Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-11-03
\ New DiScON cry.

AL. Ruff. II. Schneideman, John
Webber and VIM. Wallace, of Rerfrew
and Dan Markell of Evans City. own
200 acres at Rough Run all of which is
underlaid with a . foot weir of lime
stone that Thos Bruce, a Pittsburg
geologist. pronOunces a fine article of
marble Fred Mckee of PittsbuTg.
owns 1900 acres adjoining part OF
which is underlaid with the same vein.
Ruff q Company leased their land to
the Houston Bros. who sub-let il TO
Morris. who is nov mining the lime
stone. or marble, and making lime of
it that Is considered the best that enters
Pittsburg.
Regarding the discovery that this
particular limestone viii take and hold
a polish. the same As marble. the Pitts
burg News of Tuesday evening says:
Thomas Bruce, q geOlOglst. the same.
by the way. who discovered the caIe-
brated marble quarries Of Georgia, has
proven the deposits of Rough Run, But
Ter county. 70 be the very finest quality
of marble \ careful and thorough
ANALYSIS of the marble has been made
with the result that all doubt has been
removed as to the value of the material.
Four samples. taken from the quarry AZ
random. have been treated and polished
by Alexander Beggs & Sons. the Ale
gheny marble men. and are now secure
" slowed away in the safe of Frederick
Mckee. in his Office in the Carnegie
building.
Mr.. Mckee is the owner Of the newly
discovered marble deposit, and TO say
tnat he Is elated Is putting it very mildly.
The one thing which is worrying him.
however. is that he did not have the
geologist visit his Rough Run property
long ago Under present conditions.
Mr. Mckee hardly knows how to pro
ceed. A New York man named Morris
has the Rough Run property leased for
a term of years. and Is said to have sub
let it to Houston Bros, the builders
supply firm. whose Office and yards are
located at Thirty second street and the
Pennsylvania railroad Hous ton Bros.
saws that their Rough Run line is che
best to be found in the country, and as
thay have a large trade established in
it. they will likely want TO continue its
manufacture, regardless of the value Of
the rock from which it Is made.
1t seems, however that in getting ont
the rock for lime-making, dynamite has
been so extensively used as to have
shattered all the rock IN the quarry. 10
a greater or less degree On that ac-
count the product of that particular
quarry will not be of much value from
the marble man 5 standpoint, put as the
whole hill in which the quarry is locat-
ed is composed of the same kind Of
rock, it is said that an opening will be
made on the other side, which also be
longs to Mr.. Mckee, and is not under
lense.
The samples of the marble, now in
Mr. McKees safe, are said to be very
beautiful one being Of brown marble,
another white. another striped and the
fourth black. Expert marble men say
the Rough Run deposit is worth $1,000
per ton. Heretofore they have been re
ducing the rock to lime which is "orth
bat a few dollars per ton.
Mr.. Mckee Is anxious TO realize on
his marble quarries, and work will
probably be started soon. He has been
keeping the discovery quiet for business
reasons. The side of the hill which he
Will probably open to get at the marble
deposits is not far from the railroad