Merrill, George P. · John Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., · leaf 457
arrangement has at leastone disadvantage in that in anew region the quarrier has noth-ing to guide him and no means of ascertaining what the nextbed is going to be like. If on the other hand the beds areturned up at a considerable angle, it is possible to tell fromsurface indications what quality… … METHODS GF QUARRYING AND DRESSING 383 Obviously where the beds are steeply inclined or curved asat Rutland the openings take the form of mines rather thanquarries (see plate XXII), and the expense of quarrying is some-what increased. Another disadvantage lies in the fact that,whatever the character…
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