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 44
- consists of 119 acres, extending if miles from the northshore of the Miramichi river along the west side of IndiantowTi brook in adirection north 40° west. The quarry is opened in the side of the ravhiefor a length of 300 feet and has been worked in to a maximum depth of 150 Ig … Grande Anse sandstone. Post-office, Bathurst, N.B. 29 fiot. The total height of the escarpment is 90 feet ami the face of the([luirry shows the following succession:— 6-8 feet—Stripjjing (occasionally more). 70 feet—Variable layers of sandstone. 10-12 feet—Covered by talus, probably coarser stone.…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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