. Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties, by Grimsley, assistant geologist. White, state geologist. The south end of this outcrop with a length of nearly amile and a half is controlled by the Blair Limestone Companywhich has opened large quarries and operates a crushing plantand lime-kilns as described in the preceding Chapter. This isthe only operating plant on the belt. The Carnegie SteelCompany owns a small tract just south of the Blair near therailroad. North of the Blair property is a tract owned by theLaBelle Iron and Steel Company, of Steubenville and Wheel-ing. To the west
. Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties, by Grimsley, assistant geologist. White, state geologist. The south end of this outcrop with a length of nearly amile and a half is controlled by the Blair Limestone Companywhich has opened large quarries and operates a crushing plantand lime-kilns as described in the preceding Chapter. This isthe only operating plant on the belt. The Carnegie SteelCompany owns a small tract just south of the Blair near therailroad. North of the Blair property is a tract owned by theLaBelle Iron and Steel Company, of Steubenville and Wheel-ing. To the west of the LaBelle property is a tract owned bythe Standard Lime and Stone Company, while the lands to thenorth are owned by a Martinsburg syndicate. The northern portion of this outcrop is one and a quartermiles from the Cumberland Valley Railroad at Berkeley Sta-tion, and at (his point could be connected with the Baltimoreand ( )hio connecting switch. The proposed cut-off of this la! •ter railroad via Shcpherdstown to Harpers Kerry would passacros the outcrop al the north end of the LaBelle property. 11-1. A-2 B-1 B-2 C-1 C2 C-3 WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 465 This outcrop is 40 to 80 feet above the creek level, so quarriescould readily be drained, and the rock is low in silica over mostof the outcrops. The chemical composition of the limestone at the Blairquarries is shown by the following analyses. A-l and A-2are from the furthest south quarry on the east belt. B-1 andB-2 are from the present working- quarry further north on thiseast belt. C-1 to C-3 are from different parts of the newquarry north of the Schoppert county road, or about a milenorth of the first quarry (A) : A-1 Silica Lime carbonate 97. 41 Magnesium carbonate and The following analyses were made by one of the steelcompanies about seven years ago, acro
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