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a weight of 171 pounds per cubic foot; 51.57 per cent of 

 lime, 3.29 per cent of magnesia and 1.29 per cent insoluble 

 matter. The absorbed water amounted to 1.16 per cent. 

 The loss, when acted upon by sulphurous acid gas, was 0.15 

 per cent ; freezing and thawing produced no apparent 

 change. At a high temperature, 1200 to 1400 degrees the 

 specimen was fully calcined. 



'* The Gouverneur marble was employed at least fifty years 

 ago for grave-stones, and in the Riverside cemetery, at 

 Gouverneur, these old grave-stones, bearing dates from 18 18 

 onward, can now be seen. As compared with the white 

 marble head-stones from Vermont it is more durable ; and 

 there is not so luxuriant a growth of moss and lichen as on 

 the latter stone, but in the case of the older Gouverneur 

 stone some signs of decay and disintegration, particularly 

 on the tops, are noticeable, and small pieces can be chipped 

 off with the knife blade. The durability of the stone for 

 building purposes has been tested in some of the older 

 structures in Gouverneur." 



The leading use of the Gouverneur marble is for monu- 

 ments. A large amount is sold for rock-ashlar, for build- 

 ings, principally to western markets. It may be seen in 

 several business blocks in Gouverneur; Hubbard house, 

 Malone ; in the Presbyterian church, Canton ; in the Flower 

 Memorial chapel, Watertown ; and the State Asylum for the 

 Insane at Ogdensburg and Merrick block, Syracuse. 



Canton, St. Lawrence County. — A grayish-white marble is 

 opened in this town, four miles easterly from Canton. It 

 has not been worked lately. 



Verd-Antique Marble 



Thurman, Warren County. — The verd-antique marble 

 locality is opened in this town, eight miles north-west of 

 Thurman, and five miles from Glendale station. The quarry 

 was worked for three years and then abandoned. The stone 



