BLUES TONE AND OTHER SANDSTONES 



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QUARRIES IX GREEXE AND ULSTER COUNTIES 



The main points where bluestone is quarried in these counties 

 <are Quarryville, Fish Creek, Highwoods, Dutch Settlement, 

 Palenville, West Saugerties, Woodstock, Jockey hill. West 

 Hurley, Stony Hollow, Lapala and Mackey hill. 



Beginning on the north in Greene county and following a line 

 roughly parallel to the Hudson, the first quarries in this dis- 

 trict are 4 miles west of Catskill, those of Lane Bros., Lane & 

 Bloom, Lane & Hood, and Herbert Bloom. 



Lane Bros. Bed of stone is 7^ feet thick, with 20 feet of rock 

 and slate stripping. Stone is fine grained, very reedy and of 

 good blue color. The bed is rough and dips south and west. 

 Cross bedding is shown and some " rock 99 is interbedded with 

 the stone. Lifts are 3" to 12" thick. Three to four men are 

 employed nine months in the year. Product is principally curb 

 and other edge stone, and is sold to Smith & Yeager at Catskill. 



Herbert Bloom. Quarry is south of Lane Bros, and on same 

 ledge, working only top bed of thin bedded flag 3 feet thick. One 

 man is employed intermittently. The product is flag, and is sold 

 to Smith & Yeager at Catskill. 



William Lane & L. Hood. These work on this same 1 dge 

 occasionally, and sell the product at Catskill to Smith & Yeager. 



James Lane & Jacob Bloom. This quarry is situated a quarter 

 of a mile north of Lane Bros., and is probably on the same 

 ledge. Bed of stone is 8 to 9 feet thick, with a top of 15 feet of 

 rock, in which shaly streaks occur. The stone is of fair quality, 

 fine grained and of good blue color. The bed dips slightly to 

 the south and west. Two men are employed during summer 

 months. Product is mostly edge stone, which is sold to Smith 

 & Yeager at Catskill. 



To the south of the above are the quarries near Kiskatom 

 and High Falls, where six openings are being worked, as follows. 



Bean & Lewis, Kiskatom. Quarry is situated f mile south of 

 Kiskatom. Bed of stone is 5 feet thick with 12 to 15 feet of clay 

 top. Stone is fine grained and full of reeds, and of very dark 

 blue color. Xo danger of reeds opening when stone is split to 



