76 THE GRANITES OF .MAINE. 
Quarries of black gfanite. — There are 12 quarries of black granite, 
although a few obscure ones may have been overlooked. Their loca- 
tion is shown by a separate symbol on the map. They are in York, 
Lincoln, Waldo, Penobscot, and Washington counties. Of these 
only the Addison (in Washington County), Vinalhaven (in Knox), 
and Round Pond quarries (in Lincoln) are at tidewater, but as 
these granites are used only in small quantities for expensive work 
the cost of transportation is a minor consideration. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE QUARRIES AND THEIR PRODUCT. 
The quarries will be here described in detail by counties. The 
particulars in regard to each quarry come under the following heads, 
which will be taken up in the order given: 
1. Name and location of quarry; name and office address of 
operator. 
2. The granite — its name, color, texture, minerals, chemical compo- 
sition, and physical qualities as shown by any tests. The number of 
the specimen collected in the preparation of this report precedes the 
description in each case. The words " coarse," * k medium," and 
"fine" as applied to texture are to be understood as defined on page 
20. 
3. The quarry: Date of its opening, size, drainage, stripping. 
4. Rock structure and rock variations under the one head " RocM 
structure," comprising general features, sheets, joints, headings, rift 
and grain, dikes, veins, knots, sap. etc. 
5. The plant, with enumeration of all machines and pneumatic 
tools. 
6. Transportation, including distance from dock or railroad, and 
method of transport. 
7. Product, its uses and market, and the names of specimen build- 
ings or monuments and contracts undertaken in 1905. 
The counties will be taken up in alphabetic order: Cumberland, 
Franklin. Hancock. Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln. Oxford. Penobscot, 
Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo. Washington, and York, and the towns 
in each county will be taken up in like order. 
(I .MliKKLAM) COILNTY. 
The Granite quarries in Cumberland County are in the towns of 
Brunswick, Freeport, Pownal, and Westbrook. 
The Grant quarry is in the town of Brunswick, 3 miles west of 
Brunswick village, on the south side of the Maine Central Railroad, 
on the Merriman farm. This quarry Avas not in operation in 190a 
The granite (specimen 110. a) is a biotite granite of medium-gray 
shade and fine, even-grained texture, in which the particles of quartz 
