Part II. History and Description 



CHAPTER III 



GENEEAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIANA STONE DISTRICT 



So much of a historical nature has been written about the 

 quarr}^ inchistry of Indiana that nothing elaborate on that phase 

 of the subject will be attempted in connection with this paper. 

 The present sketch will depict the district as it is at the present 

 time (1914). 



The industry is at present confined to Monroe and Lawrence 

 counties, but at an earlier period much quarrying was carried 

 on in Owen county. The causes for the withdrawal of the in- 

 dustry from Ow^en county were many, chief among them being 

 the fact that the stone at the northern end of the stone belt is 

 coarser and in most cases harder than it is farther south. 



The quarries of Monroe county can be readily divided into 

 the following groups: (1) Stinesville district, with 1 quarry 

 and 3 mills; (2) Ellettsville district, with 1 quarry and 6 mills; 

 (3) Hunter Valley district, with 4 quarries and 4 mills; (4) Bloom- 

 ington district, with 1 quarry and 7 mills; (5) Clear Creek and 

 Sanders district, with 8 quarries and 10 mills. 



This makes a total of 15 quarries and 27 mills in operation 

 in the county at this time. Several openings have been made 

 and abandoned in each district, but these have not been taken 

 into account in this summation, and in fact they have only a 

 historical interest to the quarry industry. 



The quarries of Lawrence county may be grouped as follows: 

 (1) Peerless, with 3 quarries and 1 mill; (2) Horseshoe and Oolitic, 

 with 3 quarries and 4 mills; (3) Dark Hollow, with 2 quarries 

 and 1 mill; (4) Bedford and vicinity, with 3 quarries and 18 

 mills. 



The following tables will give a summary of the number of 

 men employed in the industry in the two counties, together with 

 the output of stone and the amount and kind of machinery in 

 use at the present time: 



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