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The Flint quarry, Thomas Hale, agent: not worked last year. Formerly, 15 work- 

 men ; yearly sales amounting to about $12,000. 



Mr. J. H. Bigelow, freight clerk at Fitzwilliani depot, states the total amount of 

 granite freighted from this town during the last five years to be as follows: in 1873, 

 13,083 tons; in 1874, 8,103 tons; in 1875, 5,952 tons; in 1876, 6,867 tons; in 1877, 

 5,923 tons. 



Mr. Reed and Mr. Angier can supply a dark variety of granite, containing a large 

 proportion of black mica. This is chiefly used for trimmings. Polishing is done by 

 Mr. Hayden and by Mr. Angier. All the quarrymen of this town sell their granite 

 rough or dressed, as purchasers wish. J. E. Fisher & Co., at Fitzwilliam depot, are 

 also dealers in hammered granite, employing 5 cutters. 



Troy. Two quarries have been worked in Troy. One, owned by D. M. Woodward, 

 of Worcester, Mass., is situated three fourths of a mile east of the village; opened 

 in 1871 ; formerly 5 men, all in quarrying; no work done last year. The Bank block 

 in Fitchburg, Mass., was from this quarry. The other, owned by Luther Whittemore, 

 is half a mile south-east of the village. Average number of quarrymen, 3 ; not much 

 done last year. 



Marlborough. This town has one granite quarry, i^ miles north-east from the depot. 

 It is owned by A. G. Mann, of Worcester, Mass. This quarry was opened as early as 

 1812; under present owners since 1868. The number of quarrymen has varied from 

 10 to 40; the cutting is mostly done at Worcester. This granite lies in sheets which 

 vary from 3 inches to 3 or 4 feet in thickness. Largest blocks sold, 12 tons; sheets 

 have been split out 70 feet long and 6 feet wide. A considerable part of the sales here 

 has been of paving-blocks, 7 inches square and 4 inches thick. The Union depot at 

 Worcester (except trimmings, which were from Fitzwilliam), and the Stone mill at 

 Harrisville, came from this quarry. 



Roxbury. The south-west corner of Roxbury has valuable granite quarries. The 

 largest is that of the Keene Granite Company, H. A. Bodwell, president, E. S. Bod- 

 well, treasurer. This quarry is 2^ miles north-east from South Keene station, where 

 the company's stone-sheds are located. The proposed Manchester & Keene Railroad 

 will run three fourths of a mile distant. Quarry opened about 1850; owned as now, 

 and business greatly increased, since 1872. This company own 227 acres of land, 

 with a right to quarry on 150 acres more. They employed formerly 150 quarrymen 

 and 200 cutters, their sales in 1873 being about $350,000. Largest blocks sold, 12 

 tons; a sheet now split out would yield a block 30 by 15 by 6 feet in dimensions. 

 Most of the granite quarried by this company has been used in building the new state 

 house at Albany, N. Y. At present, very little work is done here. 



The Cheshire Granite Company, S. G. Griffin, president, has a quarry a third of a 

 mile west of the last ; only a small amount of work done. 



Another quarry, opened about 1840, now owned by John L. Randall, of Albany, N. 

 Y., is situated one mile north-east from these, being about four miles from Keene. It 

 has been worked since 1873 '^y Nourse & Dean, of Keene, who several years ago em- 



