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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  concrete. 
  It 
  possesses 
  qualities 
  of 
  strength 
  and 
  durability 
  

   which 
  place 
  it 
  first 
  among 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  stone 
  used 
  for 
  these 
  

   purposes. 
  The 
  somber 
  color 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  dressing 
  the 
  

   stone 
  limits 
  its 
  employment 
  for 
  building 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  

   some 
  extent 
  for 
  paving 
  blocks. 
  

  

  Rockland 
  county 
  produces 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  trap 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  

   The 
  quarries 
  are 
  at 
  Rockland 
  lake, 
  Mt 
  Joy, 
  Haverstraw 
  and 
  

   Nyack 
  and 
  are 
  worked 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  crushing 
  plants. 
  The 
  

   stone 
  is 
  supplied 
  to 
  the 
  cities 
  and 
  towns 
  along 
  the 
  river, 
  New 
  

   York 
  affording 
  the 
  largest 
  market. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  

   had 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $874,527 
  in 
  1907 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $780,703 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  quarries 
  at 
  Port 
  Richmond, 
  Richmond 
  co., 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  

   ones 
  worked 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  aside 
  from 
  

   those 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  came 
  from 
  Greenfield 
  and 
  

   Northumberland, 
  Saratoga 
  co., 
  and 
  Fort 
  Ann, 
  Washington 
  co. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  $941,627, 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $847,403 
  in 
  1906. 
  Crushed 
  stone 
  was 
  

   the 
  chief 
  item 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  and 
  amounted 
  to 
  982,454 
  cubic 
  yards, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $939,027 
  against 
  851,293 
  cubic 
  yards 
  valued 
  at 
  $780,103 
  

   in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  362,904 
  cubic 
  yards 
  with 
  a 
  

   value 
  of 
  $349,485 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  sold 
  for 
  road 
  material, 
  but 
  the 
  

   actual 
  quantity 
  thus 
  used 
  was 
  probably 
  somewhat 
  greater. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  trap 
  

  

  

  19 
  

  

  06 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  Cubic 
  

   yards 
  

  

  Value 
  

  

  Cubic 
  

   yards 
  

  

  Value 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone 
  '. 
  

  

  ■ 
  

  

  851 
  293 
  

  

  $7 
  8 
  ° 
  io 
  3 
  

   67 
  300 
  

  

  982 
  454 
  

  

  $939 
  027 
  

  

  Paving 
  blocks, 
  etc 
  

  

  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  

  $847 
  403 
  

  

  

  $941 
  627 
  

  

  

  

  TALC 
  

  

  The 
  talc 
  industry 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  experienced 
  a 
  pros- 
  

   perous 
  year, 
  with 
  demand 
  and 
  prices 
  above 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  some 
  

   time 
  past. 
  The 
  production 
  showed 
  a 
  small 
  falling 
  off 
  and 
  

  

  