DraviteOrford soapstone quarries, Orford, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Photo: J.Ralph Located on Cottonstone Mountain, these quarries were active before 1823.
References
Belknap, Jeremy (1792): The History of New Hampshire, Volume III., p. 192.
Farmer, John and Moore, Jacob B. (1823): A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire (Concord, NH: Jacob B. Moore), p. 19.
Robinson, S. (1825): A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities
Meyers & Stewart (1956): Geology of New Hampshire, Part III, p.57, 59.
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