﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  709 
  

  

  uniformity 
  of 
  texture 
  and 
  composition 
  render 
  it 
  very 
  durable, 
  and 
  

   there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  always 
  be 
  in 
  demand 
  as 
  a 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  material. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  limestone 
  of 
  the 
  

   region 
  contains 
  impurities 
  which 
  unfit 
  it 
  for 
  building 
  purposes, 
  

   still 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  is 
  great 
  enough 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  assump- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  very 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  good 
  marble 
  yet 
  

   to 
  be 
  exploited.* 
  

  

  Kespectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  C. 
  H. 
  SMYTH, 
  Jb. 
  

  

  Hamilton 
  College, 
  Clinton, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  January, 
  1894. 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  further 
  details 
  see 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  8, 
  by 
  J. 
  C. 
  Smock. 
  

  

  