. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. / '^ Published monthly by the BULLETIN 281 University of the State of New York MARCH 1903 New York State Museum Frederick J. H. Merrill Director Bulletin 61 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1 1 QUARRIES OF BLUESTONE AND OTHER SANDSTONE IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK STATE BY HAROLD T. DIG KIN PAGE Preface 3 Introduction 4 Joints and bedding < Stripping 9 Quarrying 10 Dressing 12 Rent and ownership 13 Transportation 14 Market 16 Quarries in Greene and Ulster counties 17 Snake rock quarries 58 Merrihew ledge 64 List of buyers on Hudson river 65 Condition of the
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. / '^ Published monthly by the BULLETIN 281 University of the State of New York MARCH 1903 New York State Museum Frederick J. H. Merrill Director Bulletin 61 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1 1 QUARRIES OF BLUESTONE AND OTHER SANDSTONE IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK STATE BY HAROLD T. DIG KIN PAGE Preface 3 Introduction 4 Joints and bedding < Stripping 9 Quarrying 10 Dressing 12 Rent and ownership 13 Transportation 14 Market 16 Quarries in Greene and Ulster counties 17 Snake rock quarries 58 Merrihew ledge 64 List of buyers on Hudson river 65 Condition of the bluestone industry in Ulster county 67 Quarries in Broome, Delaware and Sullivan counties 67 Docks and stone buyers along Erie and Ontario and Western railroads 85 Quarries In the south central counties 86 Quarries in the southwestern counties .... 97 Index 105 Plates 1 Map of location of New York bluestone quarries Cover page 3 2 Map of location of eastern Catskill blue- stone quarries Cover page 3 FACE PAGE 3 Waste weir of Kingston reservoir no. 1, SawkiU valley, Ulster co 35 4 T. McDonald bluestone quarry in bed of Sawklll creek 36 SON Plates (cont'd) 5 Tom Gad bluestone quarj hill, Ulster 6 Owen Grant bluestone quj Hollow, Ulster co.,. BuKEAU SfN FACE PAOte ml ry near Stony 88 7 Henry St John bluestone quarry, 1 mile east of Walton 69 8 Frank Bond bluestone quarry in Oxbow hollow, 33^ miles from Walton 69 9 George Davis bluestone quarry, 2J^ miles east of Walton 69 10 J. Merritt bluestone quarry, 2 miles south of Hamden 70 11 I. J. Moore bluestone quarry. Pine creek south of Walton 71 12 W. G. Underwood bluestone quarry on N. Y. O. & W. R. R. between Cadosia and Rock Rift 71 13 Conrow and Hauyck bluestone quarry, north of Deposit 77 14 Bluestone quarry in Sands creek hollow near Hancock 83 15 F. G. Clarke bluestone co. quarry, Ox- ford 87 16 J. T. Hunt bluestone quarry, 6 miles north of Trumansburg 91 17 Genesee Valley bluestone co. quarry, 3 miles north of Portag
Size: 1355px × 1843px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectscience, bookyear1887
