. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. 2 miles south-east of Calistoga, and w^as originally part of the Nettie Brown stone is trachytic tuff and has been used locally for building pur-poses. No production has been made for several years past. Bibl.: Bull. 38, p. 155. Buck Bancli. Rock for county road w^ork was quarried from theBuck ranch, southwest of Napa, in Quarry (see Jursch). 294 MINES AND MINERATi RESOURCES. Connors Quarry or Cement Rock Pit, N. Connors, Calistoga,owner. It is in the we
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. 2 miles south-east of Calistoga, and w^as originally part of the Nettie Brown stone is trachytic tuff and has been used locally for building pur-poses. No production has been made for several years past. Bibl.: Bull. 38, p. 155. Buck Bancli. Rock for county road w^ork was quarried from theBuck ranch, southwest of Napa, in Quarry (see Jursch). 294 MINES AND MINERATi RESOURCES. Connors Quarry or Cement Rock Pit, N. Connors, Calistoga,owner. It is in the western part of Calistoga, on the side of a hillrunning southeasterly. The material is a tough, clay-like in part,volcanic ash or tuff, and has been used locally for a number of years asa road dressing. It is said to pack quite hard after wetting. Davis Quarry, Dr. C. E. Davis, St. Helena, owner. On the Davisranch, 2 miles from St. Helena on the Sanitarium road, is a hard, red-dish trachytic tuff which has been used locally for building the time of our visit rock was being taken out for the bridge at the. Photo No. 43. Big Trancas bridge near Napa, Napa County. Stone from Wing Quarry, 1913. north end of Main street, St. Helena. Dr. Davis also owns a depositof softer stone nearer town on the same road, but no quarrying hasbeen done there. Bibl.: Bull. 38, p. 155. Errington Quarry, George E. Errington, Napa, owner. This quarry,about 1 mile east of the railroad station at Napa, produces crushed rockfor road metal and concrete work. The crushing plant has a capacityof 100 cubic yards per day, and is driven by a gasoline engine. Foursizes of product are made. It is operated only about six months peryear, principally in the summer season. Fourteen men are employedwhen in full operation. The rock is rhyolite similar to that at theBachelder quarr}^ north of this. Bibl.: Bull. 38, p. 320. NAPA COUNTY. 295 Gardner Quarry, W. G. Gardner, Napa, owner. This sandstonequarry is in W
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