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the Oolite, and consequently the latter has weathered to a great 

 depth. The seams are numerous and reach to a depth of 2 to 

 3 channel cuts. The residual soil fills these wide seams and 

 causes much labor in its removal. All the stone exposed is buff 

 and of slighth^ finer grain than that taken from the other opening. 

 The stripping consists of 8 feet of earth and the upper 10 feet of 

 the Oolitic stone. The first bed below this waste is so penetrated 

 by seams that a large amount of it is waste. This floor was not 

 being worked at the time of the last visit in August, 1914. 



The mill of this company is located just north of their quarry 

 and is one of the older mills of this district. 



The Empire quarry and mill are located a little more than 

 half a mile northwest of Sanders. This company' began operations 

 in 1892, but has not been running all the time since, having had 

 several shut-downs. The mill was built in 1904 and since that 

 time has turned out a large amount of work. The stone at this 

 quarry is ver}^ well protected by the overlying stone and a very 

 thick bed is worked, in some places amounting to as much as 

 00 feet of good stone. The stripping consists of about 5 feet of a 

 sandy clay and 10 feet of ^Mitchell limestone: the overlying stone 

 is very closely knit and but little water has penetrated to the 

 underhdng stone so that the seams are but little weathered. 

 The stone is taken out in 6 channel cuts of which the tipper 4 

 cuts are buff, the next one mixed, and the lowest bltie stone. The 

 stone is rather coarse grained, with the grains very uniform in 

 size. The company is at present working in the southeastern 

 corner of their propert}^ along the boundary of the property 

 of the Reed Stone Company. 



The mill of this company is located at the north side of their 

 quarry opening. 



The Reed Stone Company's quarry and mill are located just 

 south of the Empire quarry. The quarry was the first opened in 

 this part of the district. It was first opened under the name of the 

 Oolitic Stone Company in 1888 and was purchased by David 

 Reed in 1890. The mill began operations in 1895 and a new 

 quarry opening was then made farther north. Another opening 

 was made just east of this quarry under the name of the Bedford 

 Quarry Company in 1891 and was consolidated with it in 1900. 

 The present operations (August, 1914j are being carried on south 

 of the old opening of this compan\\ The present stripping 

 consists of about 8 feet of dirt and about 20 feet of very hard 

 Mitchell limestone. The surface of the Oolite under the ^Mitchell 



