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 186
stone,and a grey variety known as blue monumental.Both of these stones are commonly referred to as Spoon Island stone,although the quarries are not on Spoon island but on the hillside to the westof the island. D. Mootiey and Sons, St. John, N.B., F. E. Walton, manager, Hampstead,N.B. The property… … \ S ,, ■* « U JCi Q 7 ^ !>//^ H i 124 • The first quarry is opened in the side of the hill near the top for a dis-tance of 300 feet: it presents a width of 50 feet and a face of 50 feet in height.The sheeting is horizontal and discontinuous, the planes of parting being, insome places, 20 feet…
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