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A wire tramway w r as in use for stripping, but has been found 

 to be of little advantage. The bed of stone is blasted out, holes 

 being bored by steam drills and reamed out according to the 

 Knox system. A channeling machine was formerly used. 

 The quarry is equipped with three steam power derricks. A 

 mill equipped with planers, gang saws and rubbing bed is run 

 in connection with the quarry. Here the stone is prepared for 

 the various demands of the market. 100 men are employee! in 

 quarrying and dressing the stone. 1000 carloads have been 

 shipped this year by the Ontario and Western railroad to various 

 points. The market is chiefly in New York and Pennsylvania 

 towns. A special car capable of carrying a stone 25 feet x 15 

 feet is used by the company in shipping the largest stone. 



Examples of construction in which the Oxford bluestone has 

 been used are, the lower portions of Aldrich court, 41-43 Broad- 

 way, New York; the steps in the terrace approaching the capitol 

 at Washington; the steps, platforms and column bases of the 

 capitol at Trenton N. J.; St Lawrence hall, New Haven Ct; 

 the state prison for insane criminals at Matteawan N. Y.; the 

 Oxford bank building at Oxford; and the Trinity Memorial 

 church at Binghamton N. Y. 



South Oxford, Chenango co. 



F. G. Clarke bluestone co. operates a quarry 1 mile east of the 

 railroad. The face is G00 feet long in a north and south direc- 

 tion. A top bed of 4 feet is quarried mainly for flagging. It is 

 covered with a top of 4 feet of clay. Underneath the bed of flag 

 is shale 15 feet thick, covering the liver rock 9 feet thick. 

 The same system of quarrying is in use as at Oxford. The 

 quarry is equipped with hand derricks and drills. The flag is 

 shipped from Coventry Station by the railroad, but the liver 

 rock is sent to Oxford for mill treatment. 50 men are employed 

 throughout the year. 



Several small quarries have been opened in the vicinity of 

 South Oxford for flagging at Tyner, Walker's Corners and 

 Springfield Flats. 



