﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
  65 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  the 
  output 
  amounted 
  to 
  313,369 
  short 
  tons 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $795,348, 
  of 
  which 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  contributed 
  208,- 
  

   250 
  tons. 
  The 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co. 
  which 
  uses 
  

   the 
  lime 
  as 
  a 
  reagent 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  soda 
  products. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  leading 
  counties 
  for 
  1907 
  and 
  1906 
  

   respectively 
  was 
  as 
  follows, 
  in 
  short 
  tons 
  : 
  Warren 
  45,747 
  (39,- 
  

   076) 
  ; 
  Clinton 
  14,800 
  (16,400) 
  ; 
  Washington, 
  13,600 
  (12,000; 
  ; 
  

   Lewis 
  11,251 
  (9500); 
  Jefferson 
  6482 
  (10,450); 
  Westchester 
  6029 
  

  

  (7353). 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  as 
  above 
  given 
  

   is 
  considerably 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  commercial 
  price; 
  this 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  a 
  nominal 
  valuation 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  portion 
  

   used 
  as 
  a 
  chemical 
  reagent. 
  Disregarding 
  the 
  quantity 
  thus 
  con- 
  

   sumed, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  lime 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  averaged 
  $4.47 
  

   a 
  short 
  ton 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  $4.58 
  a 
  short 
  ton 
  in 
  1906. 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone. 
  Limestone 
  is 
  more 
  generally 
  employed 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  for 
  crushing 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  kind 
  of 
  stone. 
  The 
  total 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  in 
  1907 
  amounted 
  to 
  2,211,102 
  cubic 
  yards 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,725,203, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  2,194,547 
  cubic 
  yards 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,590,205 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  quantities 
  given, 
  363,- 
  

   589 
  cubic 
  yards 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  486,750 
  cubic 
  yards 
  in 
  1906 
  were 
  

   returned 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  road 
  metal, 
  though 
  the 
  amounts 
  

   thus 
  employed 
  probably 
  exceeded 
  these 
  totals, 
  since 
  some 
  firms 
  

   do 
  not 
  keep 
  any 
  records 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  their 
  product. 
  

  

  The 
  leading 
  counties 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  crushed 
  stone, 
  with 
  

   their 
  outputs 
  in 
  cubic 
  yards, 
  are 
  as 
  follows, 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  1906 
  

   being 
  in 
  parentheses 
  : 
  Dutchess 
  426,744 
  (400,177) 
  ; 
  Rockland 
  390,368 
  

   (373,387); 
  Genesee 
  344,160 
  (323,128); 
  Erie 
  250,720 
  (289,110); 
  

   Albany 
  203,000 
  (150,000) 
  ; 
  Westchester 
  132,566 
  (105,441) 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Onondaga 
  103,546 
  (92,950). 
  

  

  Building 
  stone. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  limestones 
  for 
  building 
  

   purposes 
  shows 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  tendency 
  toward 
  expansion, 
  notwith- 
  

   standing 
  the 
  important 
  increases 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  materials 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  the 
  quarries. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  limestone, 
  rough 
  and 
  

   dressed, 
  produced 
  in 
  1907 
  was 
  $189,782 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  

   of 
  $229,479 
  in 
  1906. 
  Erie 
  county 
  has 
  the 
  largest 
  quarries 
  of 
  

   building 
  stone, 
  its 
  output 
  amounting 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  $114,351 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  $118,806 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  remaining 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  are 
  small 
  producers. 
  The 
  output 
  each 
  year 
  is 
  supplemented 
  

   by 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  limestone 
  that 
  are 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  other 
  

   states. 
  

  

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