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The Tuckalioc stone is a rather coarse grained i)ure white 

 doloniitic marble. It is quarried and dressed for building^ stone 

 ahnost entirely, and it has been used in the construction of some 

 notable buildings in Washington, New York and Boston. The 

 South Dover region also produces a pure white dolomitic marble 

 which when dressed makes a handsome and durable stone. Among 

 the recent structures of this stone is the new office building of the 

 House of Representatives in Washington which is partly faced with 

 this white marble. One new firm, the Dover White Marble Co., has 

 been organized and is installing an electric air channeling plant and 

 is also engaged in stripping and opening their quarries. St Law- 

 rence county is at present the chief producer of marble in the 

 State. The marble quarried near Gouverneur is light gray to 

 dark blue in color, of coarse grain, and takes a very handsome 

 polish. A large part of it is shipped as monumental stone, consid- 

 erable building stone and rubble also being sold. A certain quan- 

 tity of it is also shipped to Ohio for use as a flux, this production, 

 however, being tabulated under limestone. 



The total production of the State in 1908 was $692,857 as against 

 $1,571,936 in 1907, a large decrease. This extraordinary drop in 

 production was mainly caused by a decrease in the production of 

 marble for building purposes at South Dover and Tuckahoe. The 

 only producer in the South Dover area in 1908 was the South Dover 

 Marble Co., while at Tuckahoe the Waverly Marble Co., for many 

 years a large producer, has ceased operations permanently after 

 operating during a part of 1908. This quarry, the famous Nor- 

 cross quarry, has been in operation for half a century and has fur- 

 nished stone for many noted structures, particularly the Metropoli- 

 tan Life Insurance building in New York city, with its massive 

 tower. Aside from the production of building stone at Tuckahoe, 

 the Tuckahoe Lime & Lumber Co. and its successor, the Marbolith 

 Stone Co., used considerable stone in a finely crushed condition 

 for making an " artificial stone," with a cement base. 



In the Gouverneur district, although a drop in production was 

 reported and was inevitable under the trade conditions of 1908, the 

 decrease was by no means serious. Building stone, both rough and 

 dressed, was produced to the value of $131,037 as compared with 

 $146,190 in 1907; monumental stone $111,492 as against $152,746 

 in 1907. A new firm, the New York White Marble Co., has been 

 incorporated and has spent the yegr in development. Prospects in 

 December were favorable for a very brisk year in 1909. The Extra 



