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heavy in the main ledge, 6" to 10". The stone is free from reeds. 

 The bed is horizontal. The outside blocks are thin bedded and 

 produce flag 1" to 2" thick, which is as smooth as a board. It 

 is the intention of the owner to put in a derrick, strip the main 

 ledge, and quarry stone on a somewhat larger scale. The 

 product is sold at Hale Eddy and Deposit. 



Andrew Weyman, Deposit. Quarry 1 mile south of Oquaga 

 Lake. The quarry is very small. The bed of stone is 5 feet 

 thick, with 8 feet of shaly top. The stone is thin bedded, gray 

 and coarse grained. The product, which is flag, is hauled to 

 Hale Eddy. It is worked only intermittently. 



Riley Shellman, Deposit. Quarry is situated on Sand pond 

 hill, 2J miles south of Deposit, in Broome county. The bed of 

 stone is 4J feet thick, with 15 feet of rock top, which is broken. 

 The bed dips to the west slightly -and is divided by regular verti- 

 cal joints north and south. The east and west joints are uneven 

 and rough. The stone is fine grained, compact and gray bine. 

 Near the joints the stone is discolored by sap. The lifts vary 

 from 1J" to 4" in thickness. Few reeds are present. The ledge 

 has been opened 250 feet along the side seams. The product 

 of flag and curb is sold at Deposit to Deposit stone co. Three 

 men are employed. 



P. J. Madden, Deposit. Quarry is situated in Broome county 

 south of McClure postoffice on hill south of Erie railroad. This 

 is quite an extensive quarry, and is worked on a larger scale 

 than usual in the district. The bed of stone is 12 feet thick and 

 has an overburden of red shale 25 feet thick. The red shale 

 is not often found in this vicinity. Just below the shale and 

 above the bed is a stratum of rock 4 feet thick, which has a 

 greenish tinge. The north and south vertical joints, or side 

 seams, are regular and smooth, but the other system of vertical 

 jointing is very irregular. The ledge has been opened around 

 the hill 150 feet. The lifts vary from 6" to 20" in thickness, 

 but are reedy and can be split into 2" flag if necessary. The 

 stone is fine grained, compact and a light gray blue. The quarry 

 is favorably situated near the Sand bank switch on the Erie, 



