. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. in length. One end is mottled black and white marble, the color is deposit is solid at the surface. It takes a fine polish and does notshow any strings or blemishes. It is suitable for corridors and forinterior decoration. About 600 feet on the other end of this deposit, the marble is veryfine grained, and is highly colored in red, yellow, white, purple andblue. In one opening the stone is banded like agate in blue, red andyellow. This marble is over 3^ in ha
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. in length. One end is mottled black and white marble, the color is deposit is solid at the surface. It takes a fine polish and does notshow any strings or blemishes. It is suitable for corridors and forinterior decoration. About 600 feet on the other end of this deposit, the marble is veryfine grained, and is highly colored in red, yellow, white, purple andblue. In one opening the stone is banded like agate in blue, red andyellow. This marble is over 3^ in hardness, grained like wood and takesa high polish, showing the colors of the African Numidian, as well aslighter and darker tints not seen in that stone. IMPERIAL COUNTY. 735 Near the above deposit the company owns one claim, containing 20acres of boulders, which appear to be concretions remaining from someoverlying formation which has disappeared. The stone is not quite ashard as the ordinary marble, but takes a smooth, glossy finish and showsa great variety of color, including pink, cream, red, yellow, orange and. -^ Creole Marble, Bored by Marine Mollusks. Photo. purple, with dashes of green and slender black lines, brecciating theentire mass. This marble is of the Sienna type, but more beautiful andthough it can not be obtained in large pieces, it can be used in tiling,soda fountains, knobs and handles for plumbing work, fancy articlesand curios. On the east end of the mountain and about one mile southeast of theabove named quarries, this company owns a deposit of blue marble,closely resembling the Esperanza of Vermont. It is fine grained andhard, and is suitable for almost any work to which marble may be put,being especially adapted for monuments. Large blocks of uniform colorare ready for shipment. At the west end of the Coyote Mountain range is a deposit of marble,about one half of which is pure white and as translucent as opal. Theother half is a peculiar marble
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