Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-11-30

one q tAs l1ess lnpostast In ths
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seass q Maize.
.By a., ~ mose sxtsnsivs minenl In
austry in Maine y H. peoductiou Of |
yrsnits, !. says IL ssDirsctosy ofths Manu-
t,rturine Induatfiss Of Mains," recently
issued By theesats bursau Of Industrial and |
labor statistics. ss0fanits y sell dis
,yibutsd ovvr ths esass, but In some
.sctions ths distribution 10 far more
,,bernl thar In cthers. somstimes the
underlying rock Of . whole town, or even
much larger extent OF tsrsitosy, II granite,
xhilc In ctdsr casss only hsse and there
the outcroppings Of this rock ars seen, or
i, mar only appear In large bouidsrs
scattered ovsr the surface Of the ground.
Tho prevailing rock in York county 10
granite. In Btddsford numerous quarries
have been opened and worked quite ex-
tensively, also In Kennebunk and Kenns-
buukpors. Excellent granite IL also
found in Alfred, Lebason, Newaeld,
parsousfeld, and other towns In the
county, upon which qusrriss have besn
worked to some extent.
an Oxford county, the beautiful noun
,sius in Hebron and Peru ere composed Of
granite. woodstock 10 mostly underlaid
with the sams kind OF stone, and the
ledge over which The Andruscoegin river
falls In Rumford b also Of granite. In
general, ths high peaks In Oxford county
are composed largely Of the same material,
and IL Ii claimed that every town in the
county contains mors or less OF this valu-
able building stone.
l. ~ L.
county. Immense deposits are found ct
North jay, whore The quarrying and dress-
ing OF the stone hes become an extensive
and permanent business. Saddlesack
mountain, In the Rangcley region, 10 com
posed mostly Of granitsr aiso Mount Bige-
low, in the uorthsastern section OF the
county. II II also found in Pennington,
ChestervilIe and other towns.
lin Cumbsri land county. granite 10
quarried In freeport, Pownai and Var
mouth. aud ID found In many other To-
ealitics.
.Kennebsc county 10 noted for its fine,
light granite. Several important quarries
arc worked In Hallowsli. and Augusta
contains many good lodges which have
been wrought 70 considerable extent. 1t
is found In Gardiner, Belgrade, Wayne.
and other sections Of the county.
an ssgsdahoc county, granite Is found
in BowdolnhAm. Topsham, and other
towns, but 10 mot worked to any great ex-
tent.
..in Knox county granite Is wrought ex-
tensively In Hurricane fsle, Saint George,
South Thomassou and vinalhaven.
I'm Lincoln county, extensive deposits
OF granite are found In Bristol, Monhcgan
island, waidoboro, and other towns, but
the most important quarries are in Waldo
boro.
waldo county In rich In its deposits Of
granite. Mount Waldo and Mosquito
mountain In Frankfort, and Heagsn noun.
tain in Prospect -literaliy mountains OF
granite, and bordering on the navigable
waters OF Penobscot river-can hardly be
surpassed ~ to the favorable situation OF
the stone for qusrrying and facilities for
water transportation. Extensive deposits
are also found In Lincoinville, Northport,
searsport and swAnvilic.
Hancock county 10 noted for its large
number Of granite quarries, Bluehill,
Franklin, Mount Desert, Stonington and
Sullivan all being extensively engaged in
the business, while BFooksville, Dedham,
Deer Isle, Eden, Psnobscot, 5edgwick and
Swans Island do moro or less producing in
some form.
''In Washington county there are ex-
sensive deposits Of granite in Cooper,
heddybemps, Charlotte, Robbinston,
Calsis, Barring, Addison. Jonesboro, Jones'
port, and other towns, though not worked
30 extensively - In some other sections.
Red granite 10 quarried In Jonesboro and
at BED Beach In Calais; black granite in
Addison, and the gray variety in Jones'
port.
I'm the northern counties OF the State,
granite 10 but little worked, except for
local use, on account Of the expense OF
transportation, "Norridgew ock, in Somer-
set county, being about the only town in
which any considerable amount is pro-
duced for shipment- But there are scores
OF towns and townships in this section
which, no doubt, equal any we have men,
TONED in their granite deposits.
"kough-spiit granite has long been used
In Maine in building cellar walls aud
undsrpinning for buildings, in bridge and
other outside work, and in the form OF
paving blocks for city streets, but the
abundance and cheapness Of lumber for
long time prevented the use OF the much
more expensive granite ~ building ma
terial. A large amount OF rough granite
IVES also shipped out OF the State. Fort
Monroe was built Of stone quarried at
Seal HArbor. in the town OF Saint George,
and part OF the stone used in the con-
struction Of the Delaware breakwater
came from the Chsise quarry in the same
town. In 1888 rough split granite sold in
New York at 40 cents per cubic foot, and
large Quantities were shipped there from
Saint George.
ITO Be sure, here and there public