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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 98

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n.Towards the south the stone appears to continue to about the limit of the80 acres, south of which there is a distinct fall-off in the level of the land.Joints are not of frequent occurrence and do not interfere with the extrac-tion of large blocks. The major set runs N. 65° E. (mag.) vertically.^… … a 59 The stone:—The product of this quarry in both the buff and the bluevarieties does not differ from the typical examples described as Nos. 1047and 1048 on pages 48-52. The equipment of the company is as follows:—Mill. Building 80 ft. by 22 ft., with engine room annex, 14 ft. by 12 ft. 1 boiler…

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