THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I909 



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The Westchester county quarries near Tuckahoe, once so 

 extensively developed, are no longer in operation with the ex- 

 ception of a small amount of stone quarried for crushing. At 

 Ossining also small amounts of stone are crushed for the manu- 

 facture of artificial stone. 



At Plattsburg, CHnton co., the Rutland-Florence MarMe Co. 

 continues to quarry small amounts of the mottled pink and gray 

 Chazy limestone as marble for interior decorations. 



The Trenton limestone at Glens Falls is also quarried and 

 sold in the rough. It is a firm, compact, black limestone, often 

 classed with marbles because of the fine polish which can be 



given to It. 



The total production of marble for the year 1909 was $380,- 

 016 as against $692,857 in 1908 and $1,571,936 in 1907. This 

 production was the smallest reported in a number of years. The 

 Gouverneur district reports the most disastrous year ever 

 known, while at South Dover a large curtailment of production 

 was also shown. The reasons for such a condition can not be 

 ascertained. The use of marble for decoration seems, in gen- 

 eral, to have been increasing in the last few years, while as a 

 monumental stone, no new developments would seem to have 

 arisen to curtail its use. The curtailment seems to have been 

 general throughout all the districts and over all products. 

 Reports from Gouverneur would seem to indicate, however, 

 that better conditions are likely to prevail in 1910, while in the 

 South Dover district, the advent of the Dover White Marble 

 Co., in addition to the South Dover Marble Co., will bring about 

 a more lively trade. 



Production of marble 



VARIETY 



1907 



1908 



1909 



Building marble 



$1 408 190 



152 746 



II 000 



$567~444 



III 492 



13 921 



$262 934 



104 495 



12 587 



Monumental 



Other kinds 





Total 



$1 571 936 



* $692 857 



$380 016 





