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the upper lifts is coarse grained, while in the lower lifts the 

 stone is finer grained and reedy. The color is fairly good blue 

 throughout. The side seams are fairly regular, but as usual 

 the heads are rough and uneven. The product includes flag 

 and edge stone, which is sold to Travis & Kingsbury at Hale 

 Eddy. Four men are employed. 



Kinney & Lee, Hale Eddy. This quarry is just above Link- 

 roum's and is a new opening. 12 feet of bed are workable, 

 above which are 8 feet of rock and 6 feet of dirt. The lifts are 

 nearly all thin, 1" to 2". and the product is chiefly flag. The 

 stone is rather fine grained and when not discolored by sap 

 is of good blue color. The bed is horizontal and is divided by 

 vertical joints of the usual direction. The east and west joints 

 are very irregular. Travis & Kingsbury at Hale Eddy buy the 

 stone. The cost of cartage is 16$ of the value of the load. Four 

 men are employed. 



Curtis & Smith, Sherman Pa. Quarry lies just north of Penn- 

 sylvania line, 5 miles south of Deposit. The bed of stone is 5 

 feet thick, with 15 to 30 feet of shale top. The stone is fine 

 grained and compact. It is of gray blue color, except where 

 discolored by sap. The bed is horizontal, and the seams 

 3" to 8" apart. The face of the quarry is east and west, 200 

 feet long. Both systems of vertical jointing are present. The 

 product is chiefly flag and edge stone, which is sold at Hale 

 Eddy to Travis & Kingsbury. Three men are employed. 



Hobbs & Tupper, Hale Eddy. These men work on same ledge 

 as Curtis & Smith. Two men are employed. Both quarries are 

 in Broome county. 



John F. Sprague, Oquaga Lake. Quarry is 1J miles southeast 

 of Oquaga Lake. The quarry has been open for a number of 

 years and was worked extensively for a time. The scale of 

 operations is now small, and the main ledge is not worked. 

 Some outside blocks are being worked into flag. The bed of 

 stone in main ledge is 8 feet thick, with 12 to 20 feet of rock 

 top. The stone is uniformly coarse grained and gray. The ver- 

 tical joints are well developed and straight. The lifts run quite 



