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The opening is not large, showing 6 feet of bed with 12 to 15 feet 

 of rock top. The stone is thin bedded, medium coarse grained 

 and grayish blue in color. The vertical joints are irregular in 

 direction. The seams are 1|" to 4" apart, and some are rough. 

 The bed has a slight pitch to the west. The product of flag is 

 sold to Kirkpatrick Bros, at Rood creek switch. Two men are 

 employed. 



Travis & Kingsbury, Hancock. This is a firm of buyers 

 and quarrymen. The quarry is on north side of Delaware river, 

 4^ miles northwest of Hancock. The opening is an old one and 

 is 1200 feet long in an east and west direction. The western end 

 only is being worked. There are two beds of workable stone. 

 The top bed, 7 feet thick, is separated from the lower bed, 5 feet 

 thick, by a rough streak 5 feet thick. Above the top bed there 

 are 25 feet of rock and 1 to 2 feet of clay. The beds pitch rather 

 more sharply than usual to the north. The stone is coarse 

 grained and ranges in color from light blue to greenish gra3^ 

 The vertical joints are quite irregular in direction. The beds 

 at the eastern end of the opening are horizontal, which shows 

 the variation of the dip. This is a common feature of the quar- 

 ries of this district. The stone is carted to Travis & Kingsbury's 

 yards at Rood creek switch. Seven to eight men are employed. 



Robert Moore, Hancock. Quarry 5^ miles north of Hancock on 

 west side of Sands creek hollow. The face of the ledge has been 

 opened 300 feet east and west, and shows bed of 12 feet of stone 

 covered with 8 to 15 feet of rock top. The seams are even and 

 r' to 6" apart. The stone is rather coarse grained and of good 

 blue color w^hen sap has not discolored it. The bed is 

 horizontal. The stone is worked into flag chiefly, which is sold 

 to Randall Bros, at Hancock. Four men are employed. 



Crozier & Balian, Hancock. This firm is opening a quarry on 

 the Moore ledge. Two men are employed. 



Fitch & Randall, Hancock. Quarry 5 miles northwest of Han- 

 cock on west side of Sands creek. The bed of stone is 7 feet 

 thick, with 5 to 6 feet of rock and earth top. The quarry was 

 opened this season. The stone is coarse grained and greenish 



