Ref.: Bowen(1822); Rocks & Min.: 9:107, 12:52; 17:51; 20:463-464 & 61:253-268; Miller, C. E. (1971) Rhode Island Minerals and Their Locations, O. D. Hermes, Ed., University of Rhode Island, Kingston. This limestone quarry was started about 1640 and is the earliest known mining in the "colonies." Closed in 1943. Workings were 800 feet long, 300 feet wide and 120 feet deep (or high at the face).
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