..Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, volI-V . ice being to employ for this purpose the smaller pieces derivedfrom the dressing of heavier blocks. The stone is much alike at Crookstonand Tweed, and differs from the fine grained lithographic type exposed alongthe Archsean boundary. It is possil)le that these beds should be ascribed tothe Trenton rather than to the Black River; the literature is indefinite onthis point and no collection of fossils was made to determine the horizon. Honorable Wm. Gibson, Beamsville, Ont., Lot 10, Con. IX, Huntingdon,Hastings co u n ty. This qu
..Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, volI-V . ice being to employ for this purpose the smaller pieces derivedfrom the dressing of heavier blocks. The stone is much alike at Crookstonand Tweed, and differs from the fine grained lithographic type exposed alongthe Archsean boundary. It is possil)le that these beds should be ascribed tothe Trenton rather than to the Black River; the literature is indefinite onthis point and no collection of fossils was made to determine the horizon. Honorable Wm. Gibson, Beamsville, Ont., Lot 10, Con. IX, Huntingdon,Hastings co u n ty. This quarry is situated close to the line of the North Hastings railway,on the east side; it is opened in the side of a bluff which runs approximatelyparallel to the track at Crookston station. In descending order the following beds are exposed:— 5 feet 6 inches—Even bedded limestones parting at intervals of 1 footor IS inches, somewhat shattered. 2 feet—Friable stone parting easily and fading into the next bed. 3 feet—Solid compact blue limestone, best bed. ^
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