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 116
thick beds—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. E. A. Betts, Wallace, N. S. This quarry is situated within 100 yards of the one… … 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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