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William Charlton, Saw kill. Two men employed the year round. 

 Quarry equipped with siphon. 



W. F. Watson, Sawkill. Two oxen employed. A siphon is in 

 use. 



Sheehan Bros., Sawkill. This quarry is on ledge above the 

 main Jockey hill ledge and is only opened here. The bed of 

 sione is of rather poor quality and only 4 feet thick. The strip- 

 ping amounts to from L5 lo 18 feel of clay and rock. The ledge 

 is owned by Hewitt Boice, who buys the output at Kingston. 

 Two men arc employed. • 



Tom Gad, West Hurley. Quarry is situated on Morey hill just 

 west of Jockey hill. The bed of stone is 10 feet thick with 20 

 feet of shale stripping. The face of opened ledge is 250 feet 

 long in a north and south direction. The stone is medium 

 grained and of good blue color. Reeds are present. The side 

 scams arc regular and smooth. The product is almost entirely 

 edge stone, which is sold to different buyers in Kingston, Eight 

 men are employed in the quarry. 



Mrs J. McRieif, West Hurley. Quarry on same ledge as Gad's, 

 but located on opposite 1 side of the hill. The quality and thick- 

 ness of bed is the same, but the stripping is 30 feet of shale. 

 The product is sold to Hewitt Boice at Kingston. Two men are 

 employed. 



Following this line of quarries south from Jockey Hill, it 

 turns westward in a direction parallel to the Rondout creek 

 through the following quarry districts: Stony Hollow and 

 West Hurley, Morgan hill, Lapala, Atwood. Vly. Scarawan and 

 Mackey hill. The quarries will be described in order. 



At Stony Hollow and West Hurley the same conditions hold 

 as in many others of The districts in Ulster county, viz, the beds 

 have been worked out as the stripping has become too heavy for 

 -profitable operation. 



Owen Grant, West Hurley. Quarry is at Stony Hollow. Bed 

 of stone is Hi feet thick, with an equal amount of stripping of 

 rock. The stone is of excellent quality for curb and cross walks. 

 It is not suitable for building purposes, as small round spots in 



