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examined and gave an analysis 46.92 per cent, of lime, equivalent 

 to 83.92 per cent, of calcium carbonate and 10.06 per cent, of 

 insoluble matters. The specific gravity was 2.726 and the weight 

 169.9 pounds per cubic foot. Its absorptive capacity was found 

 to be 0.07 per cent. The alternate freezing and thawing produced 

 no change, but the high temperature calcined the specimen so 

 that it fell to pieces in handling. The stone of these quarries can 

 be seen in the churches of Canajoharie and Fort Plain, and in 

 some of the large mill buildings of Utica. 



Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County. — On the north or left 

 bank of the Mohawk there are two large quarries which furnish 

 blue and gray limestones for common wall work and for cut work. 

 These quarries are in the same formation as those across the 

 river in Canajoharie, and the stone resembles closely that of the 

 latter quarries. In all of them the beds dip southerly 5° to 10°, 

 and the stripping is comparatively light. 



At Fort Plain and St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, the 



Birdseye limestone is opened in small quarries for local use. 



Little Falls, Herkimer County. — There are three quarries in 

 the Calciferous sandrock, in the bluff north of the town, which 

 produce stone for common wall work for local use. The stone is 

 fine-grained and of a bluish-gray shade of color, weathering to gray. 

 Northwest of the town one and a half miles, there is a quarry on 

 the Wilcox property and in the Trenton and Birdseye limestone. 

 The stone is sold for curbing and flagging mainly. 



Newport, Herkimer County. — In this town there are three 

 quarries in the limestone, which furnish stone for local use, and 

 for canal lock construction. 



Holland Patent, Oneida County. — The quarries in the Tren- 

 ton limestone at this place are of local importance only. 



Prospect, Oneida County. — The canon of the West Canada 

 creek has exposed the Trenton limestone between this place and 

 Trenton Falls, and made the upper beds easily accessible, and 

 workable to advantage. 



On the west side of the creek (Oneida County) Evan T. Thomas 

 and H. & L. 1ST. Jones have quarries; on the east side, in Herkimer 

 county, there are two quarries, worked by Edward Callahan and 



