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blue. The lift<s vary from IJ'' to 4''. Randall Bros, at Hancock 

 handle all the product, which is chiefly flag. Four men are 

 employed. 



Rice & Co., Hancock. Quarry is 3 miles northwest of Hancock 

 on western side of Sands creek near the top of the hill. The 

 ledge has been opened 300 feet north and south along the side 

 seams. The stripping, amounting to 30 feet of rock covered with 

 a layer of earth, covers a bed of stone 15 feet thick, with lifts 

 varying from 6'" to 24''. The stone is coarse grained and gray 

 blue. Sap has discolored the bed near the joints. Reeds are 

 present and are of the type which tighten on exposure. The 

 product is principally curb and rock, which is sold to Kirk- 

 patrick Bros, at Sands switch on the Erie railroad. Three men 

 are employed. 



M. J. Ford, Hancock. Quarry is situated on west side of Sands 

 creek 2^ miles northwest of Hancock. ,The bed of stone is 8 to 9 

 feet thick with 22 to 25 feet of rock, shale and earth top. The 

 stone is coarse grained and the lower lifts are of fairly good blue 

 color. The upper lifts are greenish gray. Some cross bedding 

 appears in the ledge, causing waste. The vertical joints are 

 irregular and stained with iron. The lifts vary from ly to 5". 

 The product includes all varieties of stone, which is sold to 

 Randall Bros, at Hancock. Three men are employed. Cost of 

 cartage to Hancock is 17^ per value of load. 



Patrick White, Hancock. Quarry is situated on the same hill 

 as Ford's, but several ledges above. The bed of stone is 10 to 11 

 feet thick, with 20 feet of rock top. The bed dips somewhat 

 more sharply than usual to the west. The bed is divided by 

 joints, which are not exactl}^ vertical, dipping slightly to the 

 east. The stone is even bedded, the lifts varying from 2" to 9'' 

 in thickness. The stone is coarse grained and greenish gray 

 blue. The product includes flag and edge stone, which is sold 

 to G. W. Kazenstein, a small buyer at Hancock on the Scranton 

 branch of the Ontario and Western railroad. Two men are 

 employed. 



Edward Kearney, Hancock. This quarry is just opened on a 

 ledge above Ford's and below White's. The bed of stone worked 



