Maine Memory Network

Bowdoin College Library

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"N.p.: n.p., n.d. Alden, Andrew. " Abrasive Minerals." 25 Apr. 2011. http://sawdustmaking.com/Sandpaper…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Mr. Tenney tested with many types of minerals to create sandpaper. They crushed quartz to make the sandpaper."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Black started to accumulate mineral properties containing limestone and clay, eventually establishing the New England Portland Cement Co."

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Use of traditional plant, animal, and mineral based dyes continued for some time while new dye "know how" and the chemical dye industry steadily grew."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… until in 1853, he went to California to become a miner. He stayed in California until approximately 1856."

Wilson Museum

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In the summer of 1876, William Darling bought up mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town."

Maine State Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… a smattering of blacksmiths, grocers, and miners. The village was the geographic center with a state road running through its center featuring a…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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