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 260
es south.—The hard upper shale is said to be absent andthe soapstone comes to the surface. Well at Whitewater.—80 feet drift; 50 feet soft shale; 165 ft. hardshale. Well on section 22, township 2, range 23 west.—40 ft. drift; 6 in.reddish sandstone; soft greasy shales. Well on section 10, township… … Boissevain sandstone. John Hawkins quarry, Boissevain, Man. 175 Other wells are mentioned by Dowling in the report already cited.Sandstone is of infrequent occurrence in wells and certainly appears onlyaround the base of the mountain in isolated lenses. The hard shale of thewell borers is probably…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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