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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  NAME 
  LOCATION 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  Sandstone 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Buffalo 
  

  

  Granite 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  

  

  Granite 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Sandy 
  Hill 
  

  

  Lancaster 
  Sand-Lime 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Lancaster 
  

  

  Newburgh 
  Sand-Lime 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Newburgh 
  

  

  Paragon 
  Plaster 
  Co. 
  Syracuse 
  

  

  Rochester 
  Composite 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Rochester 
  

  

  Roseton 
  Sand-Lime 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Roseton 
  

  

  F. 
  W. 
  Rourke 
  & 
  Co. 
  Brooklyn 
  

  

  Sand 
  Stone 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Schenectady 
  

  

  Schenectady 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Schenectady 
  

  

  Watertown 
  Sand 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  Watertown 
  

  

  SLATE 
  

  

  The 
  quarrying 
  of 
  slate 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  restricted 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  

   a 
  small 
  district 
  in 
  eastern 
  Washington 
  county. 
  The 
  district 
  

   extends 
  north 
  from 
  Salem 
  through 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Hebron, 
  Gran- 
  

   ville, 
  Hampton 
  and 
  Whitehall 
  and 
  is 
  practically 
  continuous 
  with 
  

   the 
  Vermont 
  slate 
  district 
  which 
  has 
  attained 
  much 
  greater 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  in 
  the 
  industry. 
  The 
  slate 
  occurs 
  in 
  several 
  horizons 
  

   among 
  the 
  metamorphosed 
  Paleozoic 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  but 
  

   belongs 
  mostly 
  to 
  the 
  Cambric 
  and 
  Lower 
  Siluric 
  systems. 
  Ex- 
  

   tensive 
  slate 
  beds 
  are 
  found 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  continuation 
  of 
  

   the 
  metamorphic 
  region 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  

   in 
  Rensselaer, 
  Columbia 
  and 
  Dutchess 
  counties. 
  Attempts 
  to 
  

   work 
  the 
  slate 
  in 
  this 
  section, 
  however, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  perma- 
  

   nently 
  successful, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  that 
  quarries 
  were 
  oper- 
  

   ated 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  at 
  Hoosick, 
  New 
  Lebanon 
  and 
  New 
  Hamburg. 
  

  

  The 
  slate 
  from 
  Washington 
  county 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  variety 
  

   of 
  colors. 
  The 
  red 
  slate 
  which 
  is 
  obtained 
  near 
  Granville 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  Hatch 
  Hill 
  and 
  North 
  Granville 
  sections 
  has 
  no 
  superior 
  for 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  permanency, 
  while 
  purple, 
  variegated 
  and 
  different 
  

   shades 
  of 
  green 
  slate 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  section 
  around 
  

   Middle 
  Granville, 
  Salem 
  and 
  Shushan. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  

   is 
  sold 
  for 
  roofing 
  purposes. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  other 
  mater- 
  

   ials 
  such 
  as 
  mantels, 
  floor 
  tiling, 
  blackboards, 
  billiard 
  tables, 
  etc., 
  

   is 
  not 
  carried 
  on 
  to 
  any 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  slate 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  amounted 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  

   $53*625. 
  Of 
  this, 
  roofing 
  slate 
  represented 
  $52450 
  and 
  mill 
  stock 
  

   $1175. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  squares 
  of 
  roofing 
  slate 
  made 
  was 
  11,686. 
  

   In 
  1906 
  the 
  total 
  production 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $61,921 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   16,248 
  squares 
  of 
  roofing 
  slate 
  valued 
  at 
  $57,771 
  and 
  mill 
  stock 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $4150. 
  The 
  average 
  value 
  of 
  roofing 
  slate 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   was 
  $4.60 
  a 
  square 
  against 
  $3.56 
  a 
  square 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  increased 
  

  

  