The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-03-26
sit VIII Equal If not Excel any
Known Brown Stone in the
World" says State Geolo-
gist of Tennessee.
The ATTENTION OF THE WORLD
WILL BE CALLED TO IT AT THE
CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Untold and Unknown Wealth
of The Old North State"

pOrate0. The company to which
we refer owns the fine brown
stone quaries, near Carthage. the
county seat Of Moore county.
Several eminent biologists and
experts have exam ned this
stone and report there is no finer
stone for buildin, purposes upon
the market of the world to- day.
Hon. Henry E. Cotton, late
State Geologist for Tennessee,
ONE of The specialists who has
examined this quacry, in his re-
port to the company, through
Col. John w. HinsdAle, of Raj
eigh, who owns q large interest
in the company, referring to the
quality and quantity Of the
stone, says:
ats color ranges from the blue
gra 7, through the light brown,
to the rich colOced red brown,
and in every one Of the layers
the stone is of very fine grain,
especially the red brown, which
may be said to be strictly amor
phous in its structure. The out
crop of this stone, thus located
in the bluffs of the creek valley,
can b plainly traced to fully a
mile, and will average a thick-
ness of 40 feet above wa ter level
for that distance. Hence in that
distance, allowing only 30 feet,
or ten yards for good stone, thus
deducting 10 feet of thickness
for waste, for a distance Of $50
feet bach from the place of the
quarry, taking Off five or more
feet for surface influences, there
would be $4,000 cubic yards, or
23,76O,O00 cubic feet Of good
stone, enough to load 70, 400 cars,
each holding % tons, and would
thus make mp a train Of ten cars
daily for over 20 years and
while the area thus calculated
upon is, in my opinion, by far
the most favorable for quarry.
ing operations, it is a very small
part Of the stone your com pany
own and control.
The quality Of the stone on
your property is beyond all dis,
pute of the very best quality.
have not the slightest doubr
that the blue gray will stand {
compressive strain Of $4,000 lbs
to the cubic inch, and the ligh
brown from 10000 to 10000 lbs
to the cubic inch, and the rec
brown nearly as much. AL
these are superior to the very
best from the famous Portland
quarries of Connecticut, tie
Hummelstown of Pennsylvania
and even Of the Craigleith o
Scotland.
The best Portland stone con
tains only 50 per cent of silica
while your light brown contains
over ~ per cent. of silica aDt
it's capitalization is much NOR,
minute than that of the Port
land or Hummeistown. There
fore it would not a osorb as mucl
moisture as either of thos
stones, and hence have create
durability. The courthouse il
Carthage has its steps, pillars o
porches, copings and window
stills made from this stone. TIL
woodwork Of the building was
several years back, entirely de
stroyed by fire, and to-day tn
brownstone does not show tn
slightest trace of injury excep
where struck. while intensel,
hot, by falling timbers. TIL
Portland stone will not stand
, heat of over 500 degrees with
out flying to pieces.
A number of tombstones mad
from this stone, on which ar
some delicate carvings, open tn
great tractability Of this ston
under action Of tools and ii
ability to stand atmospheric in
fuences when thus delicatel
' carved. In Trinity Church yari
, New York City, are tombstone
OF brownstone which were plaC
ed there over 200 years ago, an
!. the inscriptions and carvings ar
yet perfect. l presume thi
stone came from Scotland, an
hence from Craig]eith, lendere
, famous by the writings of Hug
Miller, but which L have show
I is inferior in strength aud henc
! in durability TO yours.
think 1T is fully safe to con
clude that the stone from til
lands you own and control
such as will equal, if not exec
. any known brownstone no,
placed before the architects an
. builders of this country, and
can safely say, of the Worlf
The question of durability, Q
course, is one only to be assum
ed by physical and chemica
tests, and the limited example
/ of its'use and comparison wit
other stones which are now sol,
ia the markets, and in all thes
points your stone can withou
doubt be classed among the bes
and really excelling many, Will,
. at the same time it is exec lel