268 MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION. GILPIN. 



No. 3. About a quarter of a mile up the river from No. 1, 

 was worked for six years intermittently. Many grindstones 

 were cut in this quarry, which yields a firm grey sandstone. 



Wallace Harbor. The Wallace Grey Stone Co., Wallace 

 Harbor, John Stevenson, Manager. This quarry is situated at 

 Wallace, and a great part of the stone is shipped by water, 

 though it is connected with the I. C. Railway by a good waggon 

 road about two miles long. 



Though the stone is carried to the wharf by horses, a 

 tramway (gravity) could easily be operated, the quarry being 

 situated on a hill. The distance is about a quarter of a mile* 

 This quarry has been worked for a period of nearly thirty years 

 off and on, and is still only partially developed. It produces an 

 average of about 1,500 tons (" quarry ") a year, of fine grained 

 sandstone in two colours " olive " and " bluish." 



Blocks up to ten tons in weight and measuring fourteen feet 

 are cut, and the greater part of the stone is shipped to the Bos- 

 ton and New York markets. The poorer stone is sold locally. 



Wallace Harbor. The G. P. Sherwood Co., T. C. Dobson, 

 Manager. This quarry adjoins the quarry of the Wallace Grey 

 Stone Co., and the same remarks apply to it also. 



At Wallace Bridge the famous Battye Quarry is being- 

 operated by George Battye. Stone has been taken from this 

 quarry since the year 1809, and there is still much in sight. It 

 is situated on the I. C. Railway and the Wallace River. Chief 

 market New York and Eastern States' cities. Blocks up to ten 

 tons are cut. At present 25 feet of rock is shown in the face, 

 with seams measuring from 2 to 6 feet in thickness. This is 

 composed of a very uniform and beautiful sandstone, suitable 

 for monumental as well as construction work. 



On the River Philip, about five miles from Pugwash, is 

 situated the quarry of McLeod & Embree. It produces a 

 handsome red sandstone contained in seams from 2 to 7 feet, and 

 shows altogether VQ feet in the face. Blocks cut to 8 tons. Has 

 been operated for upwards of 30 years and usually ships to the 



