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is very even and a channeler can begin work without much smooth- 

 ing. About 35 feet of very good stone is taken out. Most of 

 the stone is blue, in fact only the top can be called buff stone. 

 The channelers in the quarry are driven by compressed air from 

 the power-house at the mill. Another floor farther west has been 

 opened, but the work on this floor has been stopped because the 

 grade of the stone at this point is not so good as it is on the main 

 floor. The main floor is remarkably free from seams and conse- 

 quently the amount of waste stone is not large. This company 



An old quarry floor filled with waste. 



also has a mill at Bedford, a mill at Reed's station, and a quarry 

 at Peerless. ]^Iuch stone has been discarded at this quarry 

 and most of it is in available position. At present it is being 

 discharged into the worked out floors of^the'^old^quarry. The 

 waste stone will represent less than 32 per cent of the solid^^cut 

 on account of the absence of weathered-out seams. 



The Adams Brothers Company's mill and quarry arej^located 

 just west of the Reed mill and quarry along the west side of 

 the depression. The quarry was opened in 1889 under the name 

 of the ]\Ionroe County Oolitic Company, and has been in active 

 operation ever since. The stone from this quarry is of a very 



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