Past Producing Quarry
Primary commodity: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
1923: Farmer-George Construction Co. operates quarry, produced crushed and screened limestone for roads (AR 32-6).
Farmer, Geo., & Sons, Osgoode tp, 45 Bertrand Ave., Ottawa
George Farmer Construction Company (George Farmer and Sons) Quarry, Lot 31,7* Concession, Osgoode Township, Carleton County, Ontario. At Vernon, it was reported as a source of crushed limestone (1922-1926).
Information source(s):
- GeologyOntario, Mineral record details, MDI31G03NW00004. https://www.geologyontario.mines.gov.on.ca/mineral-inventory/MDI31G03NW00004
- Sutherland, T.F., McMillan, J.G., Bartlett, J., Cole, G.E., Webster, A.R., Mines of Ontario in Thirty-second Annual Report of the Department of
Mines (Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1923). https://prd-0420-geoontario-0000-blob-cge0eud7azhvfsf7.z01.azurefd.net/lrc-geology-documents/publication/ARV32/ARV32.pdf - Udd, John E., The Mines of Ottawa (Nepean: CJ Multi-Media Inc, 1999). https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Mines%20of%20Ottawa.pdf
