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One of the leading quarries for architectural stone is that last 

 operated by the Waverly Marble Co., which suspended work in 

 1908, and previously operated in succession by Norcross Bros., 

 A. T. Stewart and by A. Maxwell. It is an open pit 600 feet long, 

 150 feet wide, and 75 feet deep. A large part of the excavation 

 afforded material suitable for architectural use, which may be seen 

 in some of the large structures in New York, Boston and other 

 cities. Among the more recent buildings that have been erected 

 from the marble are those of the New York and Metropolitan Life 

 Companies in New York. It is a coarse, brilliant white dolomite, 

 very hard and almost devoid of silicate impurities except for oc- 

 casional mica scales. The texture is very close ; the grains have 

 rhombic and irregular sections and range in diameter from 1 to 

 5 mm. It is thoroughly massive in appearance. 



Since the quarries have been closed some marble has been shipped 

 from the stock piles and the waste also has been employed in the 

 manufacture of artificial stone. The Emerson-Norris Co. of New 

 York has a plant at the quarries for making all kinds of artificial 

 building stone, for which the white marble serves as the basis. 



The Tuckahoe or Young's quarry lies in the center of the de- 

 veloped section. It is a cut 600 feet long and 100 feet in maximum 

 width. The stone resembles the product from the Waverly quarry 

 but is somewhat coarser. The quarry has furnished material lately 

 for crushed stone for use in white concrete. The Kapailo Manu- 

 facturing Co. pumped out the workings in 1912 and have carried on 

 work in a small way. 



The Masterton or New York quarry lies on the south end and 

 consists of two openings. It was very actively worked in the sixties 

 and seventies of the last century. Of late years it has supplied 

 material for making lime and marble dust. A polished sample in 

 the State Museum collections shows a coarse, white dolomite with 

 brownish inclusions of tremolite more or less completely altered to 

 talc. The stone contains lime and magnesia in the proportions of 

 true dolomite. Its specific gravity is 2.87, equivalent to 178 pounds 

 to the cubic foot. The dry material, according to Smock, absorbs 

 0.14 per cent water. The following chemical analyses are based 

 on the material of this quarry, but exemplify the general character 

 of Tuckahoe marble. 



1 2 3 



.Si0 2 .24 



AI2O3 .19 



Fe 2 3 .21 .21 



