Cat's Eyewitness (2005)
“Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker at the soapstone quarry in the northeastern corner of Nelson County. The quarry was so deep that snow in the bottom didn’t completely melt until the end of April. In the mid-eighteenth century the quarry brought prosperity to the small community of Schuyler. Like everything else in Virginia, the profits disappeared after 1865. Two generations after the war, the quarry boomed. Its fortunes shot upward and plunged down many times over the twentieth century. Despite the ...varying demand for soapstone and other types of stone, the quality of the product remained what it had always been: high.
“Imagine digging stone with pickaxes,” Iggy Monroe said as he walked alongside Harry, the animals, and Bo Newell, who had introduced her to Iggy. “Before white men, the Indians didn’t even have iron picks and shovels. Harder work for them.” His beat-up work boots sank into the snow as he led Harry to the main road down into the open mines. “This stone is so special because it makes the best wood-burning stoves in the world.MoreLess
“Imagine digging stone with pickaxes,” Iggy Monroe said as he walked alongside Harry, the animals, and Bo Newell, who had introduced her to Iggy. “Before white men, the Indians didn’t even have iron picks and shovels. Harder work for them.” His beat-up work boots sank into the snow as he led Harry to the main road down into the open mines. “This stone is so special because it makes the best wood-burning stoves in the world.MoreLess
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