QUARRIES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. 167 
25 by 4, 15 by 2J, and 10 by 1-J feet), 4 polishing lathes for smaller 
stones, 7 " Jenny Lind " polishers, 2 vertical polishers for small work, 
2 pendulum polishers, 1 saw (for use with steel shot) with 2 blades, 
23 feet long, and a Donald cutting machine for smaller stones, 20 by 
6 feet. 
Specimens of polished work done by this company: Four fluted 
columns (22 by 3 feet) of Shattuck Mountain red granite for the 
court-house at Marquette, Mich.; balusters of gray granite (Goss 
Crotch Island quarry) for Kansas City court-house; vault of gray 
granite for Marinoni grave at cemetery in New Orleans, La. The 
soldiers' monument, of Beaver Lake black granite, at Calais, Me., 
was also finished here. 
The Redbeach Granite Company's quarry is in the town of Calais, 
on Cooks Mountain, 8 miles southeast of Calais, about 1,000 feet 
southwest of road to Redbeach. Operator, O. S. Tarbox, Red- 
beach, Me. 
The granite is a biotite granite of general bright pinkish color and 
medium even-grained texture like that of the Ma^ue Red Granite 
Company's quarry near Redbeach, described on page 166, and of the 
abandoned Bodwell Granite Company's quarry on Cooks Mountain. 
The quarry, opened in 1895, is 50 by 25 feet and from 5 to 20 
feet deep. The sheets, up to 5 feet thick, dip north at low angle. 
Vertical joints strike N. 80°-90° E., forming numerous headings. 
There is no rift. 
The plant consists of 1 derrick and 1 hoisting engine. 
Transportation involves cartage of over one-half mile to wharf on 
St. Croix River at Redbeach. 
The product is used for buildings and monuments. Specimen 
structures: The red granite in two corner wings of the American 
Museum of Natural History, in New York; the pedestal to General 
Grant's monument, at Galena, 111. 
The Horsebrooh Mountain quarry is in the town of Jonesboro, at 
Quarry siding, about 2 miles east of Jonesboro station, on the Wash- 
ington County Railroad. This quarry was opened in 1903 by Cyrus 
F. Stackpole, of Bangor, Me., and furnished a " pink granite " for 
the Roman Catholic Church, the Commercial block, and the Pierce 
block, at Oldtown, Me., and the new schoolhoase at Great Works, 
Me. These facts were submitted by Samuel S. Kimball, of Bangor, 
to the State Survey Commission. The quarry was not in operation 
in 1905, and specimens of the stone were not obtainable for descrip- 
tion in this report. 
The Fish quarry is in the town of Jonesboro, 1 mile northwest of 
Jonesboro village. Owner, N. W. Fish, Jonesboro, Me. 
The granite (specimen 87, b) is a biotite granite of lavender 
medium-gray color and medium, even-grained texture, with feldspars 
