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the Albany and Susquehanna railroad. It was used in the Ger- 

 man Methodist Episcopal church, Clinton and Alexander streets ; 

 in the Roman Catholic church, Central avenue, and in the Hawk 

 street viaduct, Albany. 



Sharon Springs, Schoharie County.— The Lower Helderberg 

 limestones at Sharon Springs and its vicinity are opened at sev- 

 eral points, and stone is obtained for local use in flagging, cross- 

 walks and housework. The limestones of the Upper Helderberg 

 epoch in their westward extension into Otsego county crop out 

 in many ledges in the towns of Cherry Valley and Springfield, 

 and afford good building stone for local use. The Presbyterian 

 church and Belcher House, in the village of Cherry Yalley ; the 

 Otsego County Jail, Fenimore House, and the house of Edward 

 Clark in Cooperstown, are examples in construction of the stone 

 from these quarries. In the town of Stark, in Herkimer county, 

 a small quarry has been worked in the same gray limestone. 



The Corniferous limestone was opened many years ago in small 

 quarries at Cassville, Waterville and Oriskany Falls, in the 

 southern part of Oneida county. 



Perry ville, Madison County. — Three quarries are worked at 

 irregular times at this place. The stone is the Onondaga gray 

 limestone and is used as there is a demand for it; mainly for 

 bridge work. 



In Onondaga county the Onondaga gray limestone is well 

 developed and is quarried extensively. There are quarries at 

 Manlius, Jamesville, on the Onondaga Indian Reservation, and 

 at Split Rock. 



Onondaga Indian Reservation Quarries.— This group of quar- 

 ries is six and a half miles south of Syracuse and in the northeast 

 corner of the reservation. There are five parties at work within 

 a range of three-eighths of a mile from north to south. The dip 

 of the beds is generally to the west-southwest, and at low angles. 



The upper beds are blue limestone which is waste, excepting a 

 small part which is used for rubble. The gray limestone has a 

 crystalline texture, and a specific gravity of 2.708, equivalent to 

 a weight cf 168 pounds per cubic foot. It is dressed readily and 



