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Few other quarries in the South have been earefull}^ examined 

 and those of the Pennsylvania reoion have received 

 New Eng an only snperficial attention, althouiih large collections 

 of the inipk-nients and partially worked utensils 

 have been made. jNIucIi more thoroiiirh examinations ha\"e been made 

 in the quarries of New England at lii'istol, Conn.; ]Milll>ury, Xorth 

 AVilbraham, and Westfield, Mass.; and Johnson, Vt. All, however, 

 present nearly identical features. The manner of operating tlie 



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Fio. 111. (jou.no of Nl'w EnjjUind type ('iii;)l().\ t'd iu tlio Couuceticut AvemiL' quiirries. 



(One-half actual size.) 



quarries, the traces of shaping work, and the implements employed 

 are much the same e\erywhere. 



Soapstone was worked also in Wyoming, and numei'ous examples 



of the articles made have been collected, but the 



California Q u a i- „.,j.j.i^.y j^.j^.y jj^.^ bceii definitely located or de- 



scribed. In California, however, the soapstone- 

 Vv'orking industry had reached important proportions. The (juarries 

 located on the island of Santa Catalina were first examined and 

 described by Schumacher,^ and more recently by the ]n-esent writer.- 



1 Schumacher, Metliotl of Manufacture of Several Articles by the former Indians of 

 Southern California, p. I'lSO. 



- Holmes, Anthropological Studies iu California. 



