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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  and 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  give 
  a 
  much 
  steadier 
  prosperity 
  than 
  mines 
  of 
  

   precious 
  metals, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  romantic 
  halo 
  which 
  surrounds 
  

   these. 
  

  

  Again, 
  the 
  cool 
  mountain 
  heights, 
  cool 
  even 
  in 
  midsummer 
  

   heats, 
  with 
  their 
  pure 
  air, 
  pure 
  water 
  and 
  beautiful, 
  far-reaching 
  

   views, 
  all 
  these 
  bring 
  throngs 
  of 
  tourists 
  through 
  the 
  summer 
  

   months. 
  These 
  leave 
  what 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  money, 
  though 
  this 
  is 
  

   left 
  als 
  \ 
  a 
  breezy 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  stir 
  of 
  city 
  life, 
  and 
  a 
  contact 
  

   with 
  men 
  having 
  other 
  aims 
  and 
  ambitions 
  in 
  life 
  than 
  their 
  own. 
  

   Though 
  summer 
  resorts 
  are 
  not 
  usually 
  ranked 
  among 
  the 
  

   economic 
  resources 
  of 
  a 
  country, 
  yet 
  the 
  factors 
  which 
  

   make 
  up 
  a 
  desirable 
  and 
  healthful 
  resort 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  

   dependent 
  upon 
  geological 
  elements 
  as 
  are 
  mines 
  of 
  the 
  precious, 
  

   or 
  of 
  the 
  baser 
  metals. 
  These 
  elements 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  Ulster 
  

   county, 
  as 
  the 
  numerous 
  great 
  hotels 
  among 
  the 
  Catskills, 
  and 
  the 
  

   less 
  pretentious, 
  but 
  almost 
  equally 
  attractive, 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  

   Shawangunk 
  range 
  amply 
  testify. 
  

  

  Returning 
  from 
  this 
  excusable 
  digression 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  nonmetallic 
  

   rocks 
  and 
  earths 
  that 
  Ulster 
  county 
  must 
  probably 
  look 
  for 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  her 
  wealth 
  from 
  geological 
  sources. 
  These 
  occupy 
  no 
  

   mean 
  position, 
  even 
  wh^n 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  

   Union. 
  The 
  beds 
  of 
  hydraulic 
  limestone 
  yield 
  a 
  cement 
  which 
  

   is 
  known 
  and 
  used 
  in 
  nearly, 
  if 
  not 
  quite, 
  every 
  State 
  of 
  the 
  

   country. 
  These 
  alone 
  give 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  growing 
  industry. 
  

   Hardly 
  second 
  in 
  importance 
  are 
  the 
  quarries 
  of 
  blue 
  stone, 
  which 
  

   yield 
  a 
  very 
  useful 
  product, 
  finding 
  a 
  ready 
  market 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   of 
  the 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  east. 
  The 
  clay 
  deposits 
  also 
  nourish 
  a 
  great 
  

   industry. 
  The 
  life 
  of 
  this 
  industry, 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  rate 
  of 
  con- 
  

   sumption, 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  necessity 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  first-named 
  

   industries, 
  but 
  years 
  must 
  elapse 
  before 
  the 
  clays 
  are 
  exhausted, 
  

   even 
  if 
  new 
  deposits 
  are 
  not 
  found. 
  The 
  grits 
  of 
  the 
  Shawan- 
  

   gunk 
  mountains 
  yield 
  an 
  excellent 
  millstone, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  

   this 
  industry 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  unavoidably 
  on 
  the 
  wane. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  almost 
  inexhaustible 
  beds 
  of 
  pure 
  limestone, 
  capable 
  

   of 
  furnishing 
  an 
  excellent 
  lime, 
  but 
  this 
  pro 
  luct 
  receives 
  but 
  

   little 
  attention. 
  This 
  s 
  rnie 
  limestone, 
  however, 
  crushed 
  into 
  road 
  

   metal, 
  provides 
  an 
  excellent 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  good 
  

   roads, 
  of 
  which 
  Ulster 
  county 
  is 
  in 
  sore 
  need. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  

  

  