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There are a couple of railroad boxcars in the photo, placed there for loading of roofing slates (most likely).

Slate quarry near Slatington, seen looking west, showing workmen engaged in clearing a "ribboned" slate from the surface of thick workable bed.

Eureka slate quarry near Slatington, north part seen looking east, showing an eroded northward-inclined close syncline crossed by cleavage and curved joints, and overlain by glacial deposits.

Blue Mountain slate quarry near Slatington, seen looking east, showing the character of the syncline and the bending over southward of the cleavage at the surface, probably due to the friction and weight of the glacier

Unidentified workers at a quarry; the Blue Mountain is barely visible in the background.

Postcard showing two works in process of splitting and trimming roofing slates in Emerald, PA (near Slatington)

Unidentified workers, photo postcard by Stauffer, Slatington, Pa.

On Welshtown Road, right at the Slatington borough line.

Old glass slide of the Franklin quarry showing the horizontal beds of slate.