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NEW YORK StATE MUSEUM 

 Production of stone in 1908 



VARIETY 



BUILDING 

 STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 



AND 

 FLAGGING 



CRUSHED 

 ' STONE 



ALL 

 OTHER 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 



Granite 



$71 122 

 245 655 

 567 444 

 380 182 



$27 585 



a 

 $15 668 



$152 783 

 I 647 629 



$116 074 



I 210 883 



13 921 



282 819 



910 



$367 564 



3 119 835 



692 857 



I 711 585 



723 773 



Limestone . 



Marble 



III 492 



Sandstone 



912 843 



135 741 

 722 863 



Trap 













Total 



$1 264 403 



$139 077 



$928 sii 



$2 659 016 



$1 624 607 



$6 615 614 



a Included lander "All other." 



Production of stone in 1909 



lUILDING 

 STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 



AND 

 FLAGGING 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



ALL 

 OTHER 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 



Granite . . . 

 Limestone . 

 Marble . . . . 

 Sandstone. 

 Trap 



$35 019 

 217 109 

 262 934 

 358 589 



$33 818 



104 495 



$1 352 



IS 363 



25 



783 880 



$182 029 



I 744 314 



6 403 



220 200 



I 061 428 



$227 737 



[ 323 597 



6 159 



477 129 



$479 955 



3 300 383 



380 016 



I 839 798 



I 061 428 



Total . 



$873 651 



$138 313 



$800 620, $3 214 374j$2 034 622 



$7 061 580 



Granite 



The granites oif the State are confined to the borders of the 

 Adirondack region inckiding Jefferson county and to southeastern 

 New York. Many of them are durable and take a beautiful polish 

 but they have never succeeded in competing as cut stone with the 

 granite of the New England States. The causes assigned are 

 various; less favorable facilities for transportation, irregularity of 

 the deposits, and lack of a " name " or prestige are all in part 

 responsible. Two promising fieklis for larger development o^f 

 dressed building and monumental stone are the Pictou and Wellesley 

 island area in the St Lawrence river, and the Ausable Forks quar- 

 ries in Essex county. At the former locality large quantities of 

 stone are being cut for paving blocks, while its use in polished form 

 bids fair to become more popular. 



The Ausabile Forks granite has been quarried intermittently for 

 many years. In recent years, however, the operations have been 

 increased under the management of the Ausable Forks Granite 

 Co., and in 1909 a large production of rough monumental and 

 building stone was made. This stone is of somber green color, 

 takes a handsome pohsh and is excellent for monumental and 

 building purposes. 



