St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-15

ergv aud purpose that the thing was accom-
piished as soon as proposed
This particular feature Of the exhibits from
Mankato, which wiz command universal at
tention from all who visit the great fair, and
which win shed such luster upon the city,
represents 4 perpendicular section of the
Empire ledge from surface 10 base, and win
be from thirty-three to thirty-6ve high. It
consists Of rough, cut and polished stone of
the several layers and colors to be seen any
day on the face Of the ledge.
1t il four feet in diameter at the base, and
fifteen inches at the top, and win be sur
mounted with large lump of riff ran or sur
face stone, which covers the top o. the ledge,
which viii be cemented into one compact
mass before being placed in position.
The two bare blocks or layers are about
sixteen inches thick, and are Just such
stone as are found in the lower
layers of the ledge. They are Of
& blush white color and are called ssMan-
kato bluen stone. The third layer Is shale
or cement stone. The fourth, hfth and sixth
layers are six feet thick in the ledge and
when taken out can be taken out Of this
thickness or can be split number Of times.
When dressed in the monument they are
FIVE feet six inces thick. This is the cele-
brated Mankato bridge ledge and Is abso-
lutely indistructable, withstanding pressure
OF 1000 pounds to the square inch They
are impervious TO frost and are being used
all over the country for bridge piers and
heavy foundation walls which are required TO
sustain tremendous weight.
Layers seven and eight are what is called
the soft ledge and show the various kinds of
dressing and polish. They are of beauti-
full cream color and when dressed
and polished show the Almost
beautiful grain resembling the handsOmest
birds eye maple ever seen. For furniture
they are, when polished, more beautiful than
the finest Italian marble and fairly astonish
as well as electrify all who see it, with its
beauty. Three panels of this layers are
polished. The ninth layer, two feet thick,
is q fine stone for bridge or building pur-
poses, OF grayish color.
Layer number ten is eighteen inches thick,
Of pink color and is 4 good building or
bridge stone. The eleventh and twelfth lay
ers are red cOlored stone good for any pur-
pose, but particularly fine for base, or any
kind Of cut stone trimmings. LAYER thir-
teen is valuable for ruble or for building or
bridge stone. II is of gray color
aud is two feet six inches thick
Layer fourteen is a light straw color and is
| eighteen inches thick. The fifteenth layer,
about sixteen inches thick, is Of the same
color and suitable for almost any purpose, as
is also layer sixteen, which is twelve inches
thick. Layer seventeen is a dark gray color
and is general utility stone, being about
twenty inches thick. The eighteenth layer,
/ twenty inches thick, is a dark brown lime or
/ flint stone and is surmounted by rifT-raff as
before stated, which is also a lime stone.
These are the only stratas which possess lime
In any degree whatever In the whole ledge
wherein magnesla and silica predominant,
The monument as it stands, as remarked at
the start, is correct representation of a
vertical section Of our Mankato
! quarry, which has no equal on earth
The only inscription upon the column will be
W. B. Craig Il Co., Mankato, Mimi, and as
before said il will be a source OF pride TO all
Minnesotians who visit New Orleans this
winter, and particularly TO Mankato people.
It's weight is 40, 900, and it viii be shipped
some time the coming week.