QUARRIES IN YORK COUNTY. 179 
to this.) In 1905 the quarry was producing trimmings for St. Mary's 
Convent, at Biddeford. 
The Andrews <& Perkins quarries are in the town of Biddeford, 
about 1J miles southeast of Biddeford city and one-half mile south 
of Saco River. Operator, Andrews & Perkins, 18 Middle street, 
Biddeford. 
The granite (specimen 133, a) is a biotite granite of general light- 
gray color, with conspicuous black mica, and of coarse, even-grained 
texture, with feldspars up to three-fourths inch and biotite up to 
one-fifth inch. It consists, in descending order of abundance, of a 
bluish, translucent white potash feldspar (microcline and orthoclase), 
smoky quartz (not so dark as that of the Bicker quarry, specimen 
120, a) milk-white soda-lime feldspar (oligoclase), and black mica 
(biotite), together with accessory magnetite, titanite, zircon, and 
apatite and secondary kaolin and a white mica derived from the 
alteration of the oligoclase. The feldspars are considerably inter- 
grown with quartz, some particles of which are circular in cross 
section. The contrasts are chiefly between the ftMspars, quartz, 
and mica. The feldspar is more bluish than that? of the Bicker and 
Gowen Emmons quarries. 
The quarries, opened in 1862, and again in 1895, consist of six 
small openings of various dimensions, only one of which — a " bowlder 
quarry " — is worked at present. 
Rock structure : The rift is horizontal, the grain vertical, striking 
northwest-southeast, but the difference between them is not marked. 
The jointing permits the quarrying of blocks up to 25 feet square. 
Sap is 2 inches thick. Knots in some of the openings measure up to 
3 and even 10 feet in length. 
The plant consists of 10 derricks, 3 hoisting engines, 4 steam drills, 
and 4 pumps. 
Transportation involves cartage of one-half mile to Saco River, 
or of 2 miles to railroad at Biddeford. 
The product is used for buildings and monuments. Specimen 
buildings : Tribune Building, New York ; General Dix monument at 
Fort Monroe, Va. ; foundation and trimmings of Watson & Miller 
building at Portland, Me. This quarry has furnished granite for 
the Delaware and Saco River breakwaters. In 1905 the quarry was 
supplying curbing for Dover and Rochester, N. H. 
The Goodwin quarry is in the town of Biddeford, about 1J miles 
southeast of Biddeford city and one-half mile south of Saco River, a 
little southeast of Andrews & Perkins quarry. Owner, Goodwin 
heirs, Biddeford. The quarry is not in operation. 
The granite is a biotite granite, identical with that of the Andrews 
& Perkins quarry, described above, 
