Iron ores, salt and sandstones . onemile and a half northeast of Charleston, and is operated bythe railroad company. Seventy or 80 men are employed and250 to 300 yards of ballast quarried and crushed daily. Atthe present time no building stone is quarried. The floor of the quarry is about 30 feet above Elk river,.and a small coal is found near the center of the quarry whichis probably one of the Allegheny coals. This sandstone formsthe upper portion of the Charleston sandstone of Campbell,,or the Buffalo-Mahoning horizon and probably a part of theFreeport. The stone is rather fine grained, blu
Iron ores, salt and sandstones . onemile and a half northeast of Charleston, and is operated bythe railroad company. Seventy or 80 men are employed and250 to 300 yards of ballast quarried and crushed daily. Atthe present time no building stone is quarried. The floor of the quarry is about 30 feet above Elk river,.and a small coal is found near the center of the quarry whichis probably one of the Allegheny coals. This sandstone formsthe upper portion of the Charleston sandstone of Campbell,,or the Buffalo-Mahoning horizon and probably a part of theFreeport. The stone is rather fine grained, blue to gray in colorwith mica flakes through it. It breaks readily into blocks andshows foliation in many ledges. These planes are oftencurved, but the curved lines finally disappear in the solid Quarry. Plate XXII shows a view from the top of thequarry looking toward the crusher and one side of the quarrywith the Elk river and railroad track beyond. The face ofthe quarry runs northeast-southwest at an angle of nearly 45,. Plate XXI.—A.—Presidents Residence, West Virginia University,Morgantown. Built of Buffalo Sandstone from Keck Quarry.
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