The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-11-14
FACTS ABOUT mARsLs.
lew the Rugged Rock Is Converted in'0
Polished variegated slnbs.

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..liolisle5 variegated marble. says the New
tosk lQwn.1sridl advertiser, res.iEa the
mount OF time and labor shat mas ''e1n ex'
Guided In the evolution OF the completed
tructure from the raw materials. the
,ghly-colored varieties are found chiefly ~
ally, Spain, France, Belgium, or Portn5as'.
though sometimes in Mexico or Algeria
The white stone is common in this State
Among the marbles which most frequently
enter into composition of fancy apparatus
are.
Isalian-white, vernal and clouded, with blu
ish gray; Etrurfan-pure porcelain white, sara
gossa shaded cream white, veined w'th darS
gray; Algerian and Mexican onyx-lTansluceni
white, yeined with OPAQUE white, yellow, or
pink BarSiigiic-delicately veined gray 5lrran'
solin-shaded pearl gray, dashed with carnel'
an red; Stenna-golden yellow, cl0uded with
white and veined with olive and brown; Ten
nessee-chocolate, frosted with whiIe' Ge1oa
green; Brocsiel-richly moiiled, yellow, pur-
lie, brown, white and red; Violet BFocaiel-
eu-Iile, moitled and yeiRed with golden yclluw;
& sbon-reddlsh, Gryotts Of France -aeep red,
hzded with red and brown; Gryotts Ficure-
ayplish red. mottled with peld white; War,
ss.k- brilliant red. vsined with white; Bel
an-velvety black; African yellow, With
u pie veins; Rouge Antique-deen red; Knox
s.lle-grayish PINK, with light blue veiniAg,
The colored marbles retain their fresh
css longer and can be repOlished after
lany years use,
The marble is extracted from the quarry
\ oolong blocks cut out by means Of
veSlges.
Except when designated for statuary or
hiding purposes the first thing the manu-
.cturer does is TO place the block of marble
ljer a gang-saw in order to sew Il into
lbs. The gang-ssw consists merely OF a
sries of parallel saws, to which au sOscilla-
ag motion Is impaired white they are kept
d with sand and water. When they come
pm the gang-saw the slabs are generally
oout IL inches thick, so that they may
dress to one inch when rubbed on both
sides. The slabs are then inspected. To the
inexperienced eye the rough slabs are much
alike, and while the good qualities of the
| slab are only fully brought out under the
4 p0lisher's mop, the imperceptible defects
are also magnified very much. 1t is there
fore necessary to detect flaws before the
polishing begins.
Inc perfect slaps arg cut I1'o requireu
lengths ~ ril-saw ano passeG ~ - 1ns Iuo-
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