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building purposes. The earliest quarrying upon this hill was in 1782, by Abel Gage. 

 Two other quarries are situated in Pelham, i^ and i^ miles south-east from the vil- 

 lage. The former is owned by Oscar F. Carlton, who employed 5 men in 1873, but 

 does very little work now. The latter is owned by Calvin Coburn, who, in 1873, had 

 about 15 quarrymen and 5 cutters. This quarry supplied the stone for the Lowell water- 

 works. The granite of both quarries goes principally to Lowell, being teamed 5 miles. 

 It is mostly used for rough masonry and edge-stones. The proposed Windham & 

 Lowell Railroad will run near these quarries. 



JVas/iua. A quarry, half a mile south-west from the city, on land of the Nashua Man- 

 ufacturing Company, and opened by them in 1823, has been leased and operated by C. 

 W. Stevens since 1872. About 6 men are employed in quarrying and 3 in cutting. The 

 sales in 1873 were about $10,000; last year, $6,000. Used mostly for bridge masonry, 

 edge-stones, and foundations. Largest blocks, 6.^ feet square by li feet thick; and 

 slabs, for cemetery borders or for underpinning, 20 feet long. 



Milford. This town has numerous granite quarries, several having been recently 

 opened. Brief notes of them are as follows : 



Luther M. Burns, 2 miles south-south-west from the village : qurrry opened 75 years 

 ago, being the oldest in Milford; owned as now since 1862. In 1873, 12 men were 

 employed, the annual sales amounting to about $15,000. Last year the sales were only 

 $2,000. Largest blocks sold have been 28 feet long, for borders of cemetery lots ; 

 shafts, 15 feet long and 2 feet square, could be supplied. The town-house in Wake- 

 field, Mass., is trimmed from this quarry. 



Nathan Merrill: quarry near the foregoing, opened in 1873. Workmen, 3; annual 

 sales, about $1,500. Blocks 20 feet long and 2 to 3 feet square can be supplied. The 

 basement and steps of the Baptist church in Milford, N. H., and one of the buildings 

 of the Bigelow Carpet Company, of Clinton, Mass., are from this quarry. The pro- 

 posed Manchester & Fitchburg Railroad would go near these quarries. 



Thomas M. King: quarry half a mile south-east from the village, and about an eighth 

 of a mile from the railroad ; opened in 1870 ; owned as now since 1874. Workmen, 7 ; 

 yearly sales, about $2,500, — one half being dimension stone, the rest being used for 

 cellar walls and similar work. This granite is finer grained than most of the quarries 

 in this town. Much of it lies in straight sheets, 6 inches to i foot thick, from which 

 heavy flagstones, of any size up to 20 feet square, can be obtained. In another part of 

 the quarry the beds are thicker, and can supply monumental shafts 3 or 4 feet square. 

 The fire engine building in Lowell, and Merchants' Exchange in Nashua, are trimmed 

 with this stone. 



William Jones : quarry on south side of Souhegan river, 4 miles west of the village ; 

 opened in 1875. Yearly sales, about $1,000. 



The following are on the north side of Souhegan river : 



Everett Hutchinson: quarry i mile north-west of the village; opened about 1870; 5 

 workmen ; yearly sales, about $2,000. 



Daniel A. Bates : quarry about 2 miles north-west of village ; opened in 1866, being 



