Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . PITTED STONES AND MORTAR FROM TIDEWATER VILLAGE-SITES(l-b, one-third actual size ; c-d, e. one-half actual size STEATITE QUARRYING TOOLS 113 very neat and delicate specimen,is hardly more thau 3 inches long,while the largest is 11 inches in length. STEATITE QUARRIESTHE CLIFTON yiTAKRY The most interesting example of the soapstone quarries examined bythe Bureau during the progress of the work described iu the jiresentpaper was the Hetzel-Hunter quarry, near Clifton, in Fairfax county,Virginia. Late in the
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . PITTED STONES AND MORTAR FROM TIDEWATER VILLAGE-SITES(l-b, one-third actual size ; c-d, e. one-half actual size STEATITE QUARRYING TOOLS 113 very neat and delicate specimen,is hardly more thau 3 inches long,while the largest is 11 inches in length. STEATITE QUARRIESTHE CLIFTON yiTAKRY The most interesting example of the soapstone quarries examined bythe Bureau during the progress of the work described iu the jiresentpaper was the Hetzel-Hunter quarry, near Clifton, in Fairfax county,Virginia. Late in the fall of 1S93 Mrs Margaret Hetzel, of Cliftonand Washington city, communicated to Professor O. T. Mason, of theNational Museum, the fact that iu prospecting a soapstone deposit near. Fro. 17—Probable raaoner of hafting the siugle-pninted anil the two-pointed chisels or picks. Clifton the owners had discovered traces of aboriginal operations, andexpressed a desire that the Smithsonian Institution should undertakean examination. This was reported to me by Professor Mason, and thequarry was put on the list for examination so soon as the field seasonof 1891 opened. Late in March the work was taken up, and Mr Wil-liam Dinwiddle was sent out with instructions to clear out the ancientexcavations in such a way that, if possible, the entire floor and thequarry faces would be exposed for study and photography. This wasdone in the completest possible manner, and in a few weeks a moststriking illustration of the enterprise and skill of our aboriginal tribeswas exposed to view. A trench or gallery some 25 feet wide andreaching in places a depth of 16 feet had been carried into the faceof the hill to a distance of 60 or 70 feet, and a second pit, inferior indimensions, had be
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