The building and decorative stones of Maryland, containing an account of their properties and distribution (1898)
Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929, Mathews, Edward Bennett, b. 1869 · Baltimore, Johns Hopkins press · leaf 128
the rock like that at Port Deposit is coarsely gran-ular, with a secondary lamination, and is adapted to all ordinary usesin general building, exterior ornamentation, curbing, paving, etc. Itis possible, however, that this rock may be a little more plucky in working than the larger deposit farther… … GRANn E-PORIllVRY. ELLir.OTT CITY. HOWAKD COtlNTV. MAEYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 147 feature which may have disappeared before the publication of thisreport. Like the rock quarried at Port Deposit, that at Frenchtownfrequently appears somewhat disfigured by small black patches orbasic segregations of…
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