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The purple and pink stones, on these tests, show up 

 to the best achantage and in actual weathering properties 

 the pink stone in the Central Railway Station has proved 

 excellent. 



Miller's Quarry. — ^This is situated a few miles west 

 from Helidon station. Brown stone from this quarry has 

 been used in the fence around the Toowong Cemetery (1915), 

 in the Roman Catholic Church at Ipswich and in the Presb}'- 

 terian Church at Toowoomba. In 1911, tests were carried 

 out on this stone in connection v>'ith the Government Print- 

 ing Office entrance from George Street. The stone was not 

 used, but ga\e the following results : specific gravitj-, 

 2.31: weight per cubic foot. 144Ibs. ; absorption, 4.36 per 

 cent.: resistance to crushing, 5,1101bs. per sq. inch. 

 Those samples crushed in connection with the Government 

 Sa\"ings Bank ga\e an a\erage resistance of 2,9001bs. per 

 sq. inch. 



Jude's Quarry. — -White stone from this quarry was used 

 in the second wing of the Treasury BuilcUng (1890-93). 

 It is rather a cold harsh stone and not so warm in appearance 

 as the brown Helidon stone, nor so good in weathering 

 qualities. Much of the stone shows rather pronounced 

 current bedding which does not improve its appearance. 

 While most of the stone in the wing erected by Jude as 

 contractor came from this quarry, he also used a small 

 amount from Pearson's quarry, and for the columns on the 

 George Street front, Murphy's Creek sandstone was utilised. 

 In 1896, a small amount of this sandstone was placed 

 in the Bremer Bridge at Ipswdch while the bulk of the stone 

 came from Wright's c^uarr}-. 



Phijjpard's Quarry. — This is a white sandstone quarry 

 and is near Wright's brown sandstone quarries. The stone 

 has given good results in the Central Railway Station (1901) 

 where about 70 per cent, of the sandstone used came from this 

 quarry. The quarry has not been worked since then. 

 Tests carried out on the stone by the Railway Department 

 gave the following results : specific gravity, 2.257 for the 

 coarse stone and 2.326 for the fine stone ; absorption, 3.54 

 per cent, of dry weight ; resistance to crushing, an average 

 of 5,5701bs. per sq. inch for six samples crushed dry and 

 3,325lbs. per sq. inch for two samples crushed wet. 



