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 244
tegneiss of granitic composition. Outcrops are numerous along the roadsleading from Asheville and along the steeper slopes of the ridges. Theresidual decay is extensive in places covering the rocks to some depth, inwhich the schistosity of the original fresh rock is entirely preserved. One Holmes,… … THE VARIETIES OF BUILDING STONES. 165 of the best exposures of decay seen in the County was in an excavationbeing made at the club-house near the entrance to the Battery Parkgrounds where the details of structure were entirely .traced in the decayof the mica-schist. With possibly several…
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