... 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 46
and also in Montreal,Toronto, Hamilton, etc., under the name of Miramichi stone. The Miramichi Quarry Co., Limited, R. Geo. Hood, president, Quarry-ville, N.B.; W. H. Hood, sec.-treas., Quarryville, N.B. The property consists of 119 acres, extending if miles from the northshore of the Miramichi… … Grande Anse sandstone. Post-office, Bathurst, N.B. 29 feet. The total height of the escarpment is 90 feet and the face of thequarry shows the following succession:— 6-8 feet—Stripping (occasionally more). 70 feet—Variable layers of sandstone. 10-12 feet—Covered by talus, probably coarser stone. The…
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