BLUESTONE AND OTHER SANDSTONES 



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The face of the quarry runs north and south, and is 500 feet long. 

 The jointing is north and south. Drainage is natural. The 

 stone is a very dark blue, fine grained and easily split. A hand 

 power derrick and steam drill are part of the equipment. Five 

 to six men are employed during the year. The stone is shipped 

 from Taughannock Falls station on the Lehigh Valley railroad. 



On both sides of Taughannock creek, just below the falls, flag- 

 stone is being quarried by two operators, F. C. Biggs employing 

 two to three men, and Peter O'Hara employing six to seven 

 men. The bed worked is 3 to 4 feet thick and covered with 6 to 

 10 feet of soil. The stone is dark blue, fine grained and reedy. 

 The lifts vary from 6 inches to 1 foot, but can be split easily to 

 2". Drilling is done by " jumper " drills, otherwise the quarry- 

 ing is the same as in Ulster county. The product is shipped at 

 Taughannock Falls by the Lehigh Valley railroad to Syracuse, 

 Rochester, Ithaca and Sayre Pa. Each operator has a hand 

 derrick. 



Several quarries J of a mile west of the shore of Cayuga lake 

 have been opened, but have not been worked in late years. 



J. T. Hunt of Farmer operates a small quarry 6 miles from 

 Trumansburg and 1 mile west of Cayuga lake. The product is 

 flag of a reddish tinge and is quarried for local uses. 



Ithaca, Tompkins co. 



Sandstone of the Portage horizon is quarried 1^ miles south 

 of Ithaca on the hillside above and below the Delaware, Lacka- 

 wanna and Western railroad track. The stone is used for flag- 

 ging, common building stone, and is crushed for road metal. The 

 stone is a dark bluish gray and fine grained. The beds vary 

 from 10 to 1G feet in thickness and have occasional streaks of 

 shale in them. The stripping of earth is 6 to 20 feet thick. The 

 stone is thin bedded, the distance between the seams averaging 

 2". The two quarries produce road metal and are equipped with 

 steam crushers and drills. 



Wilbur J. Bates operates a quarry on the hill in the southern 

 part of the town intermittently. The bed is 35 feet thick, a great 

 deal of which is waste. The lifts vary from 2" to 10" in thick- 



