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The Central Oolitic Stone Company was organized in 1890 

 and the next year opened a quarry and mill on their property 

 in the northern part of the city. The quarry did not prove a 

 paying venture and was abandoned the following year. The 

 mill has continued in operation since that time and is one of the 

 oldest in this part of the stone district. A new mill building 

 has been put up north of the old mill, and the traveling crane and 

 the diamond saws are installed in this building, which is used at 

 present for a loading shed. 



The South Side Stone Company's plant is located two blocks 

 west of the Monon railroad on West Second street. The plant 

 is new and its equipment is up-to-date and in good order. The 

 entire plant is electrically driven, and the owners feel that this 

 form of power is very economical and satisfactory. 



The mill of Nolan and Sons is located in the southern end of 

 the city along the Monon railroad. For a small plant this mill 

 is very well managed and equipped. The plant has been in 

 operation for three years. 



The Hoadley Stone Company has 2 very large and up-to-date 

 mills in the city. They are both located in the southern end of 

 the city along the Monon railway tracks. 



The Oolitic Stone Company's plant is located on the rise of 

 ground southwest of town. The mill is new and has its entire 

 equipment driven by electrical power. The mill turns out a 

 large amount of work in what must be called a very economical 

 fashion. 



The quarry and mill of the Bloomington and Bedford Stone 

 Company are located southwest of the city on the west side of the 

 Monon railroad. The quarry is the only one in or around Bloom- 

 ington that is at present (1914) in operation. The grade of 

 stone quarried is good and the amount in sight is sufficient for 

 a long run. The Oolite at this point is overlaid by several feet 

 of Mitchell, and altho the stripping is rather heavy, the grade of 

 the underlying stone is correspondingly good. Most of the stone 

 quarried is buff and fairly coarse grained. The water supply at 

 the quarry is inadequate and an effort is being made to hold the 

 water with a small dam about 500 feet from the quarry. The 

 water from this dam is pumped up into the old quarry working 

 and from here the stripping pump can use it. 



A quarry was opened by the Chicago and Bloomington Stone 

 Company early last year on the high ground southeast of the 

 city, and a large floor was stripped for quarrying. Work was 



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