BLUBSTONFJ AND OTHBB SANDSTONES 



Iamb Bros., West Hurley. This is another small quarry with 

 only 3 feet of bed. with 7 feet of stripping. The stone is not as 

 good a blue as is usual in the district, and only small sizes of 

 stone are produced. The quarry is equipped with a siphon. The 

 product is sold to Hewitt Boice, Kingston. Two men are em- 

 ployed. 



James O'Neill, Wes.t Hurley. The quarry is situated $ mile 

 southwest of West Hurley. The bed of stone is 8 feet thick, 

 with an average thickness of stripping of 10 feet. The lifts vary 

 from 4" to 20". The stone is fine grained and of good blue color. 

 The two systems of vertical jointing are present. The bed 

 dips to the south and west. Some blasting is necessary in 

 quarrying some of the heavier lifts. The Knox system is used. 

 The water is drained by a ditch and horse power pump. The 

 length of face in a north and south direction is 350 feet. The 

 output includes all varieties of marketable stone, and is hauled 

 by wagon to Hewitt Boice at Kingston. O'Neill does his own 

 hauling, and at 70c a ton a profit is made. Ten men are em- 

 ployed 10 months in the year. $6000 is the value of the product 

 per year. 



Martin Lane, West Hurley. This is an old abandoned quarry 

 opened up this year. The face is 75 feet long, in a north and 

 south direction. The bed of stone is 7 feet thick with 10 feet 

 of shale and rock top. The stone is of fair quality and quite 

 reedy. The lifts vary from 4" to 20" and can be split to almost 

 any thickness. The bed dips to the south and west. The out- 

 put is sold to various dealers at Wilbur, where it is hauled by 

 wagon. A siphon is in use. Three men are employed. 



South of West Hurley and Stony Hollow is the Morgan hill 

 and Hurley woods district. The quarries arc nearly all aban- 

 doned now, only a few men quarrying regularly. Quarrying and 

 farming are carried on together. 



Dunn Bros., Hurley. The bed of stone is 4 to 5 feet thick, with 

 15 to 18 feet of rock stripping. The stone is of medium grain, 

 of good blue color, and reedy; The lifts vary from 4" to 8". 



