Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . o z— iw II- o 1- I-o II- STEATITE QUARRIES AT OLNEY 131 grooved axes for the rough work of the quarries, that the date of thiswork is comparatively recent. It would seem that older tools from allsources were pressed iuto service for carrying on a uew ,-3^.* >^r Fig. 27—Gousje-ljke implement grooved for hafting and used in a att-atitt^ quarrynear Sandyspring, Maryland. FALLS CHURCH AND HOLMES RUN QUARRIES Near Falls Church, and some 3J miles southwest of Little falls, Vir-ginia, steatite has been
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . o z— iw II- o 1- I-o II- STEATITE QUARRIES AT OLNEY 131 grooved axes for the rough work of the quarries, that the date of thiswork is comparatively recent. It would seem that older tools from allsources were pressed iuto service for carrying on a uew ,-3^.* >^r Fig. 27—Gousje-ljke implement grooved for hafting and used in a att-atitt^ quarrynear Sandyspring, Maryland. FALLS CHURCH AND HOLMES RUN QUARRIES Near Falls Church, and some 3J miles southwest of Little falls, Vir-ginia, steatite has been found, and some traces of ancient work havebeen reported. Similar reports come from several other localities inAlexandria and Fairfax counties. In 1891 a soapstone mine was opened on what was then the Bassettplace, on Holmes run, 7 miles from Alexandria and the same distancefrom Georgetown. As the work advanced a few shallow depressions 132 STONE IMPLEMENTS [eth. marking the sites of ancient pits were observed, and in cutting throughtlieni several rudimentary vessels and numerous mining and cuttingtools, broken and entire, were encountered. The ancient work hadextended to the depth in one place of 7 or 8 feet. Several specimensfrom this site are illustrated in the accompanying plates. An ordinarygrooved ax, broken in use, is il
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