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 276
This layer is much too soft to be of any use and it is covered by about 10feet of soft, thin-bedded material. At mile 156\, rather harder sandstone occurs in a heavy bed under anincreasing amount of drift. The stone is irregularly bedded but almosthorizontal in position. Although the rock is much… … Edmonton sandstone. Cliffs on Canadian Northern railway between Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg, Alberta. 187 On the whole, it may reasonably be concluded that there is little hopefor the production of building stone along this section. No place wasobserved where the quality of the stone and the…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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