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Table 8.—Sand and gravel production by Government-and-contractor operations,
by 
counties 
(Thousand short tons) 
County 
1966 
1967 
County 1966 
1967 
Allegany                 
Broome                  
Cattaraugus               
Cayuga                  
Chautauqua               
Chemung                 
Chenango                
Clinton                  
Columbia                 
10 
23 
73 
3 
190 
11 
30 
31 
9 
29 
98 
104 
25 
265 
26 
97 
16 
17 
Montgomery 6Oneida 161Onondaga 468Ontario 56Orange 56Orleans 12Oswego 83Otsego
68St. Lawrence 133 
9 
257 
273 
32 
56 
3 
100 
52 
100 
Cortland                        
Delaware                 
Dutchess                 
Essex                   
Franklin                 
Fulton                   
Genesee                  
Herkimer                 
Jefferson                 
Lewis                   
Livingston                
Monroe                  
33 
58 
137 
150 
19 
17 
21 
142 
27 
8 
4 
20 
19 
78 
8 
93 
  
27 
66 
268 
96 
8 
  
Saratoga 47Schenectady                    Schoharie                     
Schuyler 39Steuben 122Suffolk                        Sullivan           
           Tioga 3Washington                    Wayne 100Yates 19Undistributed
1 12,381 
36 
7 
3 
28 
151 
9 
5 
3 
26 
119 
22 
12,921 
 
 
 
Total 14,750 
15,572 
1 Includes data unspecified by 
counties. 
 
 
 
 
counties had stone industries with output valued in excess of $1 million.

 Crushed limestone was the predominant type in the State, accounting for
89 percent of the tonnage and 83 percent of the value of all stone produced.
Limestone was mined in 30 counties, of which nine reported output .exceeding
1 million tons each. The chief uses for crushed limestone were as an aggregate
material and for the manufacture of cement and lime. Other uses included
agricultural stone, riprap, railroad ballast, asphalt filler, fluxing stone,
and whiting. A small quantity of dimension limestone was produced in Niagara
and Onondaga Counties. 
 The following limestone quarries received citations from the National Safety
Competition for having had no disabling work injuries during 1967: Plant
No. 1, Callanan Road Improvement Co., Albany County; Stafford Quarry, Genesee
Stone Products Corp., Genesee County; Jamesyule Quarry, Industrial Chemical
Division, Allied Chemical Corp., Onondaga County; Oriskany Falls Quarry,
Eastern Rock Products, Inc., Oneida County; Tomkins Cove Quarry, Rock Industries
Division, Martin Marietta Corp., Rockland County; Norwood Quarry, Agricultural
Division, Allied Chemical Corp., St. Lawrence County; and South Lansing Quarry,
Cayuga Crushed Stone, Inc., Tompkins 
County. 
 Basalt (traprock) was the second-ranking stone and was produced only in
Rockland County. Output increased 16 percent over that of 1966. The chief
uses were for concrete aggregate, road metal, riprap, and railroad ballast.
The West Nyack Quarry, New York Trap Rock Corp., Rockland County, received
a citation from the National Safety Competition for having had no disabling
work injuries during 1967. 
 Sandstone was quarried and marketed as dimension stone as well as crushed
stone, and continued to rank third in tonnage and value in the State. Output
decreased 14 percent, but the value remained essentially the same. Production
was reported from seven counties, led by Delaware and Sullivan. 
 Marble was quarried in Dutchess, Westchester, and St. Lawrence Counties,
but none was produced for use as dimension stone. Output was crushed and
ground for a variety of uses, mostly for filling and for agriculture. 
 Slate was quarried and prepared for use as flagging, roofing, and structural
stone in Washington County. Output of slate was 22 percent less than in 1966,
but value decreased only 4 percent. Granite was quarried and dressed in Essex
and Westchester Counties for building stone. Crushed granite from Warren
and Westchester Counties