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ago in the vicinity of Gouverneur for the supply of building 

 material. The stone has a coarse texture and is pure white. The 

 analysis on page 186 shows it to be a dolomite. Physical tests 

 made at the Watertown Arsenal (Mass.) indicated the crushing 

 strength of one sample to be 25,250 pounds to the square inch ; of 

 another sample 23,070 pounds to the square inch. This is well 

 above the average of most marbles, and the stone is probably equal 

 to any practical requirement in regard to strength. The quarry is 

 owned by C. A. Lux of Syracuse. 



Furnace flux is shipped by Corrigan, McKinney & Co. from a 

 quarry situated 2y 2 miles north of Gouverneur, the output going 

 to the company's furnace at Charlotte. 



FOWLER, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY. 



A white, coarse dolomitic marble occurs in the town of Fowler as 

 a part of the belt of crystalline limestones which inclose the talc 

 beds of that section. An extensive exposure of the brilliant white 

 stone is found on the Abbott farm just west of the hamlet of Little 

 York. It has been worked to some extent by A. B. Scott, principally 

 for shipment to makers of artificial stone. The marble is free of 

 stain and can be obtained in large blocks. According to information 

 supplied by Mr Scott, the stone shows 18 per cent magnesia (MgO) 

 and about 8 per cent of foreign matter. 



CANTON, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY 



An active marble-quarrying industry was conducted a few years 

 since in the northeastern section of the limestone belt, south of 

 Canton and in some of the small outlying areas of limestone in that 

 part of St Lawrence county. An account of some of the later 

 operations has been given by W. N. Logan. 1 



The E. E. Stevens quarry is 1^2 miles southwest of Canton 

 village. The stone has a grayish color, with a close resemblance to 

 gray marble on cut surfaces. The output in the years preceding 

 1902 was valued at $40,000 annually. 



The Nickerson quarry is mentioned by Stevens as containing a 

 light yellow marble with serpentine inclusions. It is on the Nick- 

 erson farm 2 miles south of Canton village. 



White marble was produced at one time in the Clarkson quarry, 

 near DeKalb Junction. The output in the last year of operations 

 is placed by Logan at $15,000. 



1 23d Report of the State Geologist, 1^04, p. 118-19. 



