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where Mr Madden has a loading dock. The product includes 

 all varieties of stone. Six to 10 men are employed the year 

 round. The quarry is equipped with a hand power derrick. 



Patrick McAvoy, Deposit. Quarry situated on Shaeffer hill 2\ 

 miles north of Deposit. The quarry is very small, showing 4 

 feet of thin bedded, coarse grained stone. The bed dips to the 

 northeast rather sharply and is covered with a top of thin 

 bedded rock 12 to 15 feet thick. The vertical jointing is very 

 irregular. The product is chiefly flag, which is sold at Deposit 

 to Kirkpatrick Bros. 



John W. Scott, Deposit. Quarry 2£ miles northeast of Deposit 

 on Rooney hill. The bed is horizontal and 9 feet thick at the 

 maximum. The top is of red rock 10 to 15 feet thick, some of 

 which is worked into salable stone. The seams are 6" to 8" 

 apart. The face of the quarry runs 125 feet north and south. 

 The stone is fine grained, light gray blue and very dense. The 

 product is chiefly edge stone, which is sold to Kirkpatrick Bros, 

 at Deposit. Two men are employed. 



Conrow & Hauyck, Deposit. This firm is quarrying on the 

 northern end of the ledge where Scott is quarrying. Here 

 black jack occurs, which has eaten the bed down to 4| feet. 

 The black jack is lens-shaped, soft and crumbles in the hand. 

 Two men are employed. 



F. D. Walley, Deposit. Quarry is 2 miles north of Deposit on 

 west side of Delaware river. The bed of stone is 10 feet thick, 

 with a 2 foot streak of rough rock 3 feet below the top of bed. 

 The stone below the rough streak is of better quality than above 

 it. The bed pitches to the south and west gently. The strip- 

 ping consists of 5 feet of rock and 13 feet of earth containing 

 boulders. The stone is fine grained and gray blue. The side 

 seams are regular, but the headers are very rough. The lifts 

 vary from 2" to 8". The product is sold to Kirkpatrick Bros, at 

 Deposit. Two men are employed. 



George Shellman, Deposit. Quarry 5| miles from Deposit on 

 west side of Delaware river. The bed of stone is feet thick, 

 with a top (varying from 7 to 15 feet in thickness) mostly of rock. 



