The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-21

lncar bv. along Sal. Creek. and find.
first That there is within "a radius
lOi about three miles from the entrance
loi these canyons a strata Of light gray
lsiune OF Doiomiic marble of snch Uuai-
liiy and magnitude as To- furnish all the
lbM.dsng naienal required for our
Estate institutions for next nifty
years. This stone or marble forms a
continuous sheet or strata az a cer-
ltain uniform elevation near The sura
face of the table land on copts that
lsho0t thelr rugged points out toward
lthe casi and the sinuous and nnnow
INnlle8 of Salt creek below and this
white line extends Iar beyond the
lreach OF human eye maintaining
q thickness al from eight 10 ten feet
I'm these canyons and there are many
loi them-the rayages Of time and the
work OF the elements are gradually
undermining he outer supports Of
lthis strata and the head OF some Of
ltheni are literally gOiged With great
blocks of this marble that have uim-
Iblcd down in one common mass At
ioue place yonr committed were shown
lonc great block of his marble that
had parted from the main strata
above, that was between six and sey-
len fet,s thick about twelve feet wide
and from forty-6ye 10 fifty feet long
This almost inexhausnble building mn
terial has q quality peculiarly sts own
! While IL is In q measure almost iieX-
ible. and as easily worked as the
Georgia or Vermont marble, it has a
ltoughness of fibre rarely found in
lsione, and it IS susceptible of as fine
"a polish almost as granite itself
Samples of this marble were brought
ITO Guthrie By your committee and por-
tions of il polished for examination BY
The members OF this house. This mar
bic can only be broken or sliyered
off by inc use of a heavy sledRe ham
mer. and where Ii has been used in "a
large department store ia Watonga. as
window sills for seven years. the
lchisel marks remain distinct. showing
that IL Is imperyious to chemical de-
lcay and the rava5es of The elements
II has been claimed by the slepti-
cal that this stone is hot durable be-
cause il can be cut or scored with an
lordinary penknfe This may be true
TO a limited extent, but The chairman
,of your committee has founa that every
lspecies of marble. some imported. that
% found IN the Guthrie marble yards
lean also be scored with a penknifn.
land TO a greater degree than can this
Dolomite stone Of Blaine county.
There Is world of wealth IN this
building material to whoever under
takes its development with proper
facilities
There is a slight conflict of opinion
as to the value of this mineral among
biologists. All denominate It Dulo-
mite lt has been found from analysis
that the per cent OF water In this
lstOne in question bears no relation
to the per cent Of water found in gyp-
sum. Quoting Professor Gould. ne
lsays: ordinary gypsum contains from
20 to 81 per cent. of water, while IN
the rock lrom this (Blaine county,
ledge he amount of water is some
ltiiHes as low as two per cent" At
ltentiuu is directed to the two per cent.
lof water in the Blaine county Dolo-
mite for the purpose OF showing It's
hardness and value as building ma
lterial regardless of what IL may be
lcalled Prof Gould admits il TO be
lDOlomite, with a technical oualfca.
ltion, and considering the component
Iparts of DOlOmite with the analysts
we find that il IS Dolomite with all tho
necessary ingredients. Sir Archibald
lGeiche, n r. s., professor of geology
lin the University of Ednhurg, says.
I"Dolomite IS distinguished from lime
lstone by its great hardness higher
lspeciiic gravity and much less eolubil.
lity In acids Professor Cragin says
lOf the Oklahoma Dolomitp: It's oherty
hardness is not due TO the presence OF
lsalica, as one is tempted to infer
lbut are characters belonging TO it as
lDoiomite, and il is 4 durable building
lstOne." In another paper the same
lauthor SAYS. The brow OF the red hills
lnear Watonga. Oklahoma is capped
with the day creek Dolomi.h. wiicf
presents itself as a compact stratum
OF gray somewhat pinhish cherty hard
rock, similar TO the typical ledge which
skirts the TANKS OF Mount Lookout
in Clark county. Kansas. Every source
of authority on the subject that yoli
committee has had access TO gives i
a place among the best building ma
terial.
Now If this be true then it is i'm
p0rtant to know what are the uses Il
Dolomte Scientific literature informs
us that this stone takes It's name iron
the celebrated French goOloest Dol
omieu,' and as a mineral is found II
various parts of Europe. In the Unit
ed States IL IS found in many local
ties in Vermont Rhode Island Kew
York New Jersey and Missouri Th'
! massive yarities are frequently col
ored, making a sioudy gray, and ih'
variety containing iron IS Known al
brown spar The gray compact q
lriety like the Blaine county speci Is
: bis used as building stone. fhe h,dse
! OF parliament IN London were b,dl
from This variety, found at Ba i've.
I Moor and the 81 Patrick ca'hedra
/. I'm New York city is built from q va
, riety found in Westchester county il
! the Empire State. The calcined DOlc
Z Unite is used as lining inthe converter
I that are used In the basic metsod o
steel manufacturing, Therefore show
! ing hs great powers of resistance 0
I lheat.
GYPSUM.
Second Your committee was AIS
, surprised 20 find at Waicnga. Hitch
lcook and beyond -one even 60 ~
head of a canyon cement indusirie