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donjr

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We 'raised' 4 brothers at a special 'low vale' meeting Saturday, with special permission from both Maryland and Pennsylvania Grand Lodges. We hauled the entourage in with tractors and people movers. This was an old slate quarry, and one of the most memorable things I have ever been a part of. Over 100 Masons attended. Most beautiful setting....
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Not any more. There were a few Darwin awards passed out years ago. Some of the areas have an underwater ledge....
 

That quarry is about a mile from where I live.

Used to haul slate out of there , later I

fished cars out of it with a crane when the

thieves would run them off the edge.

george
 
Three of the four were under 25 years old. Our lodge and surrounding lodges are at their highest membership in history. Our entire line is under 35.

As an organization in the U.S., we have survived close to 300 years. I have trouble believing that we won't survive a generation....
 
I have no idea what you did, but sure is pretty there, thanks for the pics.

Paul
 
george md:


There appears to be an opening to a cave in the cliff face. Is that actually a cave, or is it an old mine tunnel? If it is a cave, is it just a "shelter cave" or the opening to a larger underground cavern?

Doc
 
Nothing like the fellowship of the Fraternity, especially in an atmosphere like you've shown. We do an open air raising at a quarry near Marietta, Ohio every 4th of July. Really enjoyed the pics. Keith
 
Doc-

George does't always get on here early, but one of the guys up at the quarry used to go there with his dad, who worked there. Apparently there were several tunnels like that, most now underwater. Keith said it goes in about three hundred yards, and were exploratory in nature as they were used to seek out more slate, and where and how the veins lay in the strata.

From what he said, this was one of the most dangerous quarries in the world, because a lot of the material lay vertically oriented. In tunnels like that, and in the main pit, he said that chunks of material literally could 'explode' from the face of the side because of the pressures behind it.

As a footnote, SWMBO's grandfather died in that quarry. A mining car broke loose and crushed him. He lived for a few hours before expiring, about three months before her mother was born in 1913- just over 100 years ago.
 
donjr:

Next question(s): A hundred years of rain & runoff isn't going to be enough to put that much water in a quarry that size, so did they hit an underground watercourse, and is that what shut down the quarry?
 
Around here, in a mile long area, they probably had a few springs running into the quarry as they were working, and just pumped them out. There is probably an out flow or pipe they put in earlier that keeps it at it's presesnt level.
 
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