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The quarries on (lie terracea between the mountains and the 

 Highwoods district arc as follows: 



Hommell Bros., Fawns. Quarry is If miles northeast of West 

 Saugerties. The bed of stone is 8 feet thick, with 15 feet of 

 shale top. The stone is medium grain, of good blue color, but 

 reedy. The lifts arc evenly bedded, but the stone works " scal- 

 lopy." The product is chiefly edge stone, which is sold to Ulster 

 bluestone co. at Maiden. Two men are employed intermittently. 



Hommell & Ransome, Fawns. Two men employed on same 

 ledge. Quarry equipped with small hand derrick. 



Wolven Bros., Fawns. Quarry miles northeast of West 

 Saugerties and 1> mile south of Hommell Bros. The bed of 

 stone is 4 to 5 feet thick, with 12 to 15 feet of red shale top. 

 The stone is rather coarse grained and a good blue. The bed 

 dips to the southwest. Side seams and heads are present and 

 regular. These vertical joints are tight, making hard quarrying. 

 The lifts vary from 4" to G". Product is chiefly edge stone, 

 which is sold to James Maxwell at Saugerties. Quarry equip- 

 ment consists of a horse power pump and hand derrick. Two 

 men are employed throughout the year. 



The quarries in the vicinity of Palenville are as follows. 



Sylvester Stone & Christopher Hawley, Palenville. Quarry 

 northwest of Palenville on the mountain side at an elevation 

 of 1160 feet. The bed of stone is 5 feet thick, with 20 feet 

 of top, one half shale and one half rock. The stone is coarse 

 grained and greenish blue. Some reeds are present, but split 

 very unevenly. The lifts vary from 4" to 20". Both side seams 

 and " headers " were present when this ledge was first opened, 

 but the headers have run out. The bed dips to the south and 

 west. The product is chiefly edge stone, which is hauled 13 

 miles to Ulster bluestone co. at Maiden. Two to three men are 

 employed. Two or three loads (3 to 4 tons each) a week are pro- 

 duced 8 months in the year. 



Lee Wolven & Frank Simmons, Palenville. Quarry is 250 feet 

 above Stone's. 9 feet of good stone are worked, which is eov- 



