QUARRY.

NEAREST PORT OR STATION.

COUNTY.

NATURE OF SLATE AND REMARKS.

Welsh Slates.

Bangor Royal Slate Co.

Bangor . .

Carnarvonshire .

Purple roofing slates and slabs.

Braichgoch, Aberllgeney, Gaewern, and other Quarries .

Machynlleth .

Montgomeryshire

Blue do. do.

CambrianSlateCo.

Llangollen .

Denbighshire .

Blue do. do.

Cilgwyn . .

Carnarvon .

Carnarvonshire .

Blue, purple, and spotted do. do.

Craig Dhu .

Blaenau Ffestiniog .

Merionethshire .

Blue slates.

cwmorthei Slate Co.

Ffestiniog and Portmadoc .

Do.

Blue roofing slates and slabs.

Dinorwic . .

Port Dinorwic .

Carnarvonshire

Blue, purple, and green do. do.

Diphwys Casson

Duffwys . .

Merionethshire

Blue and grey roofing do do.

Dorothea . .

Carnarvon .

Carnarvonshire .

Pale green, blue, and red do. do.

Llanfair Royal Slate Co. .

Bangor . .

Do.

Green and blue roofing slates.

Llangollen Slate Co. .

Llangollen .

Denbighshire

Remarkable for the size of the slabs produced.

Llechwedd or Greaves . .

Rhiwbryffdir .

Merionethshire

Blue and grey roofing slates an 1 slabs.

Maenoffern .

Duffwys . .

Do.

Do. do.

Oakeley . .

Ffestiniog and Portmadoc .

Do.

Blue roofing slates and slabs.

Oakeley . .

Rhiwbryffdir .

Do.

Do. do.

Penrhyn . .

Bangor . .

Carnarvonshire .

Roofing slates and slabs; generally blue or purple, some green.

Pen-yr-Orsedd .

Pen-y-groes .

Do.

Purple slates.

Rhiwfachno .

Penmachno .

Do.

Blue slates and slabs.

Rhosydd . .

Ffestiniog .

Merionethshire .

Blue and grey roofing slates and slabs.

Several Quarries .

Corns . .

Do.

Slabs; bluish-grey slates.

Welsh Slate-Co.

Ffestiniog and Portmadoc .

Do.

Blue roofing slates and slabs.

Whitland Abbey

Whitland .

Caermarthenshire

Green roofing slates.

Wrysgan .

Ffestiniog .

Merionethshire .

Blue and grey roofing slates and slabs.

English Slates.

Ambleside . .

Windermere .

Westmoreland .

Green roofing slates.

Boscastle . .

Boscastle . .

Cornwall.

Burlington .

Slate Co. .

Ulverstone .

Lancashire . .

Pale blue roofing slates and slabs.

Burnstall, Longford . . .

Tavistock .

Devonshire . .

Roofing slates; nearly worked out.

Camel . .

Wadebridge .

Cornwall. .

Cann . . .

Plymouth .

Devonshire . .

Roofing slates, slabs.

CONISTON . .

Ulverstone .

Lancashire . .

Rough slates - flags - green slates.

Delabole Slate Co. . . .

Camelford .

Cornwall . .

Greyish-blue slabs; very light, strong, and durable; also roofing slates, etc.

Grooby . .

Bardon .

Leicestershire .

Roofing slate.

KlRBY IRELETH .

Ulverstone .

Lancashire . .

Do.

Langdale . .

Windermere .

Westmoreland .

Green roofing slates.

Launceston .

Launceston .

Cornwall. .

Maryport . .

Maryport. .

Cumberland .

Greenish slates.

Penricca . .

Totness . .

Devonshire . .

Green roofing slates; used at Royal Exchange.

QUARRY.

NEAREST PORT OR STATION.

COUNTY.

NATURE OF SLATE AND REMARKS.

English Slates - Continued.

POMPHLET . .

Plymouth .

Devonshire . .

Blocks for building - slabs for paving and chimney-pieces.

SWITHLAND .

Barrow-on-Soar

Leicestershire .

Very durable blue slabs and roofing slates.

Thrano Crag .

Windermere .

Westmoreland .

Green roofing slates.

TlLBERTHWAITE .

Coniston . .

Lancashire . .

Several small quarries of green slate.

Trewarnet (Tin-tagel Slate Co.)

Padstow . .

Cornwall . .

Roofing slates and slabs.

WlRCHSCOMBE .

Wellington .

Somersetshire .

Roofing slates.

Woodland . .

Newton Abbott

Devonshire . .

Green roofing slates.

Yeolmbridge .

Padstow . .

Do.

Slabs for paving and chimney-pieces.

Scotch Slates.

Aternshill .

Crieff . .

Perthshire . .

Roofing slates.

Ballachulisu .

Fort-William .

Argyleshire. .

Rough - full of pyrites - weathers well - dark blue.

Bekledi . .

Achray . .

Perthshire . .

Roofing slates.

BlRNAM . .

Dunkeld . .

Do.

Do.

CULLIPOOL . .

...

....

Do.

Dalbeattie .

Do.

Do.

Do.

Drumaburn .

Perth . .

Do.

Do.

Easdale . .

Oban . .

Argyleshire . .

Rough - full of pyrites - weathers well - dark blue.

FOUDLAND . .

Huntly .

Aberdeenshire .

Roofing slates.

Gartley . .

Gartley . .

Do.

Do.

Glenalmond .

Perth . .

Perthshire . .

Do.

Glenshee . .

Do.

Do.

Do.

HOYSTON . .

Forfar . .

Do.

Slab and block.

Lanrick . .

Crieff . .

Do.

Roofing slates.

Turin . .

Forfar . .

Do.

Slabs and blocks.

Taniemouth .

Ruthven . .

Banff . . .

Roofing.

Irish Slates.

ASHFORD . .

...

Wicklow . .

Slates resemble those from Bangor, but thicker and coarser.

Benduff . .

Leap . .

Cork . . .

Dark colour - nearly given out.

Clonakilty . .

Cork . .

Do.

Good quality - light and durable.

Killaloe (Imperial Slate Co.)

Killaloe . .

Tipperary . . .

Dull bluish grey. Durable. Coarser, thicker, and heavier than Welsh slates.

Knockroe . .

Carrick-on-Suir

Kilkenny . .

Dark blue - veins of felspar.

Mealouohmore .

Do.

Do.

Slates of fair quality. 1

Rathdrum . .

Wicklow . .

Slab and roofing.

Valencia . .

Valencia . .

Kerry . . .

Light bluish-grey or greenish-blue slates. Slabs and flags for exportation. Thicker and more uneven than those of Killaloe. 1 Blocks average 3 feet 6 inches wide; some 5 feet 8 inches; 6 inches to 12 inches thick; length 10 to 12 feet, sometimes as much as 30 feet.

Victoria Slate Co. . . .

Carrick-on-Suir

Kilkenny . .

Light green - very good.