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Prospecting for Slate with Core Drill at Slatington, Pa.
An early use of a core drill to check if it was worthwhile to open a quarry on a site. Before use of the drill came into operation, it was pretty often just educated guesswork where to site a new quarry.
Penn Lynn Quarry
Old stereoscopic image of the quarry on the outskirts of Slatington (now filled in and used by the borough).
Slatington, Franklin Quarry, Horizontal Beds
Old glass slide of the Franklin quarry showing the horizontal beds of slate.
Slate Quarry
Slatington, Pa.
Deckle-edge postcard
Two Slate Workers
Unidentified workers at a quarry; the Blue Mountain is barely visible in the background.
Suicide Quarry
Has always been known as the suicide. Located north of Welshtown Road, east of Skeet Club Road.
Quarry, Emerald, PA
This quarry site, located across Trout Creek from Emerald, is not completely filled in.