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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Tuckahoe 
  stone 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grained 
  pure 
  white 
  

   dolomitic 
  marble. 
  It 
  is 
  quarried 
  and 
  dressed 
  for 
  building 
  stone 
  

   almost 
  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 
  year 
  in 
  development. 
  Prospects 
  in 
  

   December 
  were 
  favorable 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  brisk 
  year 
  in 
  1909. 
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