The building and ornamental stones of North Carolina (1906)
Watson, Thomas L. (Thomas Leonard), 1871-1924, Laney, Francis Baker, 1875-1938, Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929 · Raleigh, [N.C.] : E.M. Uzzell, Public Printer · leaf 236
ine have taken root in places over the rock-surface wherea scant but sufficient soil is formed, and the bared rock is very gen-erally covered with lichens. The ridge has an approximate northeast-southwest trend (see Fig. B, PI. XXI). The area is composed of a residual of biotite granite gneiss of… … GENERAL VIEW OF POWER HOUSE, CUTTING SHEDS, AND OFFICES OF THE NORTH CAROLINAGRANITE CORPORATION, MT. AIRY.
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