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Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada (1912)

Parks, William A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch (1901-1936) · Ottawa : Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch · leaf 264

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is practically quarried back as far as possible and the old tunnelshave broken down. To reopen these tunnels would riMiuiic a large initialoutlay, the return of which would l)e extremely d()ul)tful. It is possible,however, that the demand for crushed stone will ])ecome so great that thewhole of the… … ModiiKi Sandstone withoverburden of Niagara Limestone,Forks of the Credit. 1.59 Northward fioiii the old (|uarry, on the east side of the Cataract branch,the country does not ^^eom to rise niateriully above the level of the sandstone;it is possil^le that prospect in fi in this direction might…

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