ABSTRACT: In the most of engineering geological and rock engineering applications, uniaxial compressivestrength (UCS) and elasticity modulus (E) of the intact rocks are the most widely used parameters. However, in some cases it can be quite difficult, time consuming and expensive to prepare specimens and toconduct this test. As an alternative, the empirical or analytical relationships between various physical andmechanical strength properties of materials can be used to estimate the required engineering propertiesof rocks. For these reasons, simple test method such as ultrasonic sonic velocity test is used widely. Thissimple test has been world widely used to estimate the UCS and E of the rock materials, because of theirrapidity, simplicity, portability, low cost, non-destructiveness and easiness in both specimen preparationand test conduction. In this study, simple test methods and UCS tests were conducted on the samplesobtained from the beige limestones outcropping in the southern zone of the eastern Pontides and somestatistical correlations were established between results of simple tests and UCS test results. Regardingthe test results obtained by the direct and indirect methods, meaningful statistical relations between therock properties are obtained.