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Cliarlos A. 15ond : (unrry opened in 1877, cmployin,<^ 5 men. 



The principal dealers in hammered t;;ranil(' in Concord, not (nvnin;^ quarries, arc 

 P. E. Blanchard, who cmj^loys 15 men at stone-cultinG; ; llimlon ..^ I'erry, 18 men; 

 Jolin 11. I'^ooil, 15 men; I'.laiichard & McAlpine, 10 nu-n ; and Manders & (iannon, 

 12 men. 



Hooksctt. In llookselt two ,i;ranite quarries arc worked. They are near foL^ellur on 

 the east side of liie Merrimack, two miles south of tiie village and about iiaif a mile 

 from the Concord Railroad. Tlie upper <[uarry, wliich yields the finer slock, was opened 

 as much as fifty years as;o. For several years past it lias been worked by Oliver Gay, 

 by whom the lower quarry, used [jrincipally for bridge masonry and rough work, was 

 opened in 1873. At that time 30 men were employed in quarrying and 10 in cutting. 

 In 1877 both these quarries were purchased by A. L. Waite, who employed last year 

 about 15 men, principally in quarrying. Proprietors in 1878, Bonney & Waite. 



Salem. A quarry in Salem, opened about forty years ago, owned since 1870 l)y David 

 Nevins, of Methuen, is situated one third mile west-south-west from Salem depot. Ten 

 quarrymen were employed here several years ago, but very little is clone now. 



A visit to the Nevins (juarry, in 1875, showed tiiat the rock is strictly gneiss, dii)ping 

 50° N. 70° W., with prominent vertical joints running N. 65° W. There was a caf) of 

 poor rock overlying the workable stone, requiring removal before good material could 

 be obtained. This was 25 feet tiiick in some places. Both tlic hoii/ontal and vertical 

 joints exist here. The opening is shaped like the letter L, 300 feet long, nu'asuring 

 both arms, and 100 feet wide. The ground is low, so that jjumping is re(iuired to re- 

 move the water. 



Pelhain. In Pelham, the greater part of the quarries are on Gage's hill, two miles east- 

 north-east from the village. The nearest railroad stations are Salem and Messer's, on 

 the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad, four and a half miles distant. A proposed rail- 

 road from Nasluia to Plaistow would pass at the north foot of this hill. The distance 

 to be teamed from tiie dilTerent (|uarrics would then vary from one eightii of a mile to 

 one mile. 



The largest business here is tliat of Bodwcll & Webster, for wliom .Samuel Kelley is 

 agent. Tiiis quarry was opened about 1850. It has been under the present owners 

 since 1873. In 1874 and 1875 about 6 men were employed in quarrying and 4 in cut- 

 ting, the annual sales being about $8,000. Last year the sales were about $3,000. 

 Largest blocks quarried, about 4 tons; could supply shafts 15 feet long and 3 feet 

 sciuarc. The granite is bedded in sheets varying from 6 inches to 3.^ feet in tliickness. 

 This company owns a tract of 80 acres. 



Other quarries on this hill are those of Benjamin D. Kittredge, employing about 5 

 men; Abner Kittredge, 3 or 4 men; D. H. Webster & Son, 4 men; Gage «S: Wood- 

 bury, 4 men; J. N. Woodman, 5 men; John Roney and Moses Johnson, each 2 men. 



This granite finds a market i)rinci|)ally in Lawrence, Haverhill, and vicinity. Law- 

 rence dam is built of it; and most of the stone caps and sills used in these cities are 

 supplied from Gage's hill. The stone is of fine (pialily, well suited for cemetery and 



