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acres of good stone land and intends to start a quarry of its own 

 to Slippy stone for the mill. 



The mill and quarry of the Romona Oolitic Stone Company 

 are located about one-fourth of a mile north of the Hoadley quarry. 

 This mill and quarry have not been in operation since 1910. 

 The machinery, however, is in place, and an effort has been made 

 to keep it in as good condition as possible. The same company 

 has a similar mill at Romona, Owen county, which was abandoned 

 about the same time as the property at Stinesville. 



The stone plants of Ellettsville and vicinity consist of 6 mills 

 and 1 quarry, as follows: D. K. Miers Stone Company, 1 mill; 

 Mathews Brothers Company, 1 mill; Harding and Cogswell, 1 

 mill; Alexander King Stone Company, 1 mill; Perry Stone Com- 

 pany, 1 mill and 1 quany; Thompson and Sandy Stone Corn- 

 pan}^, 1 mill. 



The mill of the D. K. Miers Stone Company is located about 

 one and one-fourth miles north of the Ellettsville station and 

 west of the Monon railroad tracks. The mill is the property 

 of Perry Brothers, and is leased by the company now operating 

 it. This mill has not been in operation since December, 1913. 



The property of the Mathews Brothers Stone Company is 

 located about three-fourths of a mile north of the Monon station 

 at Ellettsville. The small plant operated by Harding and Cogs- 

 well is located close to Mathews Brothers and is of especial 

 interest because of the fact that the owners are experimenting 

 with an oil engine for the production of their power. The engine 

 is a 40 horse-power Fairbanks-Morse kerosene oil engine and 

 is proving very economical of fuel and lubricating oil. The cost 

 of power at this plant will be taken up more fully in the portion 

 of this study relating to the power problems of the district. 



The mill of the Alexander King Stone Company was not in 

 operation at the time of either visit, but the plant was opened 

 for inspection, by the watchman. This mill is known as the 

 Eclipse mill and is located about 200 yards north of the Elletts- 

 ville station. It is of stone construction and has been built 

 several years, the present company securing control about a 

 year ago. The mill of the Thompson and Sandy Stone Company 

 is located about one-fourth of a mile north of the station at Elletts- 

 ville. The plant of the Perr}^ Stone Company is located on the 

 east side of the valley opposite the Thompson and Sandy plant. 

 The valley at this point widens out, and the workings of this 

 company are against the valley side above the drainage level. 



