The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-07

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bluf, - our Imagination had pictured, ~
found the sntirS blaf stripped for distases
Of four hnndrsd Ssst exposing 70 view IN
innesss nsgs-of Stone pefpendiculrly and
laterAily. All along this line the quarrymsD
we're q work, and havs been q work,
to the number Of forty odd men
for three or four months past. Their
sxcavatiers had formed the quarry in
tsrrsces Of varying widths, opening out 70
view the finest body Of rock in the most con>
yeaest shapes for quarryins, handling and
working Il is possible TO conceive. There
lie the stone ~ they come from the plastic
hand OF nature, in regular layers Of various
thickness, and the quarrymen can take them
with surface dimensions to fill any bill, from
the aixs ofa barn floor to that Of lap stone.
We saw one on the wagon bound for the rivss
and ST. Louis, ten feet long, six feet wide and
eight inches thick, making some forty cubic
feet, weighing between three and four tons,
and worth about forty dollars At the quarry.
The stone seems to be Of > very superior
quality, and has every appearance Of indie
atrucsibie durability, being covered where it
has been long exposed by moss, which it il
said never grows on stone subject TO disnte
grafton. II is not At ali like the common
| limestone which has been used heretofore in
our city, either in its proportionase constitu'
ents, It's appearance or general character, and
ret has no special distinctive designation in
common phraseology, so far as we know, un
! less it BE magnetism or chrys,alixed limestone.
The quarry now opened seems inexhaustible
and immensely valuable, as the stone is Of a
character suitable for ordinary purposes and
oil kinds Of building, from the humblest &c
the most splendid structure, and all portion.
| Of the structure, from the foundation to tbs
pinnacle.
Largo quantities Of stone have already beer
taken from. the quarry and shipped by rail Il
Springfield for the construction of publ,
buildings in process Of construction there
and by river to St. Louis for general building
purposes. The demand will doubtless in
crease IS tie character Of the stone becomes
bsusr known, and the quarry will furnish
employment. for labor and profit to Its owner
for generations to come.
Tho quarry is owned aud worked unde
the superintendent Of our enterrrising fel
low citizen, j. B. Knight, Esq, member o
the corporation, by the Nauvoo Stone Com
psny, Of which Mr. Williams and Mr.. Tracy
of .he National Bank of Springfield, Illinois
are amongst the chief stockholders. III,
corporators have ample means, and propose
10 construct railway to transport the ston'
from the quarry to the railroad depot ant
the ferry landing. The enterprise is in tn
hands of sagacious business men, and VI
have every confidence that so good a thin
Is they have in that property viii be improved
to the utmost. Friend knight is in his els
ment in the management Of the quarryin
business, and be sure he will leave nothin
uadone which energy and industry and
thorough knowledge of tho matter and tn
situation can accomplish for the develop
ment of it's capabilities.