﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  Limestone 
  

  

  The 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  are 
  first 
  in 
  importance 
  among 
  the 
  stone- 
  

   working 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Compared 
  with 
  sandstone 
  

   which 
  ranks 
  second 
  in 
  value 
  of 
  output, 
  limestone 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  used 
  as 
  building 
  material, 
  but 
  it 
  finds 
  extensive 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  road 
  metal 
  and 
  concrete. 
  Its 
  wide 
  occurrence 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  a 
  natural 
  fitness 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  has 
  favored 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  crushed 
  stone 
  business 
  that 
  covers 
  nearly 
  

   every 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  lime 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  

   important 
  industry, 
  requiring 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  

   quarry 
  output. 
  

  

  The 
  noncrystalline 
  limestones, 
  which 
  are 
  considered 
  under 
  this 
  

   head, 
  comprise 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  rocks 
  as 
  regards 
  their 
  geological 
  

   occurrence 
  and 
  physical 
  and 
  chemical 
  characters. 
  They 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  among 
  the 
  Cambric, 
  Lower 
  Siluric, 
  Siluric 
  and 
  Devonic 
  

   systems. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  localities, 
  the 
  crystalline 
  limestones 
  or 
  mar- 
  

   bles 
  of 
  the 
  Precambric 
  are 
  quarried 
  for 
  lime 
  making 
  and 
  such 
  

   production 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  limestone. 
  In 
  their 
  chemical 
  composi- 
  

   tion 
  the 
  limestones 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  show 
  a 
  range 
  from 
  practically 
  

   pure 
  lime 
  carbonates 
  to 
  magnesian 
  limestones 
  and 
  dolomites 
  and 
  

   to 
  silicious, 
  aluminous 
  or 
  ferruginous 
  types 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  carbon- 
  

   ates 
  play 
  a 
  subordinate 
  role. 
  Light 
  colored 
  and 
  white 
  limestones 
  

   are 
  not 
  abundant, 
  however, 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  prevailing 
  colors 
  

   being 
  grayish 
  or 
  drab, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  considerable 
  quantities 
  

   of 
  such 
  stone 
  are 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  other 
  States, 
  principally 
  Ohio 
  

   and 
  Indiana. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  limestone 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  1905 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone 
  

  

  $1 
  193 
  800 
  

  

  702 
  684 
  

  

  246 
  300 
  

  

  198 
  168 
  

  

  40 
  664 
  

  

  7 
  297 
  

  

  22 
  543 
  

  

  $1 
  590 
  205 
  

   795 
  348 
  

   229 
  479 
  

   287 
  816 
  

  

  3 
  2 
  975 
  

   8 
  067 
  

  

  1 
  9 
  939 
  

  

  $1 
  725 
  203 
  

  

  888 
  309 
  

  

  189 
  782 
  

  

  33% 
  127 
  

  

  14 
  588 
  

  

  ^3 
  ™3 
  

  

  13 
  135 
  

  

  Lime 
  made 
  

  

  Building 
  stone 
  

  

  Furnace 
  flux 
  

  

  Rubble, 
  riprap 
  

  

  Flasrsin?. 
  curbing 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $2 
  411 
  456 
  

  

  $2 
  963 
  829 
  j 
  $3 
  182 
  447 
  

  

  

  