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is of a yellowish-green color and not the deep-rich green, 

 characteristic of precious serpentine. 



Bolton, Warren County. — Localities of serpentine marble 

 are known in this town, but they have not been developed 

 into quarries. 



Port Henry, Essex County. — The Burlington Manufactur- 

 ing Company has a quarry of verd-antique marble about one- 

 quarter of a mile north of the Cheever ore bed. The stone 

 is coarse-granular, green and white, speckled, in color and is 

 capable of taking a good polish. The place has been idle 

 since 1886. 



Limestones 



Warwick, Orange County. — The blue, magnesian limestone 

 formation here affords a good building stone for the local 

 supply, and the quarries are worked at intervals, according 

 to the demand. 



Mapes Corner, Orange County — The quarries on Mt. 

 Lookout near Orange Farm station of the Pine Island 

 Branch railroad furnish stone to Goshen, Chester and the 

 adjacent country. The stone occurs in thick beds and is 

 adapted for massive wall work. The Presbyterian, Metho- 

 dist Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches in Goshen and 

 the Roman Catholic church in Chester are examples in con- 

 struction. 



Newburgh — Blue limestone is quarried south-west of the 

 city, near the old Cochecton turnpike, and on the north 

 slope of Snake Hill. It has been used largely for retaining 

 walls and foundations in the city. St. George's Protestant 

 Episcopal church is built of stone from this range. North 

 of the city there is a small quarry on the river road. 



New Hamburgh, Dutchess County. — The quarry, two 

 miles north of New Hamburgh, is worked for bridge stone 

 for the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Company and for ballast. 



Kingston, Ulster County.— The outcrops of the Onondaga 

 limestone formation in the city have afforded stone for 



