Can anyone help with the query below? The material I believe they are
interested in is the soft stone used for whitening hearths and steps -
commonly used in industrialised areas in the 19th century, and I can
remember my grandmother using the same - but is there evidence for its
extraction in the pre-industrial periods?
I have a nagging suspicion that I have seen something recently on
hearthstone working - perhaps in one of the mining interest group
newsletters - but, with usual efficiency, cannot but my hand on the reference.
Peter
>This is going to sound like a strange request, but I'll ask anyway. I
>am a librarian at Heim Middle School, in Williamsville, New York (near
>the city of Buffalo, on the US/Canadian border).
>We are trying to do some research on a mineral called "hearthstone." In
>particular, we are trying to find out how far back the mineral was used
>or known (including mining or quarrying), and if it was known by this
>name in the middle ages or the renaissance.
>David Saia, Heim Middle School <[log in to unmask]>
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