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  Forty- 
  seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  will 
  show 
  the 
  range 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   economic 
  geological 
  products 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  : 
  

  

  Geologic 
  Age. 
  Material. 
  Uses. 
  

  

  f 
  Millstones. 
  

  

  Oneida 
  ..... 
  Shawangunk 
  grits 
  A 
  chaser 
  p 
  avements 
  . 
  

  

  [Glass 
  sand. 
  

  

  Upper 
  Si 
  

   lurian. 
  . 
  ■> 
  

  

  Devonian. 
  < 
  

  

  i 
  Rosendale, 
  or 
  

  

  Salina 
  Waterlime 
  •< 
  natural 
  cement 
  

  

  ( 
  stone. 
  

  

  Lower 
  Hel- 
  j 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  j 
  Lime, 
  and 
  road 
  

  

  derberg 
  , 
  . 
  ( 
  Tentaculite 
  limestone 
  ( 
  metal. 
  

  

  TT 
  j? 
  ■. 
  j 
  ( 
  Building 
  stone. 
  

  

  5^L™ 
  [ 
  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  \ 
  Road 
  metal. 
  

  

  aeroerg 
  . 
  . 
  ) 
  j 
  Lim 
  ^ 
  

  

  f 
  Flagstones, 
  curbs, 
  

  

  Hamilton 
  . 
  . 
  Hamilton 
  flags 
  J 
  P°f 
  s 
  te 
  ' 
  w 
  ^ 
  r 
  te 
  J^ 
  

  

  [ 
  bles, 
  etc. 
  

  

  ( 
  Flagstones, 
  curbs, 
  

  

  Catskill 
  Catskill 
  flags 
  and 
  sandstone 
  ... 
  < 
  etc 
  . 
  , 
  dimension 
  

  

  / 
  stone 
  . 
  

  

  Quaternary 
  Clays 
  . 
  

  

  j 
  Building 
  bricks, 
  

   "j 
  etc. 
  

  

  {Building 
  sands, 
  

   tamping, 
  bricks, 
  

   cements, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  employ 
  ed 
  in 
  the 
  

   three 
  principal 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  : 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  cement 
  industry, 
  1,828 
  

   Total 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  blue 
  stone 
  indus- 
  

   try 
  .. 
  . 
  . 
  .. 
  1,3^2 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  employed 
  in 
  brickmaking 
  1 
  , 
  270 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  men 
  employed 
  in 
  getting 
  out 
  millstones, 
  

   road 
  metal, 
  burning 
  lime, 
  quarrying 
  limestone, 
  etc. 
  

   (estimated) 
  520 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  

  

  5,000 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  average 
  through 
  the 
  year, 
  

   but 
  the 
  figures 
  are 
  estimated 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  highest 
  number 
  

   employed 
  at 
  any 
  one 
  season. 
  In 
  brickmaking 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  men 
  are 
  employed 
  from, 
  and 
  including, 
  May 
  to 
  October. 
  

  

  