This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...and " bluestones," used for general building and flagging, in Pike, Carbon, Luzerne, Wyoming and Susquehanna counties. With the exception of the "Wyoming Valley" stone, as that of Wyoming county i3 commercially known, few of the latter find their way beyond the state limits. Blue-black roofing slates, such as must ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...and " bluestones," used for general building and flagging, in Pike, Carbon, Luzerne, Wyoming and Susquehanna counties. With the exception of the "Wyoming Valley" stone, as that of Wyoming county i3 commercially known, few of the latter find their way beyond the state limits. Blue-black roofing slates, such as must compete with those of Maryland, occur in the southwesterly part of the state, in Berks, Dauphin, Cumberland and Franklin counties, and also in enormous quantities in the northern parts of Northampton and Lehigh counties. For many years these deposits have been systematically worked, the product being used for roofing, billiard tables, sinks and school purposes all over the United States. The statistics given below will convey better than words some idea of the magnitude of the quarrying operations here carried on. Granite 5,782,887 cubic feet, valued at $623,252.00;' marble, statistics not given; sandstone 19.119,357 cubic feet, valued at $1,942,979.00; serpentine statistics not given; slate 476,038 squares, valued. at $1,541,003.00.' Virginia produces granites, sandstones and slates only, and as transportation of the quarry output is wholly by rail and there is little competition in the carrying trade, but little of the material finds its way into the general markets. The granites near Richmond have been used in some of the important buildings of Washington, and the red-brown Triassic sandstones from near Manassas are in demand for the construction of dwellings. The statistics of the state arc given below: Granite 1,073,936 cubic feet, valued at $581,870.00; sandstone 70,800 cubic feet, valued at $11,500.00; slate 30,457 squares, valued at $113,079.00. Narth Carolina. With the possible exception of one granite and a few Triass...
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