MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—-GILPIN. 269 
States. This year all the stone quarried is being supplied to 
Toronto. 
The Atlantic Stone Co. Limited, R. 8. Hibbard, Manager.— 
The quarry of this company is situated on Cumberland Basin, 
34 miles from Joggins Station, on the Canada Coal Company’s 
Railway, and 16 miles from I. C. Railway. The stone is shipped 
chiefly by water, in vessels up to about 300 tons. The market 
is mainly in the New England States, though the stones are sent 
much further west occasionally. 2,000 tons shipped per year. 
This quarry produces a very superior form of grindstone. 
Stones from half an inch to 14 inches thick, and up to 7 feet in 
diameter are cut, though almost any size that could be handled 
are procurable. q 
At Lime Rock, West River, Pictou Co, are sandstone quarries 
yielding good building stone. Samples are shown by Mr. J. H. 
Fraser. In the Merigomish district the strata lying above the 
productive measures yield grindstones and fair qualities of 
freestone. 
The owners of quarries of granite, syenite, etc., neglected to 
respond to the invitation of the Department to send samples. 
The demand for granite is limited practically to the City of 
Halifax, where this stone is used to some extent for foundations, 
trimmings, and in the fortifications. The present available 
sources of supply are Shelburne, and the North-West Arm, near 
Halifax. At Nictaux there are blue varieties of granite of very 
fine quality, and in Cape Breton there are syenites, gneisses, 
etc., available for decorative and other purposes. 
An interesting deposit of sandstones yielding building 
stone, grindstones, whetstone, ete., is found at Lower Cove, 
Joggins, Cumberland County. Samples of the raw: and 
manufactured article are contributed by Mr. R. L. Hibbard. 
These quarries have been worked continuously for many years, 
and an extended market has been found for the grindstones. 
The quarry yields stones one-half to seven inches in thickness 
and up to seven feet in diameter. The superior quality of these 
