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are employed throughout the year. The product is sold to> 

 James Maxwell at Saugerties. 



Along the road from Veteran postoffice, running south 

 through Fish Creek and Highwoods are numerous quarries. 

 Just south of Veteran is the following quarry. 



William Hayen, Veteran postoffice. The bed of stone is 10 to 

 12 feet thick, with 10 to 12 feet of top, which is mostly shale. 

 Bed dips as usual to the south and west, and the bedding 

 planes are irregular. The stone is fine grained, of good blue 

 color and reedy. The rifts vary from 20" to 24", which are 

 split into curb. Two men are employed throughout the year. 

 The product is sold to James Maxwell at Saugerties, who owns 

 the ledge. 



Eygo Bros. & Cronin, Veteran postoffice. > This firm works on 

 same ledge as Hayen. This ledge has been opened about J 

 mile in a north and south direction. Three men employed 

 throughout the year. 



John Ferguson, Veteran postoffice. This quarry is just east of 

 Haven's and on the ledge above. It is being worked toward 

 the east and against the dip. This is unusual, nearly all 

 the quarries being worked from the east toward the west. 

 The bed of stone is 5 to 6 feet thick, with 10 feet of shale 

 top. The stone is fine grained, of good blue color and reedy. 

 The lifts vary from 24" to 30". The head-off s are not very promi- 

 nent and the side seams are somewhat irregular. The product 

 is principally curb, which is sold to James Maxwell at Sauger- 

 ties, who owns the ledge. Three to four men are employed 

 during the year. This ledge has been extensively worked, but 

 the top is becoming too heavy for the bed. 



John Cusick, Veteran postoffice. Quarry is on same ledge as 

 Ferguson, but just north. The top is somewhat thicker, being 

 nearly 60 feet of shale. There is a curious streak in the shale, 

 in which large round boulders are bedded. Two to three men 

 are employed. 



Brennan Bros. & Ledwith, Veteran postoffice. This quarry is 

 situated § mile south of Veteran and is in the vicinity of 



