The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-12-19

is that near Webster, which is being
operated by the Harriss Clay Co., and
from which kaoljn is being shipped to
number of factories at Trenton, n.
J., and other places. There are sam
pies of both crude and the washed
kaolin from this mine in the collection.
There is here exhibited also a case
which contains lot of beautiful Bel
leek pottery-ware prepared from this
Jackson county kaolin by the Cera-
mic Art Co., of Trenton, n. J. In
the same case with this pottery are
placed samples Of fine white kaolin
from Jackson county, fieldspar from
Mitchell county and pure white sand
from Wayne county.
The building stone collection is
probably the most impressive part of
the North Corolina mineral exhibit.
1t contains blocks of polished granite
from some two dozen different quarrles
showing great variety Of colors from
the white Mount Airy granite to the
"black granite" Cor norite) from An
son county, on the Carolina Central
Railroad. These GRANTEES represent
every variety of texture, from the fine
grained, compact material like the
monumental granite of Mooresvlle,
Iredell county, to the course porphy-
rite Scotch red granite found on the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Will
son county, and on the Carolina Cen
trail Railroad in Arson county. There
is also handsome cottage monument
cut out of the Iredell granite from
Mooresyille by the Charlotte Granite
Co., which shows how this stone is
adapted for monumental purposes; an
excellent exhibit of Belgian block and
curb stone from the Kirk Mountain
granite quarries in Rowan county,
which shows the excellent working
qualities of this tough, durable granite,
and beautiful shaft Of nearly white
Mount Airy granite, which at a little
distance resembles marble. A mag
nifcent slab of this latter granite,
twenty-eight feet long, seven feet wide
and eight inches thick, stands near
the front entrance of the Mining and
Forestry Building. The deposit OF
granite from which this slab and shaft
were taken near Mt. Airy is bare Of
trees over an area of forty acres. In
quarrying, the rock peels off nearly par
allel to the surface in immense sheets,
often nearly 200 feet in diameter, and
slabs and shafts nearly uniform IN
thickness and more than 100 feet in
length can be easily secured. The
magnificent slab on exhibition here IL
lustrates the excellent working quail
ties of this stone.
One of the handsomest pieces OF
brownstone and work ever exhibited
from Southern quarry is a carved
doorway and vase, which form part
of this North Carolina building stone
exhibit. These come from the quar-
rey of the Gcnella Brothers at Sanford,
and are exhibited by them. Another
interesting and attractive feature OF
this exhibit are the large blocks of
black granite or norite, which is really
an eruptive igneous rock, and is found
in considerable quantities on the Car
DINA Central Railroad in Arson
county near where the Railroad crosses
the Pee Dee river.
The collection contains also several
blocks of marble of black, pink and
nearly white color from Swain and
Cherokee counties; of beautiful, fine
grain, black serpentine, from near
Patterson, in Caldwell county, and a
notified serpentine from Wake county
The North Carolina mineral waller
exhibit is another one of the attractive
features in this building. They are
brought together here in half gallon
packages from nearly all of the more
prominent mineral springs in the
State.
Showing the practical uses of stone
material in important way, there are
placed on the west side of the NORTH
Carolina exhibit number of photo
graphs and one large transparency II
the window, illustrating the macadan
or stone roads which are now being
constructed in Mecklenburg and :
number of other counties in the State
The specimens are all carefully la
belled, SO that stranger in passing
through the exhibit may get an intel
ligent idea of the State'e resources Sc
far as they are represented in thi
exhibit without having anyone on hane
to explain the situation to him.