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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  last 
  year 
  

   amounted 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  $3,182,447. 
  This 
  is 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  Portland 
  and 
  natural 
  cement 
  industries, 
  for 
  which 
  no 
  

   statistics 
  have 
  been 
  collected. 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  $218,618 
  in 
  the 
  valuation 
  or 
  about 
  seven 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  The 
  product 
  was 
  distributed 
  among 
  35 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  136 
  active 
  quarries. 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone 
  for 
  road 
  metal, 
  concrete, 
  etc., 
  represents 
  the 
  

   largest 
  item 
  in 
  the 
  output. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  was 
  

   $1,725,203 
  against 
  $1,590,205 
  for 
  1906. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  lime 
  

   is 
  second 
  in 
  importance 
  with 
  a 
  product 
  valued 
  at 
  $888,309 
  in 
  1907 
  

   and 
  $795,348 
  in 
  1906. 
  Building 
  stone 
  represented 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  

   $189,782, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $229,479 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  

   Limestone 
  used 
  as 
  flux 
  in 
  metallurgical 
  processes 
  accounted 
  for 
  

   $338,127 
  against 
  $287,816. 
  Other 
  items 
  are: 
  rubble 
  and 
  riprap 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $14,588 
  against 
  $32,975; 
  flagging 
  and 
  curbing 
  $13,123 
  

   against 
  $8067; 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  materials, 
  not. 
  classified 
  in 
  the 
  

   returns, 
  valued 
  at 
  $13,315, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $19,939 
  m 
  tne 
  P 
  re 
  * 
  

   ceding 
  year. 
  

  

  Distributed 
  according 
  to 
  counties 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  limestone 
  was 
  

   quarried, 
  the 
  largest 
  producer 
  was 
  Erie 
  county 
  which 
  reported 
  

   an 
  output 
  valued 
  at 
  $516,727, 
  consisting 
  principally 
  of 
  building 
  

   stone, 
  crushed 
  stone 
  and 
  furnace 
  flux. 
  This 
  county 
  also 
  ranked 
  

   first 
  in 
  1906 
  with 
  a 
  valuation 
  of 
  $525,381. 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  

   which 
  returned 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  $479,780 
  was 
  second 
  as 
  in 
  1906 
  when 
  its 
  

   output 
  amounted 
  to 
  $391,457. 
  It 
  manufactures 
  more 
  lime 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  remaining 
  counties 
  which 
  

   reported 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  over 
  $100,000 
  each 
  with 
  their 
  respective 
  totals 
  

   are 
  here 
  given, 
  the 
  figures 
  in 
  parentheses 
  being 
  the 
  corresponding 
  

   totals 
  for 
  1906: 
  Dutchess 
  $399,244 
  ($368,927); 
  Rockland 
  $284,- 
  

   800 
  ($242,184) 
  ; 
  Genesee 
  $283,513 
  ($227,062) 
  ; 
  Warren 
  $225,262 
  

   ($205,832); 
  Westchester 
  $156,957 
  ($143,168); 
  Albany 
  $129,220 
  

   ($106,800) 
  ; 
  and 
  Clinton 
  $110,560 
  ($96,9 
  2 
  5)- 
  

  

  Lime. 
  There 
  were 
  38- 
  firms 
  that 
  reported 
  an 
  output 
  last 
  year 
  

   of 
  limestone 
  (including 
  marble) 
  for 
  lime 
  burning, 
  either 
  as 
  a 
  

   main 
  product 
  or 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  quarrying 
  of 
  other 
  mater- 
  

   ials. 
  The 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  limestone 
  was 
  converted 
  by 
  the 
  

   companies 
  operating 
  the 
  quarries. 
  In 
  all 
  18 
  counties 
  participated 
  

   in 
  the 
  production. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  lime 
  made 
  was 
  403,114 
  snort 
  

   tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $888,309. 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  reported 
  a 
  product 
  of 
  

   295,293 
  short 
  tons, 
  or 
  about 
  73 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  amount. 
  

  

  