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 135
feet on the rift and 300 feet on the hardway, divided only by the widelyspaced joints described above. Very large stone of uniform grain and al-most free from knots is obtainable in quantity here. The upper quarry, in the 25-foot bed, is being worked between twohardway joints 24 feet apart: it is… … Granite quarry of the Vancouver Granite Co., Nelson island, B.C. 85 Northwest of the Iiardw.iN wall there is a narrow, wi-d.ne-shapedfractured heading, beyond which is another excellent strip of stone 15 feetwide to the next hardway joint. Stone of any practical dimensions maylie obtained in this…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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