ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY 



BY W. N. LOGAN 



Sandstone 



The E. A. Merritt Sandstone Co. of Potsdam has quarries and 

 mills located at Hanaway Falls. E. A. Merritt is the manager 

 of this company. The sandstone is the Potsdam in its typical 

 locality. The value of the output is about $100,000 a year. 



The Clarkson Sandstone Co. has quarries 1 mile north of 

 Hanaway Falls. The value of the product is $40,000 a year. The 

 sandstone is used for building purposes and flagging. 



Potsdam sandstone is quarried on the L. F. Hale farm 2 

 miles south of Canton. The product of the quarry is used locally. 

 A quarry of this stone on the Edward Gilson farm 4 miles north- 

 east of DeKalb village in DePeyster supplies a small local de- 

 mand for building stone. 



The Potsdam sandstone is also quarried on the Saxon farm 

 2y 2 miles south of Brushton. It is used locally for building 

 purposes. Output 100 cords a year. Also on the Sid. Paddock 

 farm 3 miles east of Malone. The value of the output is $12,000 

 a year. On the Levi Bashah farm y 2 mile north of Malone, 100 

 cords a year, valued at $5 a cord; on the Green farm % mile 

 north of Malone, 50 cords; on the Paddock farm % mile west of 

 Malone, 75 cords a year. 



Limestone 



Chazy limestone is quarried on the Oscar Hale farm 3 miles 

 northeast of the village of Norwood in the town of Norfolk by 

 Charles Warren. The limestone is used for building purposes 

 and for road metal. The value of the output is $15,000 a year. 



Another quarry located 1% miles northeast of the village of 

 Norwood supplies the local demand for building stone. 



Other quarries located at West Potsdam and Massena supply 

 a local demand. No estimate of the output could be obtained. 



Marble 



The marble quarrying industry of St Lawrence county has 

 been very active during the past year. Nearly all of the old 



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