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 94
rmity in tone. The light part is rather whiter and consequently thereis a sharp contrast between the two components. This stone resemblesthe altered variety from East Selkirk—No. 1198. The equipment at the quarry is as follows:—Small compressor building. 1 40-h.p. compressor delivering air at 90… … 57 3 Ingersoll Rand rock drills on tripods (one No. 0, one No. 2, and one No. 4).1 steam shovel, Vulcan Steam Shovel Co., Toledo, Ohio. 4 draw kilns. The quarry is connected with the Canadian Pacific railway by a mileof track extending to the spur of the Tyndall Quarry Co. Sixty men areemployed. At…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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