﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  value 
  was 
  due 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  relatively 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  red 
  slate 
  

   produced 
  than 
  to 
  higher 
  market 
  prices. 
  

  

  STONE 
  

  

  The 
  quarry 
  industries 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  of 
  large 
  and 
  growing 
  

   importance. 
  There 
  are 
  few 
  other 
  states 
  that 
  possess 
  such 
  a 
  

   variety 
  of 
  geological 
  formations 
  with 
  so 
  many 
  different 
  rock 
  

   members. 
  The 
  resources 
  afford 
  almost 
  every 
  kind 
  of 
  material 
  

   used 
  for 
  building 
  and 
  construction 
  purposes 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   ornamental 
  stones. 
  Still 
  the 
  local 
  product 
  falls 
  short 
  of 
  meeting 
  

   the 
  requirements, 
  specially 
  for 
  building 
  and 
  decorative 
  stones, 
  and 
  

   large 
  quantities 
  are 
  brought 
  in 
  annually 
  from 
  other 
  states 
  or 
  are 
  

   imported 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries. 
  

  

  The 
  statistics 
  and 
  notes 
  incorporated 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  pages 
  

   relate 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  quarry 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  except 
  those 
  

   of 
  slate 
  and 
  millstones, 
  which 
  are 
  treated 
  under 
  their 
  own 
  titles 
  

   elsewhere 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  stone 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  quarry 
  materials 
  produced 
  in 
  1907 
  amounted 
  

   in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  to 
  $7,890,327. 
  The 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  

   was 
  $6,504,165, 
  showing 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  $1,386,162, 
  or 
  about 
  20 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   Nearly 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  consisted 
  of 
  limestones 
  which 
  

   accounted 
  for 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  $3,182,447 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $2,963,829 
  

   in 
  1906. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  quarried 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,998,417 
  

   against 
  $1,976,829 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  contrib- 
  

   uted 
  by 
  the 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  bluestone 
  trade. 
  The 
  

   marble 
  quarries 
  reported 
  the 
  largest 
  increase 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  

   production 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $1,571,936, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $460,- 
  

   915 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  granite 
  showed 
  a 
  small 
  falling 
  off, 
  

   with 
  a 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  $195,900 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  $255,189 
  in 
  the 
  preced- 
  

   ing 
  year. 
  

  

  Classified 
  as 
  to 
  uses, 
  crushed 
  stone 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  item 
  in 
  the 
  

   total 
  and 
  represented 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $2,812,998, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  nearly 
  

   $400,000 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  crushed 
  stone 
  in 
  road 
  im- 
  

   provement 
  work 
  and 
  for 
  making 
  concrete 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  chief 
  

   factor 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  which 
  

   has 
  nearly 
  doubled 
  in 
  importance 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  years. 
  

   The 
  quantity 
  of 
  crushed 
  stone 
  made 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  approximately 
  

   3,319,706 
  cubic 
  yards, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  3,132,460 
  cubic 
  yards 
  in 
  

   1906. 
  The 
  quantity 
  reported 
  as 
  used 
  for 
  road 
  metal 
  was 
  

  

  