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" Cape Breton. At Wentworth there are stated to be "cliffs of solid snowy gypsum from 100 to 200 feet in height." Gypsum deposits occur in the Onondaga formations of Ontario, Canada, and are exploited along the Grand River between Cayuga and Paris. The... "
Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada ... - Page 101
by Geological Survey of Canada - 1862 - 83 pages
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Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada ...

Geological Survey of Canada - 1876 - 166 pages
...for the manufacture of hydraulic cement. The principal gypsum mines worked are along the Grand River, between Cayuga and Paris, a distance of thirty-five...is sometimes interstratified in thin beds with it. That above is often arched, forming domes or mounds at the surface indicative of gypsum beneath. —...
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Physical Geography

Arnold Guyot - 1885 - 136 pages
...into the quiet atmosphere beneath, drawing up in its vortex all objects within its path. On its track, varying from a few yards to a quarter of a mile in width, trees are uprooted, and houses unroofed or carried up into the air by the fearful power of the...
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Topics in Geography

Wilbur Fisk Nichols - 1889 - 202 pages
...hills called "knobs," in the vicinity of which are the famous sink-holes. These are funnel-shaped pits, varying from a few yards to a quarter of a mile in diameter, usually leading to caves or underground streams. Here also are the Epsom Salt and the Wyandotte...
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Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During ...

United States National Museum - 1901 - 884 pages
...Onondago formations of Ontario, Canada, and are exploited along the Grand River between Cayuga and Paris. The mineral here occurs in lenticular masses varying...quarter of a mile in horizontal diameter and from 3 to 7 feet in thickness. (See Specimen No. 02145, USNM). The foreign sources of gypsum are almost,...
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The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses

George Perkins Merrill - 1904 - 518 pages
...Onondaga formations of Ontario, Canada, and are exploited along the Grand River between Cayuga and Paris. The mineral here occurs in lenticular masses varying...quarter of a mile in horizontal diameter and from 3 to 7 feet in thickness. The foreign sources of gypsum are almost too numerous to mention. Important...
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The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses

George Perkins Merrill - 1910 - 534 pages
...along the Grand River between Cayuga and Paris. The mineral here occurs in lenticular masses van-ing from a few yards to a quarter of a mile in horizontal diameter and from 3 to 7 feet in thickness. The foreign sources of gypsum are almost too numerous to mention. Important...
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