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blocks for building and construction purposes. There are a few 

 quarries that have been worked specially for building marble. 



The quarries of southeastern New York are located in the 

 metamorphic belt extending from Columbia county, through 

 Dutchess and Westchester to Manhattan island. White and 

 light gray marbles are the characteristic products and are sold 

 principally for building purposes. The South Dover Marble Co. 

 owns quarries of white marble at South Dover, Dutchess co., 

 which have furnished material for many buildings in New York and 

 other cities. The marble is generally recognized as one of the 

 best of the kind. It is employed also for interior work. The 

 Waverly Marble Co. with quarries at Tuckahoe, Westchester co., 

 has been a large producer of building marble, which has been 

 used in many notable structures. It is white but coarser grained 

 than the South Dover marble. Among other localities in this 

 region where quarries have been worked are Ossining, Dobbs 

 Ferry, White Plains, Oscawana and Pleasantville, Westchester 

 CO., and Greenport, Columbia co. Some of the quarries furnish 

 material for lime making. 



The production of marble during the past year amounted to a 

 value of $1,571,936 which is much the largest total that has been 

 reported by the New York State quarries. The value was dis- 

 tributed among the different kinds of marble as follows : building 

 marble, rough and dressed, $1,408,190; monumental marble, 

 rough and dressed, $152,746; other kinds, $11,000. The corres- 

 ponding total for 1906 was $460,915, and was divided into: 

 building marble, $337,365; monumental, $99,100; other kinds, 

 $24,450. The value of the marble quarried last year in south- 

 eastern New York aggregated $1,252,000 against $260,350 in 1906. 

 St Lawrence county reported an output valued at $297,936 

 against $136,835 in the preceding year. A new producer in this 

 county is John J. Sullivan who has worked the Davidson marble 

 quarry, 2 miles southwest of Gouverneur. 



Production of marble 



Building marble 

 Monumental . . . . 

 Other kinds . . . . 



Total 



ETY 



1905 



1906 



1907 





$571 810 



177 557 

 25 190 



$337 365 

 99 100 

 24 450 



$r 408 190 



152 746 



1 1 000 













S774 557 



$460 915 



$1 571 936 





