STEATITE QUARRIES AT OLNEY 



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g^rooved axes for the rou.yli work of tlie quarries, tliat the date of this 

 work is comparatively recent. It would seem that older tools from all 

 sources were pressed into service for carryiug ou a new art. 



Fig. 27 — (iouiie-like implement grooved for hafting and used in a steatite quarry 

 near Sandyspring, Maryland. 



FALLS CHURCH AND HOLMES RUN QUARRIES 



Ifear Falls Church, and some 3i miles southwest of Little falls. Vir- 

 ginia, steatite has been found, and some traces of ancient work have 

 been reported. Similar reports come from several other localities iu 

 Alexandria and Fairfax counties. 



In 1891 a soapstone mine was opened on what was then the Bassett 

 place, ou Holmes run, 7 miles from Alexandria and the same distance 

 from (yeorgetowu. As the work advanced a few shallow depressions 



