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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



The ledges are owned by James Maxwell of Saugerties, who 

 buys the output. The top lifts are usually harder than the 

 lower ones. 



The following are the operators. 



Daniel Darrigan, Saugerties. Bed of stone is 4 to 5 feet thick, 

 with 12 to 15 feet of rock top. Bed dips to the south and west 

 gently. Stone is of medium grain, good blue color, but very 

 reedy. The lifts vary from 4" to 8" in thickness. Both systems 

 of vertical joints are present. The product includes all varie- 

 ties of marketable stone. Five to six men are employed. 



Lahert Bros., Highwoods. Bed of stone 6 feet thick, with 9 feet 

 of top, 1 foot of which is rock, the balance being clay containing 

 boulders. Stone is light blue, fine grained and reedy. Lifts are 

 quite heavy, being as thick as 4 feet. Bed dips gently to the 

 southwest. The product is mainly curb. Four men are 

 employed during the year. 



Daniel Darrigan, Veteran. Quarry on the same ledge as that 

 of Lahert Bros. One man employed during the year. 



Mrs John Darrigan, Highwoods. The bed of stone here is 8 feet 

 thick, with 20 feet of clay and rock top. The stone is a darker 

 shade of blue than that in Laherts' opening. A shale streak 

 also appears in the bed here. The product includes all varieties. 

 Four to five men are employed auring the year. The quarry is 

 equipped with a hand derrick. 



Richard Lannigan, Highwoods. The bed is the same in thick- 

 ness and quality of stone as at Darrigan's, but the top is some- 

 what different, consisting of 3 to 4 feet of clay, 4 feet of shale 

 and 3 feet of rock. The top lifts of this bed are hard, while the 

 lower lifts are softer. No heads are present. The product is 

 chiefly edge stone. Four men are employed throughout the year. 

 A hand derrick is in use. 



William Scott, Highwoods. The bed here is not quite so thick, 

 about 7 feet, with 10 or 12 feet of top, mostly shale. The quality 

 of stone is the same. Four men are employed during the year. 



James Darrigan, Veteran postoffice. Three men are employed 

 at this quarry, which is close to Scott's, and resembles that 

 quarry in the quality of bed and thickness. 



