THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 965 



Production of sandstone in 1904 



District 



Building 



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Curbing 



and 

 nagging 



Paving 



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Crushed 

 stone 



Rubble, 

 nprap 



All 

 other 



Bluestone 

 Hudson river 



$99 114 

 117 806 

 85 710 

 i75 072 

 4 39° 



$352 249 

 310 913 

 24 100 

 300 

 16 255 



$13 394 







$44 



5 043 

 1 000 

 1 502 

 163 



Delaware river. . . 

 Chenango county . 

 Wyoming county . 

 Other districts. . . . 



Total bluestone. 



Sandstone 

 Orleans county. . . 

 Other districts. . . . 



Total sandstone 



Combined total 





$3 218 





$1 39° 



5oo 

 100 



$482 092 



$703 817 



$13 394 



$1 390 



$3 818 $7 752 



$115 000 

 40 5i5 



$185 526 

 12 684 



$274 846 

 5 012 



$26 193 



$1 900 

 9 018 



$11 500 

 2 240 



$155 5i5 



$198 210 



$279 858 



$26 193 



$10 918 



$13 74o 



$637 607 



$902 027 



$293 252 



$27 583 



$14 736 



$21 492 



The value of bluestone quarried for all purposes in 1904 was 

 $1,212,263 or approximately 64% of the total sandstone; the value 

 of other sandstones quarried was $684,434 or 36% of the total. 



The production of bluestone by districts was as follows: Hudson 

 river, $464,801; Delaware river, $436,980; Wyoming county, 

 $177,374; Chenango county, $110,810; elsewhere, $22,298. Of 

 the sandstone quarried Orleans county reported an output valued 

 at $588,772 and other counties an output valued at $95,662. 



A more detailed classification of the product that would cover 

 each county separately has been found impracticable, since many 

 of the large companies who operate quarries at several localities 

 are unable to divide their output according to the different sources. 

 The relative rank of the principal counties of the State, was, how- 

 ever, as follows in the order of their importance: Orleans, Ulster, 

 Delaware, Wyoming, Sullivan, Chenango and St Lawrence. 



The foregoing table shows that of the bluestone quarried along 

 the Hudson river, in Albany, Greene and Ulster counties, about 

 75% in value was sold as curbstone and flagstone and about 22% 

 as building stone. In the Delaware river districts, including Sulli- 

 van, Delaware and Broome counties, the value of the flagstone and 

 curbstone sold amounted to 70% and building stone to 27% of the 

 total. In Chenango and Wyoming counties, on the other hand, 

 almost the entire output was marketed as building stone, the value 

 of flagstone and curbstone being less than 6% of the total sales. 

 The output of Medina sandstone in Orleans county was used chiefly 



