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stones, of excellent granite, on board ship, at $1 . 12 per ton, and the ex- 
pense of transportation to New-York is rarely more than $2.50 per ton. 
Now there are but few cities where this article will not sell for at least 
$7 per ton, which will give a profit of $3 .38 for each ton of granite. 
" At the base of Mosquito mountain, beside a hugh pile of rocks that 
have fallen from the mountain's side and exposed a steep precipice of 
naked rock, the Frankfort Granite Company have begun extensive ope- 
rations for obtaining building stones. Thus far they have wrought only 
those detached blocks, that lie in confused heaps at the base of the moun- 
tain, by which much expense is saved in quarrying. 
" This quarry was first wrought in the month of May, 1836; since 
that time more than $50,000 worth of granite has been sold. It has 
been mostly sent to New-York, and is there used in r.onstructing the Al- 
bany Exchange. 
" A considerable sum, no less than $20,000, has been expended in dig- 
ging a large sloop canal from the river to the base of the mountain, and 
that work must have consumed a considerable share of the proceeds from 
their sales; but when the work is complete, it will so favor the shipments 
as to make ample returns to the company. 
" The whole mass of Musquito mountain is composed entirely of gra- 
nite, and its height is 527 feet above high water mark, while the diame- 
ter of the mountain is at least twice the measure of its height, and 
it must contain at least five hundred millions of cubic feet, equal to 
30,000,000 tons. 
" Rough split granite sells for $5 per ton, of 14 cubic feet, on the 
wharf at Kennebunk port. The price remains uniform up to the di- 
mensions of 26 cubic feet; and above that measure, two cents per foot 
is charged for every additional foot. 
" Stones for store fronts, hammered, sell for 75 cents per superficial 
foot. Where two sides of a stone are fine dressed, and two rough ham- 
mered, three sides are charged, and nothing is demanded for the ends. 
Where three sides are fine dressed, and one rough hammered, they charge 
four sides and not for the ends.'- 
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