Tetley Quarry.-About 200 yards south of the Berry quarry is an opening on the Tetley land. The work is a reddish gray granite, and rather coarse-grained. About 50,000 paving blocks have been used from this place.

Steffen Quarry.-A couple of small openings have been recently started, one on the north and the other on the south side of the O'Meara switch, just west of its connection with the Belmont branch railroad (Tp. 35 N., R. VI E., Sec. 29, SW. qr). As quarrying has just been begun only a few blocks have as yet been made. The granite is the coarse, grayish red variety, is easily trimmed and is doubtless quite a valuable stone. Drilling is done by steam power and the intention is to open up large block quarries. Sandstone extends over the top of the hill along the north face of which the granite is uncovered and quarried.

West of Knob Lick around the town of Syenite are the most important quarries in the sheet. Three long switches leave the Belmont branch of the Iron Mountain railway at the station to provide shipping facilities for the output.

Meyers Quarry is situated just north of the county road, one-half mile west of Knob Lick. It was opened two years ago and block-making has been prosecuted most of the time since. Probably 50,000 six-inch and eight-inch blocks have been produced. The rock worked is called "blue syenite". It is a gray granite with rather medium texture. The jointing planes are rather numerous, the general direction being southwest-northeast. The stone is admirable for paving purposes and could be used for certain dimension work. There are, however, small spots of dark gray material scattered through the mass. These of course detract from the value of the rock for building purposes but does not lessen its value for paving blocks. The large masses are raised to the surface by a hand derrick.

Flemming Quarry. This opening lies about 100 yards west of the one just described. It was first opened three years ago. The rock is the ordinary "blue" granite, and is very easily worked on the rift. Something over 55,000 blocks have been made.

Asplos Quarry.- Northeast of the Flemming opening is a small quarry in the "blue" granite, such as is found at the other quarries in the vicinity. It dresses easily and joints are suffi ciently numerous to aid very materially in the quarry opera tions. About 10,000 blocks have been hammered out.

McGeorge (J.) Quarry. The J. McGeorge quarry was opened 11 years ago and a large quantity of paving blocks have been obtained. The working face is about 20 feet high and 150 feet long. It is opened just north of the road about half-way between Knob Lick and Syenite, in the "blue" granite. Over the hard rock are two to six feet of decomposed granite and residual clays which must be stripped. Joint planes run a little west of south. This has been one of the most important workings. A single hand-power derrick is used in raising the large masses to the surface.

McGeorge (W.) Quarry.-This opening lies just northwest of the J. McGeorge quarry. Operations were begun 13 years ago and a large number of blocks made. It is 20 feet in depth and has an average of five feet of stripping. The joints almost invariably lie nearly north and south.

Kelly Quarry-At the Kelly quarry about a quarter of a mile north of the J. McGeorge place considerable work has been done. It is in the coarse-grained "blue" granite, upon which rests from four to eight feet of stripping.

In and around Syenite is the largest development of the quarry industry within the limits of the area.

Milne & Gordon Quarry.-The quarry and dressing works are at Syenite, just north of the county road, in the center of sec. tion 5 (Tp. 34 N., R. VI E.). It is one of the oldest granite openings in the district. The worked out area is about thirty feet deep, but at the present time the work is being done at a twenty-foot bench. A good face of rather coarse-grained red granite has been developed. At the southeast corner of the opening the stone is grayer and is here traversed by red porphyritic streaks. A few feet southeastward, beyond the quarry proper a coarsely crystalline gray granite lies above the red. It is of firm texture and suitable for dimension stone.

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sufficiently numerous to greatly facilitate the general direction is about south 10 degrees west. The texture is fairly coarse but the color is not constant over large areas. There is a tram-way from the quarry to the railroad just above Knob Lick. The plant itself has in addition, three steam and two hand derricks at the quarry and one hand derrick at the railroad; also vertical and circular polishers, sheds, and other necessary equipment. The output from the quarry has been mostly dimension stone for large structures in various cities, chiefly St. Louis, and for monuments. The stone appears to good advantage in the roughly dressed state and partakes of a very bright polish. Blocks of almost any desirable dimensions can be secured. One huge monolith was broken out that was 50 feet long, and 20 feet in width and depth.

Syenite Quarries.-The Syenite Company was among the earlier operators in the region. Work was begun in 1880, large sheds erected and machinery put in for handling the blocks. Later the work was transferred to Graniteville in Iron county. Two principal quarries were developed to some extent before the change was made. One lies above the Little St. Francois river north of Syenite. This was the principal seat of work and was about fifty feet deep. It is estimated that 175,000 cubic feet of granite were quarried. The stone is of a grayish red color and of medium grain. The general trend of the master joints is in a direction a little west of south; of the secondary planes nearly at right angles to these. The other main quarry lies about 150 yards northwest of the Milne & Gordon quarry. It has a twenty-foot perpendicular face. Joint planes are not so numerous and large blocks are obtained. The texture is a little coarse but the stone works very easily. The company has another quarry in granite north of the large one. Only blocks were made here. A switch leaves the railroad north of Knob Lick and extends to the old work sheds. Although now abandoned there is much probability that work will be resumed here instead of continuing at Graniteville.

Ratcliffe Quarry.-This is a small quarry west of Syenite. The grayish red granite used is quite coarse-grained, but there are not enough joint planes present to enable the work to be carried on without some difficulty. Probably 12,000 blocks for paving have been made at this place.

Ward & O'Bannon Quarry. This is a new locality just east of the Ratcliffe. Two to three thousand blocks have been made. The stone has but few joints, but works on the lift with ease. No stripping is required as yet.

Arnold Quarry.—The Arnold quarry, to the south of the county road on the Baker land in the southwest quarter of section 5, has been opened three years. In this time 17,000 blocks have been obtained. The opening is in a red granite, tolerably coarse textured.

Milne & Gordon Leased Quarry. This is also on the Baker land. It was opened up for block-making purposes eight years ago and quite an extensive excavation has been made. The granite is light red in color, and medium-grained. Besides the masses which are broken into pavers a considerable amount has been used in the construction of bridges along the railroad. Wood Quarry.-Formerly the Rueking & Eistrup quarry. The opening is in the red granite, on the lower part of Knob Lick mountain about three-fourths of a mile nearly west of the highest point. The rock is considerably jointed and paving blocks are made with but little difficulty. A derrick is employed for shifting the large masses.

Cross Quarry.-Work began at this point, which is on the northwest slope of Knob Lick mountain, in 1894, and since that time, 40,000 blocks have been taken out. The stone is the ordinary light grayish red granite and has an easy fracture.

Allen Quarry. This place is also opened on the northwestern part of Knob Lick mountain. The stone is reddish gray. Over 175,000 blocks have been shipped out. The stone works well and makes an excellent paver.

Wallace Quarry, formerly the old Welch quarry, is situ. ated high up on the northwest side of Knob Lick mountain. It is 250 feet long and 100 feet wide; and has been worked for