THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I909 "JJ 



At Little Falls, Herkiiner co., where an outlyimg tO'tiigue of 

 syenite is quarried and crushed, three firms were in operation. 

 The output is mainly sold as crushed stone for road and concrete 

 work. The centralized location and good transportation facilities 

 have given rise to a large industry. The plant of the Syenite 

 Trap Rock Co. was destroyed by fire in November but will in all 

 probability be rebuilt. 



The industry in Westchester county remains in about the same 

 condition as in previous years. The granite and gneiss of the 

 county are quarried in a small way, and used locally, or shipped 

 to New York. The gneissic character of the stone makes it O'f 

 use, mainly, for building purposes, especiailly for foundation work. 

 Some of the granite when polished, howiever, presents a pleasing 

 appearance. Eight firms were operative in the county in 1909. 

 Many Italians work quarries in an intermittent way, merely skim- 

 ming off the top rock from place to place. This class of produc- 

 tion must be omitted from the tabulations as it is impo'Ssble to 

 collect accurate statistics. 



One of the features oi the year was the opening of a quarry 

 at Cornwall, Orange co., by the Storm King Stone Co. which pro- 

 duced a large quantity of crushed stone. 



Clinton, Fulton and Rockland counties also contributed to the 

 production in 1909. 



The total production for the year was $479,955 as against 

 $3,67,564 for 1908, a gain of 30 per cent. This gain was almost 

 entirely due to the enormoiis gain in output O'f paving blocks in 

 Jefferson coiunty and to the output from Orange county. The 

 paving block industry made a very encouraging advance, the pro- 

 Auction in 1909 being more than donble that of 1908. The stone 

 for building purposes showed a decided decline in production over 

 the year 1908. The production of building stone in 1909 was 

 valued at $35,019 against $71,122 in 1908. Monumental stone, on 

 the other hand, because of the activity at Ausable Forks gained 

 slightly, the value for 1909 being $33,818 against $27,585 in 1908. 



The crushed stone industry received a slight setback because 

 of business troubles at Little Falls, but this was offset by tire pro- 

 duction of the two new firms in Orange and' Rockland counties. 

 The total production in 1909 reached $182,029 as against $152,783 

 in 1908. 



