Mance: Quarry Industry of Southern Indiana 171 



At the present time there is onh^ one hme plant in operation 

 in the Southern Indiana quarry district. This plant was the 

 property of the Ohio and Western Lime Company of Bedford, 

 Ind., until the latter part of 1914, when it was purchased by the 

 Indiana Quarries Company. The plant is located on the site of 

 the old Perry Mathews and Buskirk quarry of the Indiana 

 Quarries Company on Buff Ridge, and the limestone for burning 

 comes from this quarry. While the plant was operated by the 

 first company the operators were paying 15 cents per ton for the 

 waste stone and the quarry operators were furnishing derrick 

 and switch connections for the lime company. Since the same 

 company is now operating both quarry and lime plant, the in- 

 dustry will be sure to develop. In reply to a request for informa- 

 tion concerning the plant under its new owners, the following 

 information was promptly furnished. The equipment of the 

 plant consists of four kilns, two of stone and two of steel construc- 

 tion. The plant furnishes employment for 15 men at an average 

 wage of 22J cents per hour. The yearly output of the plant is 

 about 225,000 bushels of lime and the coal consumption is about 

 5,200 tons. The cost of production of the lime is figured at 

 about 10 cents per bushel. The plant represents an investment 

 of approximately S25,000. 



