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... Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I-V (1912)

Parks, W. A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch · Ottawa : Government printing bureau · leaf 118

An illustration from ... Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I-V, 1912, leaf 118 — s—463- The stone: No. 463.—This stone is essentially the same as No. 462:the colour is almost identical but the grain is slightly finer. A derrick is in position, but all operations have been suspended. I E. A. Betts, Wallace, N. S. . This quarry is situated within 100 yards of the one described… … Wallace sandstone. Bank of Montreal, Sydney, N.S. 75 6-12 feet—Soil. Thin yellow layers of variable thickness but slight in all. 2 feet—^Solid bed of grey (blue) stone. 14 inches—Solid bed as above. 2 feet—Solid bed as above. 2j feet^—Solid bed as above. 4 feet-—Solid bed as above. The beds are…

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