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States. This year all the stone quarried is being supplied to 

 Toronto. 



The Atlantic Stone Co., Limited, R. S. Hibbard, Manager. 

 The quarry of this company is situated on Cumberland Basin, 

 3 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, arid up to 7 feet in 

 diameter are cut, though almost any size that could be handled 

 are procurable. 



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, etc., 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 



