 
  

  

  The 
  bluestone 
  district 
  furnished 
  in 
  1908, 
  6"] 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   sandstone 
  quarried, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  production 
  of 
  $1,151,386. 
  

  

  Orleans 
  county 
  was 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  producer 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   bluestone 
  area 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  output 
  was 
  $398,287 
  against 
  $542,218 
  

   in 
  1907. 
  This 
  county 
  produced 
  paving 
  blocks 
  to 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  %22'j,- 
  

   537 
  or 
  nearly 
  all 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  

  Production 
  of 
  sandstone 
  

  

  in 
  1907 
  

  

  

  

  DISTRICT 
  

  

  BUILD- 
  

   ING 
  

   STONE 
  

  

  CURBING 
  

  

  AND 
  

   FLAGGING 
  

  

  PAVING 
  

   BLOCKS 
  

  

  CRUSHED 
  

   STONE 
  

  

  RUBBLE, 
  

   RIPRAP 
  

  

  ' 
  ALL 
  

   OTHER 
  

  

  Bluestone 
  

   Hudson 
  river. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  $60 
  613 
  

  

  66 
  627 
  

  

  62 
  302 
  

  

  195 
  155 
  

  

  7 
  123 
  

  

  $219 
  357 
  

  

  633 
  600 
  

  

  28 
  380 
  

  

  659 
  

  

  I 
  484 
  

  

  $13 
  925 
  

   873 
  

   175 
  

  

  

  

  

  Delaware 
  river. 
  

   Chenango 
  co. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Wyoming 
  co. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Other 
  districts. 
  . 
  

  

  $500 
  

  

  $1 
  528 
  

   I 
  029 
  

  

  955 
  

  

  $800 
  

   14 
  317 
  

  

  2 
  400 
  

  

  4 
  125 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Total 
  bluestone 
  

  

  S39I 
  820 
  

  

  S883 
  480 
  

  

  $17 
  3 
  73 
  

  

  $4 
  625 
  

  

  $3 
  512 
  

  

  $15 
  "7 
  

  

  Sandstofte 
  

  

  Orleans 
  co 
  

  

  Other 
  districts. 
  . 
  

  

  $85 
  750 
  

   48 
  229 
  

  

  $139 
  140 
  

   28 
  450 
  

  

  $296 
  928 
  

   6 
  000 
  

  

  $15 
  500 
  

   35 
  693 
  

  

  $800 
  

   20 
  500 
  

  

  $4 
  100 
  

   I 
  400 
  

  

  Total 
  sandstone 
  

  

  $133 
  979 
  

  

  $167 
  590 
  

  

  $302 
  928 
  

  

  $51 
  193 
  

  

  $21 
  300 
  

  

  $5 
  500 
  

  

  Combined 
  total 
  

  

  $525 
  799 
  

  

  $1 
  051 
  070 
  

  

  $320 
  301 
  

  

  $55 
  818 
  

  

  $24 
  812 
  

  

  $20 
  617 
  

  

  