REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1900 r21 



Additional tests (continued) 



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WEAR 









Name of stones 





Cemen- 

 tation 



' 



LOCALITY OF QUARRY 







Where used 







Coeffi- 



Per 



value 









cient 



cent 







Little Falls, Herkimer 



Hornblendic 



15.16 



2.64 



10 



Used for base and 



CO., Moss island, Mo- 



gneiss 









top of 1 mile of 



hawk river 











Frankfort and 

 Utica road, built 

 by state in 1900 



'Used for base of 



Olacial driftfield stone, 



Red sandstone 



9.03 



4.43 



16 



Little Ridge road 



near Rochester, Mon- 











west from Roch- 



roe CO. 











< ester 6 miles, 



Glacial drift field stone, 



White sandstene 



11.05 



3.62 



24 



built by state 



near Rochester, Mon- 











during 1899 and 



roe CO. 











L 1900 



Seneca Clark quarry, 



Gray sandstone 



5.97 



6.69 



68 





12 miles south of 













Syracuse, near La- 













fayette, Onondaga 













CO. 



National wall plaster 



Limestone 



10.95 



3.65 



15 





CO. Jamesville, On- 













ondaga CO. 













Alvord quarries, near 



Blue limestone 



9.14 



4.38 



89 





east line of town of 













Onondaga, Ononda- 













ga CO. 

 Split Rock quarries. 













Gray limestone 



6.2 



6.45 



22 



Used for base of 2 



Solvay process co. 











miles of James at. 



town of Onondaga, 











and Cortland st. 



also Indian quarries, 











roads, near Syra- 



on n. e. part On- 











cuse, built by state 



ondaga reservation, 

 also Jamesville quar- 











in 1899 and 1900 













ries near peniten- 













tiary of Onondaga 



00. 



Indian quarries, over- 













Blue limestone 



5.99 



6.68 



33 





lying the gray, on 













n. e. part Onondaga 













reservation 











' Used for base and 

 top of 33 miles 



r 



Buffalo Plains 

 limestone, with 



8.29 



4.82 



67 



of 16 foot road- 

 ways in 10 cities 



Buffalo, cement co. 



little embed- 









and towns of 



quarries, in north . 

 part of Buffalo ] 



ded flint 









western New 

 York during the 



Buffalo Plains 



9.66 



4.14 



94 





limestone,with 









years 1893 to 





much embed- 









1900; used for 



I 



ded flint 









base of 6 miles 

 of state road 

 ^ near Buffalo 



Bluestone quarry near 

 Phoenicia, Ulster co. 



Blue sandstone 



11.17 



3.58 



39 



Used for base and 



Waterworn stones from 



Blue sandstone 



10.42 



3.84 



11 



top of 6 miles of 



bed of Esopus creek, 

 near Phoenicia, Ul- 











Ulster and Dela- 

 ware road, built 



ster CO. (similar to 

 the quarry stones) 











near Phoenicia 











by state in 1900 



