 ... shells, blackened by smoke. Flags and Slates. — A small amount of flagstone has been quarried on the North West Arm of Halifax Harbor, and at Beaver Bank, Slates were quarried to a small extent at Rawdon, and various places in Hants County, and...  The Minerals of Nova Scotia - Page 56by Edwin Gilpin, Nova Scotia. Dept. of Mines - 1901 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Gilpin - Geology - 1880 - 148 pages
...the quarrymen will succeed that of the lumbermen, and our towns become something better than wooden shells, blackened by smoke. Flags and Slates. —...beds, and it is also reported from the South Mountain, Digby, and Yarmouth Counties. At the Provincial Exhibition of 1879, slates were shown from Sackville,... | |
 | Robert Randall McLeod - Natural resources - 1903 - 780 pages
...building material. FLAGS AND SLATES. A small amount of flagstone has been quarried on the northwest arm of Halifax Harbor, and at Beaver Bank. Slates...beds, and it is also reported from the South Mountain, Digby and Yarmouth Counties. At the Provincial Exhibition of 1879 slates were shown from Sackville,... | |
 | Geology - 1912 - 780 pages
...been done. ' '' A small amount of flagstone has been quarried on the Northwest Arm of Halifax harbour, and at Beaver Bank. Slates were quarried to a small...the quality and quantity are equal to any demand." Slate was also quarried about 2 miles south of KentTiUe, and to a slight extent on Corbett brook. 'Gilpin,... | |
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