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so far is 4 feet thick and covered with a rock top of 10 to 15 feet. 

 The stone is coarse grained and light gray blue. The lifts vary 

 from 1" to 3". The stone is sold to Randall Bros, at Hancock. 

 Two men are employed six months in the year. 



Johnson & Dirig, Hancock. Quarry is 3 miles northwest of 

 Hancock on east side of Sands creek. The ledge has been 

 opened 700 feet around the edge of the hill. The quarry has 

 been worked extensively and is now producing a medium amount 

 of stone. The face has a maximum hight of 52 feet, 40 feet of 

 which are pencil and 12 feet bed. The upper 3 feet of bed are 

 thin bedded and suitable for flagging; but the lower lifts are 

 very heavy, with few reeds which are hard to split, the seams 

 being 2 to 3-J feet apart. These heavy lifts are sold as rock to 

 Kirkpatrick Bros, at Sands switch. The bed dips slightly to 

 the south. The system of jointing is regular and smooth. 20$ 

 of the value of each load is paid for cartage. Two to four men 

 are employed, eight months in the year. 



Arnold Grimsback, Hancock. This quarry is on west side of 

 Bear brook hollow 1 mile northwest of Hancock. This quarry, 

 known as the Baily quarry, was at one time a great producer 

 of stone, but is now worked at one end only. The face is 

 450 feet long, north and south, and shows a bed of stone ranging 

 from 5 to 15 feet in thickness. The top is very heavy, 10 to 40 

 feet thick and of rock. The stone is coarse grained and of good 

 gray blue. The lifts vary from 3 inches to 4 feet in thickness. 

 The stone is worked into edge stone and rock. Little flag is pro- 

 duced, on account of the heavy lifts. The product is sold to 

 Randolph Bros, at Hancock. One man is employed. 



Hanrahan & Cahill, Hancock. This quarry is 2 miles northwest 

 of Hancock in Bear brook hollow. The bed of stone is 8 feet 

 thick, with 7 feet of clay and shale top. The stone is even 

 bedded (the seam being \\" to 6" apart) of medium fine grain 

 and a dirty blue color. The product is flag and edge stone, which 

 is sold to Kirkpatrick Bros, at Hancock. The cost of cartage is 

 17< of the value of each load. Two men are employed. The 

 quarry has been opened 10 months. 



