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and those on Frankfort Hill. The stone of the latter place is 

 dark-gray and red-brown in color, medium fine-grained and hard, 

 so that dressing is costly. It is- used for foundations and com- 

 mon wall work, mainly. Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, on 

 Genesee street, and the Lutheran Church, on Columbia street, are 

 built of this stone. 



Sandstone has been extensively quarried at Higginsville, 

 Oneida County, by a Utica company. It is dark-gray and olive 

 green in color ; hard, and dressed with difficulty. Some of this 

 stone has been used in Eome. Fine examples of it are the Baker 

 and Gilbert houses, on Genesee street, Utica. 



Medina Group. 



Oswego, Oswego County. — Quarries for the supply of stone 

 for foundation and retaining walls in the city are opened on the 

 lake shore, east of the Fort Ontario grounds. 



Oswego Falls, Oswego County. — The river cuts through the 

 sandstone here and offers facilities for small quarry operations in 

 the bluffs on the left bank. A dark-red sandstone is obtained 

 under earth and shaly rock. The First Presbyterian Church in 

 Syracuse is an example of badly selected stone and set on edge 

 in many cases. A great deal of it has been used in Fulton, 

 Oswego and Syracuse. 



A specimen from the quarry of Hughes Brothers of Syracuse 

 was found to have a specific gravity of 2.62, and an equivalent 

 weight of 16 5. 5 pounds to the cubic foot. It contained 0.59 per 

 cent of ferrous oxide, and 1.71 per cent, of ferric oxide. The 

 absorption test gave as a result 3.53 per cent. It lost weight in 

 the treatment with acid solutions. In the freezing and thawing 

 it checked badly, and at a high heat its color became brick-red, 

 and its strength was impaired. 



Granby, Oswego County. — The Granby Brownstone Com- 

 pany, O. J. Jennings, manager, works the quarry on the line of 

 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, two miles south 

 of Fulton. The stone is fine-grained, purplish-red in color, and 

 admits of fine-tool dressing. It has been used in the following 

 structures in neighboring towns and cities : Second National 



