THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9I3 



Production of limestone by counties in 1913 



89 



COUNTY 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



LIME 

 MADE 



FURNACE 

 FLUX 



BUILD- 

 ING 



STONE 



OTHER 



USES 



TOTAL 



Albany 



$141 583 



30 455 



42 861 



433 117 



514 619 



208 881 



2 300 



1 800 



8 170 



11 971 



43 365 

 30 695 

 30 949 

 22 396 



282 425 



13 407 

 86 742 

 76 071 

 32 466 

 1 500 

 370 859 











$141 583 



43 081 



124 449 

 451 509 



832 579 



288 941 



2 650 



1 800 



Cayuga 







$12 552 

 450 



$74 

 1 255 



Clinton 



Dutchess . . 



$62 073 

 18 392 



15 OOO 



$17 810 



Erie 



251 Oil 

 60 860 



56 239 



IO 710 



Genesee 



700 1 =;oo 



Greene 





350 



Herkimer 









Jefferson 



58 23O 



43 602 



41 571 



7 650 



I OOO 



I 380 



114 



685 



5 199 



4 995 



2 810 



9 58i 

 810 



43i 



l6 4OO 



4 471 

 1 950 



1 361 



236 



209 500 



453 

 26 438 



83 800 

 60 158 

 88 951 

 43 544 

 39 305 



240 940 



501 506 

 36 747 



114 on 

 92 081 



218 601 



Lewis 



Madison 



Monroe 



Montgomery 



Niagara 





215 498 



Onondaga 



St Lawrence 



Schoharie 



Ulster. . 



3 162 



16 010 

 IS4 618 



18 915 



400 



Warren 





5 4-^S 



26 082 



Washington 



Other counties. . . 



43 000 



23 600 8 228 



250 



947 | 58 



44 75o 

 403 692 



Total 



$2 386 632 



$486 908 $575 102 



$101 198^302 838 



$3 852 678 



MARBLE 



Marble, in the commercial sense, like granite, includes a variety 

 of rocks that lend themselves to building or decorative uses. Most 

 commonly, the name signifies a crystalline aggregate of calcite or 

 dolomite, as distinguished from ordinary limestones which at best 

 are of indistinctly crystalline nature. At the same time it implies 

 the feature of attractiveness by reason of color and the ability to 

 take a lustrous polish. Rocks possessing all these features are mar- 

 bles in the strict sense to which the name may be applied without 

 qualification. Some compact or granular limestones that lack the 

 elements of thorough crystallinity make, however, a handsome ap- 

 pearance when polished, and such are commercially classed as mar- 

 bles. Fossil marbles, black marbles, and a few other kinds are com- 

 monly of the noncrystalline type. Serpentine marble, or verde 

 antique, is made up for the most part of the mineral serpentine, a 

 silicate of magnesium and iron, and is therefore not related to the 

 varieties already described. Ophitic limestone, or ophicalcite, is a 

 crystalline limestone or dolomite carrying grains and nodules of ser- 



