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Ellis Wolven. Woodstock. Quarry is situated 1\ miles south- 

 west of Daisy, and miles east of Woodstock. The quarry is 

 a pit in the open field. The thickness of bed is 4 to 5 feet, with 

 1 to 2 feet of rock and 6 to 7 feet of clay top. The stone is 

 dark blue and rather fine grained, and reeds are present in top 

 lifts. The dip of the bed is to the northwest. The lifts vary 

 from 3" to 22". The product is chiefly edge stone, which is sold 

 to Ulster bluestone co. at Maiden. Three to four men are 

 employed during the year. 



In the vicinity of Woodstock the following operators are 

 working. 



N. Mower, Woodstock. Quarry is on a ledge CI mile east of 

 Woodstock) which has been opened for some length. The bed 

 of stone is very rough and 2 to 4 feet thick. The overburden is 

 S to 10 feet of rock. The dip is to the west and north. The 

 stone is fine grained in upper lifts and coarse in lower. It is of 

 good blue color. The vertical joints are somewhat irregular 

 and stained with iron. The product is sold to James Maxwell 

 at Saugerties. The quarry is worked intermittently by two 

 men. 



Canine & Longendyke, Woodstock. Quarry on same ledge as 

 Mower's. Two men employed intermittently. 



Egbert Schoonmaker, Woodstock. Quarry is situated J mile 

 east of Woodstock. The bed of stone is 6 to 7 feet thick, with 

 4 to 5 feet of rock and clay top. The bed is very irregular and 

 dips rather sharply to the north and west. Water collects at 

 the lower end and is drained by a siphon. The stone is medium 

 grained and of dark blue color. Some pyrites is found in the 

 bed and affects color of stone on exposure. The lifts vary from 

 2" to 12". and all varieties of stone are produced, and sold to 

 James Maxwell at Saugerties. Two men employed during the 

 year. 



Levi Mann, Woodstock. Quarry situated \ mile north of 

 Woodstock. The bed of stone is 3 feet thick on an average, but 

 is very irregular and rough. The top is of rock 8 feet thir-k. 

 The stone is fine grained and reedy. The bed dips to the north 



