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Charles A. Bond: quarry opened in 1877, employing 5 men. 
The principal dealers in hammered granite in Concord, not owning quarries, are 
P. E. Blanchard, who employs 15 men at stone-cutting; Hunton & Perry. 18 men; 
John H. Flood, 15 men; Blanchard & McAlpine, 1o men; and Flanders & Gannon, 
12 men. 
Hooksett. In Hooksett two granite quarries are worked. They are near together on 
the east side of the Merrimack, two miles south of the village and about half a mile 
from the Concord Railroad. The upper quarry, which yields the finer stock, was opened 
as much as fifty years ago. For several years past it has been worked by Oliver Gay, 
by whom the lower quarry, used principally for bridge masonry and rough work, was 
opened in 1873. At that time 30 men were employed in quarrying and 10 in cutting. 
In 1877 both these quarries were purchased by A. L. Waite, who employed last year 
about 15 men, principally in quarrying. Proprietors in 1878, Bonney & Waite. 
Salem. A quarry in Salem, opened about forty years ago, owned since 1870 by David 
Nevins, of Methuen, is situated one third mile west-south-west from Salem depot. Ten 
quarrymen were employed here several years ago, but very little is done now. 
A visit to the Nevins quarry, in 1875, showed that the rock is strictly gneiss, dipping 
50° N. 70° W., with prominent vertical joints running N. 65° W. There was a cap of 
poor rock overlying the workable stone, requiring removal before good material could 
be obtained. This was 25 feet thick in some places. Both the horizontal and vertical 
joints exist here. The opening is shaped like the letter L, 300 feet long, measuring 
both arms, and 100 feet wide. The ground is low, so that pumping is required to re- 
move the water. 
Pelham. In Pelham, the greater part of the quarries are on Gage’s hill, two miles east- 
north-east from the village. The nearest railroad stations are Salem and Messer’s, on 
the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad, four and a half miles distant. A proposed rail- 
road from Nashua to Plaistow would pass at the north foot of this hill. The distance 
to be teamed from the different quarries would then vary from one eighth of a mile to 
one mile. 
The largest business here is that of Bodwell & Webster, for whom Samuel Kelley is 
agent. This quarry was opened about 1850. It has been under the present owners 
since 1873. In 1874 and 1875 about 6 men were employed in quarrying and 4 in cut- 
ting, the annual sales being about $8,000. Last year the sales were about $3,000. 
Largest blocks quarried, about 4 tons; could supply shafts 15 feet long and 3 feet 
square. The granite is bedded in sheets varying from 6 inches to 34 feet in thickness. 
This company owns a tract of 80 acres. 
Other quarries on this hill are those of Benjamin D. Kittredge, employing about 5 
men; Abner Kittredge, 3 or 4 men; D. H. Webster & Son, 4 men; Gage & Wood- 
bury, 4 men; J. N. Woodman, 5 men; John Roney and Moses Johnson, each 2 men. 
This granite finds a market principally in Lawrence, Haverhill, and vicinity. Law- 
rence dam is built of it; and most of the stone caps and sills used in these cities are 
supplied from Gage’s hill. The stone is of fine quality, well suited for cemetery and 
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