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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

   Production 
  of 
  granite 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  I905 
  

  

  I906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Building 
  stone 
  

  

  $139 
  4i4 
  

  

  10 
  43 
  1 
  

  

  69 
  748 
  

  

  30 
  125 
  

  

  4 
  237 
  

  

  $231 
  190 
  

  

  4 
  119 
  

   13 
  980 
  

  

  2 
  423 
  

  

  3 
  477 
  

  

  $84 
  774 
  

  

  9 
  613 
  

  

  92 
  95o 
  

  

  5 
  600 
  

  

  2 
  963 
  

  

  Monumental 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone 
  

  

  Rubble, 
  riprap 
  

  

  Other 
  kinds 
  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $253 
  955 
  

  

  $255 
  189 
  

  

  $195 
  900 
  

  

  Quarries 
  for 
  furnishing 
  crushed 
  stone 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  at 
  

   Little 
  Falls 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  extensive 
  intrusion 
  of 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  syenite. 
  The 
  crushing 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  John 
  Pierce 
  Co. 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  

   produces 
  road 
  metal, 
  railroad 
  ballast 
  and 
  concrete 
  material. 
  

   Another 
  quarry 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  

   equipped 
  with 
  a 
  plant 
  for 
  making 
  concrete 
  blocks. 
  The 
  quarries 
  

   are 
  advantageously 
  situated 
  for 
  shipment 
  of 
  their 
  product 
  both 
  

   by 
  railroad 
  and 
  the 
  canal 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  should 
  com- 
  

   mand 
  a 
  wide 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  Picton 
  Island 
  Red 
  Granite 
  Co. 
  has 
  been 
  engaged 
  in 
  quar- 
  

   rying 
  on 
  Picton 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  

   a 
  biotite 
  granite, 
  ranging 
  from 
  medium 
  to 
  fine 
  in 
  texture, 
  and 
  

   has 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  reddish 
  color, 
  verging 
  toward 
  pink 
  in 
  the 
  

   fine 
  grained 
  variety. 
  Similar 
  granites 
  have 
  been 
  quarried 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  and 
  have 
  gained 
  a 
  wide 
  repute 
  for 
  their 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  durability. 
  The 
  present 
  quarries 
  have 
  furnished 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  material 
  chiefly, 
  but 
  the 
  stone 
  is 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  monumen- 
  

   tal 
  and 
  decorative 
  work 
  as 
  well. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  specific 
  gravity 
  of 
  

   2.653 
  an 
  d 
  a 
  crushing 
  strength 
  of 
  16,500 
  pounds 
  to 
  the 
  square 
  

   inch. 
  

  

  The 
  Adirondack 
  anorthosite 
  affords 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  a 
  gray 
  or 
  

   bluish 
  gray 
  massive 
  stone 
  often 
  showing 
  the 
  very 
  pleasing 
  effect 
  

   of 
  a 
  porphyry 
  when 
  polished. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  quarried 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  

   scale, 
  principally 
  for 
  monumental 
  purposes. 
  The 
  opening 
  of 
  new 
  

   quarries 
  near 
  Ausable 
  Forks, 
  Clinton 
  co. 
  is 
  contemplated 
  by 
  

   Mr 
  Ernest 
  Leblond 
  who 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  quarry 
  property 
  in 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  syenite 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  