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Indiana. — Very liglit; almost white, and bluisli grey sandstones, of 

 fine, sliarp, and even grain, occur in Frencli fjick Tovvnsliip,. Orange 

 County, and iu a lew localities in Warren and L'erry Counties. A part 

 of tlie Orange County stone is used for whetstones, and is known com- 

 mercially under the name of " Hindostan oil-stone." 



Georrjia. — ^o sandstones are at present quarried in this State, but it 

 is stated that "the Chattooga IMountains contain a considerable va- 

 riety and of various shades of colors, among wliicii are white, gray, 

 bull", brown, and red. Souie of these exist iu uuissive compact beds, 

 while others have a jointed structure that make them easily quarried. 

 The thickness of the entire sandstone series is about 800 feet. Build- 

 ing stone of this cliaracler nuiy be had also on Lookout and Sand 

 Mountains, iu the Cohutta range."* We have as yet seen none of the 

 above. 



loica. — This State produces but little of value as building material 

 iu the way of sandstones. Coarse, dark brown stones of Carbouiferous 

 and Cretaceous ages occur in Muscatine and Cass Counties and have 

 been quarried to some extent, l)ut their qualities are not such as to 

 cause them to be used for otiier than rough work in the near viciuity. 



Kansas. — Good sandstones are stated by Professor liroadhead to 

 occur in several of the counties iu the southwestern part of this State, 

 though, so far as we have observed, few if any of these are of such a 

 quality as to acquire other than a local market. A tine, deep blue, gray 

 lamiuated stone is found at Parsons, and a brownish one at Oswego, in 

 Labette County, also a brownstone at Pawnee, Crawford County, and 

 others of various hues iu Bourbon, Neosho, Montgomery, Wilson, 

 Woodson, Greene, and Elk Counties. 



Kentucli/. — The sandstones of this State, so far as shown by the col- 

 lections, aie all of a light color, hue-graine<l and rather soft. Light 

 buff and })inlcish colors are found in Simpson, Grayson, Todd, John- 

 son and Jireckenridge Counties, souie of which are of a beautiful 

 mellow tinr. Light-gray stones of apparent good quality, and closely 

 resembling- the Berca of Ohio, occur at Blue Lick INIountain, Living- 

 ston iu liockcastle County, and in Pineville, Bell County. We are 

 unable to give farther information regarding them. 



Maryland. — Sanustoiic of such a miture as to be in demand for other 

 than local uses is quarried in but a single locality in this State. In 

 Montgomery County, near the mouth of Saneca Creek, about 30 miles 

 northwest from the city of Washington, there occurs a considerable de- 

 posit of Triassic sandstone which for many years has been quarried 

 more or less to furnish material for the Washington market. The stone 

 is as a rule light reddish-brown in color, of line and even tcxturii, and 

 well adapted for all manner of building and ornamental work. The 

 writer has examined this stone, both in the quarry and in various 

 buildings, and does not hesitate to pronounce it one of the best of our 



* Coniirion wealth of Georgia, p. 136. 

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