IJUILDINU AND OKNAMIONTAI. «TUjNE,S. IVJI 



even texture, and is eoinpo.seil of small rounded eoncretionury griiins 

 of ubout the size of ii ^^raiu of mustard seed compaetly cen)ented to- 

 gether by crystalline lime or calcite. The stone is soft, but tenacious 

 (si)ecimeus having' borne a pressure of 12,000 pounds i)er square inch), 

 and works readily in every direction. It is therefore a great favorite 

 lor carved Avork, and is used more extensively for this pur[)ose than any 

 other of our limestones. No better exam[)le of the adaptability of the 

 stone for this i)ur[)ose can be given than the elegant mansion of Mr. C 

 J. \"anderbilt, on IMlth a\enue, in New York City. Uni'ortunately, as 

 is usually the case with light limestones, this stains badly in cities where 

 there is a great amount of manufacturing, as is only too well illustrated 

 in the case referred to. 



Although the quarries have been worked systematically tor but a few 

 years, the stone is already widely known, and is coming into very gen- 

 eral use in nearly every city of importance in the country. At the 

 ])rincipal quarries, which are situated near Uedford, Lawrence County, 

 the stone occurs in a solid bed, that has been M'orked to a depth of 40 

 feet without reaching the bottoni. 



Stones very similar in general appeaiance, but not always so dis- 

 tinctly oolitic and olten containing a considerable percentage of bitu- 

 minous nuitter, also occuv and are extensively quarried at Ellettsville, 

 in Monroe County. Uther localities not so extensively worked occur in 

 Owen, Washington, Crawford, and Harrison Counties. Samples re- 

 ceived at the Museum from near Corydon in the last-named county are 

 of a beautifully fine and even oolitic structure, very light color, tirm 

 and compact. They resenjble the oolitic stone from Princeton, Ky., 

 mine closely than any other, but are much more compact. The stone 

 is stated to occur in inexhaustible <piaiitities. 



The Washington County deposit at Salem is said to be a very line one, 

 there being a solid bed of the oolite 30 feet in thickness, with only about 

 5 feet of caj) rock. 



Other limestones or dolomites of excellent (juality, but lacking the 

 oolitic structure, occur in niaiiy parts of the State. A compact, line- 

 grained drab stone, taking a. very good i)olish and also of subCarbonif- 

 erous age, occurs at (ilreencastle, Putnam ville, and Okalla, in I'ntnain 

 ('ounty, and is quarried for lime and for building ])urj)osesin the vari- 

 ous cities and towns in the vicinity. There is quarried at Bedford also 

 a tine grained semi-crystalline, dark-gray stone, which is capable of a 

 variety of uses. 



Near Silverville, in Lawrence County, there occurs a very fine-grained 

 compact stone of a drab color, that acMpiires readily a smooth and even 

 surface. An attenipt has l)een made to utilize this for lithograi)hic 

 pur])Oses, but, it is stated, with inditferent success. It bears a (;lose re- 

 semblance to the darker variety of tlic well-known Bavarian litlio- 

 grai>hic stone, but is somewhat harder. 



As will be noticed, nearly all the (iuarries mentioned lie in that poi- 



