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10" thick. Lifts vary from 10" to 21" iii thickness. This stone 

 does not work well under planer, being very tough. 

 " head-offs " are seen in the opening. Product is mostly edge 

 stone, which is hauled 7 miles to Maiden and sold to Ulster blue- 

 stone co. Cost of cartage is 26# of value of load. Four to five 

 men are employed during the summer months. 



Dederick Bros., Kiskatom. This is a small quarry situated east 

 of Bean & Lewis and on the ledge below their quarry. Bed of 

 stone is 1\ feet thick with 7 to 8 feet of clay top. When this 

 quarry was first opened, the bed was much thicker, but, as the 

 quarrymen say, it has " pitched out." Stone is of medium sized 

 grains an^l good blue color. Beeds are present but are said not 

 to open from the weather. Xo head-offs are to be seen. Bed 

 dips to the south and west. The ledge has been opened up 300 

 to 400 feet in a north and south direction. Lifts vary from 

 2" to 10". Product is flag and edge stone, which is sold to 

 Smith & Yeager at West Camp. Three men are employed all 

 the year. 



Smith & Yeager, Kiskatom. Quarry is just east of Dederick 

 Bros, and on ledge below. Bed of stone averages 10 feet in 

 thickness with a top of 3 feet of rock, and 12 to 15 feet of clay. 

 The stone is rather fine grained and quite dark blue. Reeds are 

 present, and stone is split 10" or 12" to avoid danger of their 

 opening. Lifts are heavy, 5 to 6 feet thick. Water is trouble- 

 some here and is handled by a "Bush" pump. The quarry is 

 equipped with two horse power derricks and a steam drill. As 

 no "heads" are present, the drill is used to break off blocks. The 

 holes are drilled very close together in an east and west line. 

 The distance between the edges of adjoining holes is about H". 

 After a row of holes has been drilled the width of the block, a 

 new bit is set in the drill, which breaks out the connecting stone 

 between two holes, giving a fluted appearance to the edge of 

 each block. This is the only place in the Ulster county district 

 where this system is used. The product is of all classes of 

 stone, which is hauled to West Camp. This firm is a small buyer 

 of stone from this district and has docks at Catskill and West 



