THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



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Marble 



Building and ornamental marbles occur extensively on the 

 borders of the Adirondacks and in the metamorphic region of 

 southeastern New York. Along Lake Champlain there are several 

 localities where quarries have been opened and operated in the past, 

 but the production from this section is not now of much impor- 

 tance. The dove-colored "Lepanto" and the "French Gray" 

 marbles found near Plattsburg and the verd-antique marbles of 

 Port Henry and Thurman are the varieties best known. At 

 Glens Falls a black marble which takes a brilliant polish and is in 

 demand for decorative purposes has been quarried for a number of 

 years. On the western side of the Adirondacks a large quarrying 

 industry has been developed around Gouverneur ; the product vary- 

 ing from white to dark blue is used principally for monumental 

 work. The white dolomitic marble from South Dover and Tucka- 

 hoe in southeastern New York is widely employed as building stone . 



The total production of marble for the year 1904 was valued 

 at $478,771. The output was divided as follows: building marble, 

 rough and dressed, $278,994; monumental, rough and dressed, 

 $154,673; other purposes, $45,104. Most of the marble used as 

 building material came from Tuckahoe and South Dover, and 

 the remainder was supplied from Plattsburg and Gouverneur. 

 The last named locality was the largest producer of monumental 

 marble, its production for the year being valued at $144,934. 

 In addition it produced building and other grades of marble valued 

 at $37,279. The output classified under "other purposes" in- 

 cludes crushed stone, rubble, riprap, curbing and marble dust. 

 The amount burnt into lime is reported under limestone. 



The following firms were active during 1904: 



NAME 



LOCATION OF OFFICE 



Burlington, Vt. 



Burlington Marble Co. 

 Extra]Dark Marble Co. 

 Finch, Pruyn & Co. Inc. 

 Gouverneur Marble Co. 

 F. W. Jones & Co. 

 Peter^Leyotte 



Northern New York Marble Co. 

 O' Conn ell Lime & Marble Dust Co. 

 Rylstone Marble Co. 

 St Lawrence Marble Quarries 

 South Dover Marble Co. 



Gouverneur 

 Glens Falls 

 Gouverneur 

 Hudson 



Plattsburg 

 Gouverneur 



Gouverneur 

 Gouverneur 

 South Dover 



129 3d av. New York 



