Editing Cornish Estate Ruins (section)

== Concerns Over Nearby Quarrying ==
 
[[File:cornish-estate-2.jpg|right|thumb|Ruins of the estate greenhouse]]
Although quarrying operations on [[Breakneck Ridge]] had ended by 1913 with the construction of the Catskill Aqueduct, nearby peaks were still outside the no-blasting zone.  By 1931, a massive quarrying operation had begun on Mount Taurus, the peak adjacent to Breakneck Ridge.  Although the Cornish Estate was well out of harms way, the blasting routinely disrupted the serene, country atmosphere that Cornish sought at his mansion.  In response, Cornish donated all mining rights of his own property to the Hudson River Conservation Society.  In doing so, he ensured that the natural character of Breakneck Ridge and the valley on its eastern slope would not meet the same fate as Mount Taurus.