336 New Yoek at the Wokld's Columbian Expositioit. 



Run. The quarry of Persbaclier Bros. & Co. at Callicoon is about 

 one-half mile northwest of the village. During fifteen months that it 

 has been worked about fifty carloads of fifteen to eighteen tons each 

 have been shipped from it. All this stone has been taken from a sin- 

 gle block twenty-five by forty-three feet in area. Five men ai-e at 

 work in this quarry. Most of the material taken out is flagstone, but 

 some ten and twelve-inch lifts have been raised. The stone is of good 

 color, bluer in the top layers than in the bottom, and very hard. The 

 bed has been worked downward twelve feet, below which the depth 

 is unknown. The top is mostly loose earth and varies from two to ten 

 feet in depth. 



There are several large quarries at Hankins in the town of Fremont. 

 The largest is operated by Manny & Eoss. It is one and one-fourth 

 miles northeast of the village, and employs about twenty men in the 

 active season. A quarry face of 300 to 400 feet in length has been 

 opened, but only a small part of it is worked. The workable bed is 

 twenty to twenty-five feet in thickness. Lifts of all thicknesses up to 

 twenty inches are taken ont. The quarry has been worked for eight 

 years and a large quantity of stone is still in sight, but most of it is 

 covered by a very heavy top of rock. The hardness of stone in this 

 locality varies considerably. Louis E. Bliss buys stone at this place. 



At Long Eddy and Basket, in the same township, there are extensive 

 workings. Kinney Brothers have a large quarry at Long Eddy, about 

 one-fourth of a mile from the railroad. This quarry has been worked 

 three or four years and has yielded 400 to 500 carloads of stone. The 

 bed is eighteen feet deep, and the ledge on which the quarry is situated 

 runs nearly north and south. The top is quite heavy, being mostly 

 rock twelve to twenty feet deep, but much broken up and easily 

 removed with the aid of powder. Lifts are from one to twelve inches 

 in thickness. The stone is all blue, soft and easily worked. C. "W. 

 Martin, F. A. Eilgour and L. E. Bliss get stone from these quarries. 



In the town of Hancock, Delaware county, quarrying is carried on 

 very extensively. There are quarries in the Delaware valley at Lordville, 

 Stockport and Hancock, and also on the line of the New York, Onta- 

 rio and Western railroad. Of the quarries in the Delaware valley, the 

 largest are at Lordville and Stockport. The stone from these places is 

 very well suited for ornamental purposes. It is durable and easily 

 worked. That from Lordville is handled by F. A. Kilgour, Eandall & 

 Underwood, and Kirkpatrick Bros. The Stockport stone is claimed to 

 be especially free from " reeds," making it well adapted to stand frost 

 and weathering. It is handled by Kirkpatrick Bros., of Hancock. Far- 

 ther up the valley there are quarries at Hale's Eddy and Deposit, Tomp- 

 kins township, Delaware county, and also a few in the town of Sanford, 

 Broome county, along the Erie. At Hale's Eddy all the stone is quar- 

 ried or bought by 0. M. Kingsbury & Son. Randall & Underwood 

 are the most extensive operators at Deposit. The stone from these 

 places is very soft, and of difEerent shades of color from gray to dark 

 blue. Some of the gray stone is very coarse grained. 



Along the line of the New York, Ontario and Western railroad 

 there are quarries in Sullivan county in the towns of Liberty and Rock- 



