THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1915 



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The resources in limestone suitable for agricultural use are 

 rather widespread, but they are not always within easy reach of 

 markets. They are most abundant in the northern section, partic- 

 ularly on the borders of the Adirondack^ and the adjacent regions 

 to the south, where they occur in the Precambric and early Paleo- 

 zoic formations. The crystalline limestones or marbles of St 

 Lawrence, Jefferson, and Lewis counties and the Trenton and 

 Chazy stratified limestones of the Champlain and Mohawk valleys 

 are among the best high calcium rocks. Some agronomists hold 

 the view that magnesium above a small amount is detrimental, 

 while others are of the opinion that it may perform a useful 

 function or at least have no harmful effect if not existing in a 

 proportion of more than about one-half that of lime. Supplies of 

 magnesian limestones occur in Highlands and Taconic sections 

 and also in the central and western counties. The southern tier of 

 counties on the Pennsylvania border are devoid of carbonate rocks. 



Production of limestone by counties in 1914 



COUNTY 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



LIME 

 MADE 



FURNACE 

 FLUX 



BUILD- 

 ING 



STONE 



OTHER 



USES 



TOTAL 



Albany 



Cayuga 



Clinton 



Dutchess 



Erie 



Genesee 



Greene 



Herkimer 



Jefferson 



Lewis 



Madison 



Monroe 



Montgomery. . 



Niagara 



Oneida 



Onondaga. . . . 

 St Lawrence. . 



Schoharie 



Ulster 



Warren 



Washington . . . 

 Other counties , 



Total. . . . 



Sioi 022 



49 860 



14 917 



322 970 



478 127 



156 302 



4 039 



700 



10 992 



3 700 



43 498 



20 027 



6 400 



6 780 



74 74i 

 148 106 



3 937 



108 241 



208 720 



18 406 



375 018 



k 156 503 



56i 462 

 26 050 



!i2 423 



>I4 124 



3 500 $10 616 



177 764 

 40 000 



44 93Q 

 600 



4 035 



11 600 



55 896 

 4 898 



190 334 



4 500 22 172 



7 74° 



129 281 



40 ooo 



28 950 



217 



2 7O0 



I 021 



4 5 76, 744 



300, 5 700 



6 193: 231 036 



2 4401 274 



416 



$370 377 



4 184 



1 708 



1 000 



375 



5 343 

 449 



Sioi 022 

 63 984 

 102 918 

 349 020 

 704 865 

 196 902 



4 039 



700 



25 292 



3 917 



99 394 



25 946 



11 720 



203 114 



74 74i 



385 335 



33 323 



108 657 



216 460 



154 738 



41 000 



408 976 



$446 877 



ii 409 $260 897 $3 316 063 



