. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Photo No. I. Raymond Granite Company, Madera County, Cal. Upper part of Photo No. 2. Wedging out a large block of granite (about 10 feet by 20 feetby 5 feet). Raymond Granite Company, Madera County, California. 566 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. Monumental and building stone has been furnished to many largestructures, among which may be mentioned the San Francisco postoffice, Municipal Auditorium, the U. S. Sub-Treasury Building and theFairmont Hotel; also for building
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Photo No. I. Raymond Granite Company, Madera County, Cal. Upper part of Photo No. 2. Wedging out a large block of granite (about 10 feet by 20 feetby 5 feet). Raymond Granite Company, Madera County, California. 566 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. Monumental and building stone has been furnished to many largestructures, among which may be mentioned the San Francisco postoffice, Municipal Auditorium, the U. S. Sub-Treasury Building and theFairmont Hotel; also for buildings at the University of California inBerkeley. Of the latter, the most striking example is the Campanile, orbell tower, a shaft of 34 feet square base and 305 feet in height to thetop of the surmounting bronze lantern. On the front of the new U. Building in San Francisco are ten Doric columns about4J feet in diameter and 27 feet long, each in three sections. As origin-
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