The Granite Industry of Southwestern New Brunswick: A Historical ...

66 The Granite Industry of Southwestern New Brunswick: A Historical Perspective
granite with a slightly pinkish cast.
Feldspar crystals average about a fifth of
an inch long and can reach more than
half an inch. Quartz crystals are smaller
and less abundant than feldspar; black
mica is present in minor amounts.
At the Browns Mountain Quarry
(Map 2, 54) on The Ledge, the
sheeting in the granite is pronounced
and conforms to the domal shape
of the hill. The sheeting dips 15ºS,
comprising an upper section with a
thickness of 8 feet and a lower section
with a thickness of 2 feet. The main
joints are vertical and strike N40ºE
with a spacing of 10 to 25 feet.
Another set strikes N68ºW and is
accompanied by minor fracturing.
The small black granite quarry on
the south shore of The Ledge was rarely
worked. Parks (1914, p. 151) reported
that its stone closely resembled black
granite from the Townsend Quarry
(Map 2, 52) and in 1910 provided the
material for five monuments.
Upper: O'Brien and Baldwin stoneyard,
c. 1910, backed by the Epps, Dodds
& Co. granite shed. Source unknown.
Lower: Meating, Epps Co. stoneyard, c. 1920.
Cropped from PANB, P18-245