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little vegetable mould, which all flies away in the process of burning. 
Estimating the area at three and a half acres, and the average depth at 
one foot, we have 122,500 bushels, a quantity that will supply the de- 
mand, should it increase to three thousand bushels annually, for forty 
years to come. 
A small bed of tufa furnished a few kilns with lime in Dutch hollow, 
in the town of Ashford. It is now nearly exhausted. 
A number of small beds have been found near the residence of Mr. 
Sias, and we were informed that a bed of some extent had been disco- 
vered in New Albion. 
Near the mouth of the Canaserowlie a bed has been found, and ano- 
ther near Zoar. Neither of them have been worked. Several have 
been found between the last two localities, but all are small and have 
not been worked to any extent. 
Upon the land of Mr. Hancock, in Freedom, a bed covering a consi- 
derable portion of three acres, has been opened. The better portions 
of it are nearly exhausted, though much yet remains that may be ad- 
vantageously used for agricultural purposes. From 3,000 to 6,000 
bushels have been burned annually for the last twelve years. 
Another large one in the north part of Freedom is owned by Mr. 
Sherman. Its precise extent was not ascertained. 
About a mile and a half south of Randolph, a bed of tufa has furnish- 
ed some lime in years heretofore. It is owned by Mr. Chadwick, of 
"Warren county, Pennsylvania. 
Four miles southeast of Randolph, on the land of Judge Leaven- 
worth, a small bed has been found. 
Taking the whole together, there are in the county materials of marl 
and tufa enough to furnish immediately 300,000 bushels of lime. The 
great proportion of the deposits is, fortunately for the future interests, 
in the north part of the county. The Genesee Valley canal will sup- 
ply the depots of Olean and Hinsdale with the Caledonia limestone ; 
and the New-York and Erie rail-road, and the Allegany river, when 
the former shall be constructed and the latter made navigable by the 
removal of obstructions, will supply the southern part of the county, 
from one extreme to the other. 
