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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  VARIETY 
  

  

  1905 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Building 
  marble 
  

  

  $57 
  J 
  8l 
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  i77 
  557 
  

  

  25 
  190 
  

  

  $337 
  3^5 
  

   99 
  100 
  

   24 
  450 
  

  

  $1 
  408 
  190 
  

  

  Monumental 
  

  

  152 
  746 
  

  

  Other 
  kinds 
  

  

  11 
  000 
  

  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $774 
  557 
  

  

  $460 
  915 
  

  

  $1 
  571 
  936 
  

  

  

  

  