THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I912 6$ 



$133,736, or an average of $6.30 a thousand. In the preceding 

 year the value of the outturn was $92,064, an average of approx- 

 imately $6 a thousand. 



The active manufactures included the following: Buffalo Sand- 

 stone Brick Co., with a plant at Lancaster; Dyett Sand-Lime Brick 

 Co., Port Jefferson; Glens Falls Granite Brick Co., Glens Falls; 

 Paragon Plaster Co., Syracuse; and Rochester Composite Brick 

 Co., with plant at Brighton. The Sandstone Brick Co.'s plant at 

 Schenectady was inactive, but will probably resume operations dur- 

 ing the current season. 



STONE 



The quarrying of stone and its preparation for the varied require- 

 ments of building, engineering construction, etc., holds a prominent 

 place in the industrial activity of the State, and the value of the 

 annual contribution ranks second only to that of clay among min- 

 eral materials. No other mineral industry includes so many in- 

 dividual enterprises or is so widely represented in the different 

 sections. The resources are abundant and varied, comprehending 

 all the principal varieties known to the trade. The greater number 

 of quarries, however, are opened in the limestones and sandstones 

 and supply material chiefly for engineering work, highway improve- 

 ment and such purposes which do not entail any considerable 

 amount of elaboration previous to shipment. In the development 

 of the building, monumental and ornamental branches the local in- 

 dustry has not attained the relative importance that it deserves by 

 reason of the natural wealth of materials adapted to those uses 

 and the advantages for marketing; herein lies, it would appear, the 

 principal field for future enterprise. 



The statistics of production which have been collected from year 

 to year show that the industry in general remains practically station- 

 ary; in fact lately it has taken a downward trend, falling below 

 the average level of earlier years. This has been due in part to 

 the recent business reaction that has affected practically all in- 

 dustries and in part undoubtedly to the gaining favor of cement and 

 concrete for certain construction purposes. The latter has mani- 

 fested itself particularly in the loss of trade among the bluestone 

 quarries which supply flagstone to New York and other eastern 

 cities. This branch of the industry has shown a marked decline 

 in the last few years. 



The total value of the stone quarried in 1912 was $5,718,994, as 

 compared with a reported value of $5,560,355 in 191 1. This in- 

 dicated a gain of $158,639 or about 3 per cent for the year, against 



