There was a grindstone "mill" near here (Morgantown, WV) and the remains are still visible. They carved them in the woods, right out of the stones. This is a very neat and strange place. It looks as if they just put down their tools one day, quit and left. This one dates fairly recently, into the 1920s, I think. Several people, at least, worked there. Train cars hauled them out. My husband's a photographer. He's "shot" the half-carved stones. MRF > **--------- Original Message follows... >I forgot something else. Remember awhile back when we discussed mills in Augusta County we were wondering where they got their millstones? This character in this book made his, according to this author, but he didn't go into detail. So, this leaves me with an image of this man spending a long, long time flattening a rock and I believe it had to have a hole in the middle, didn't it? Migoodness! Norma ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== **************************************************************** The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from the list Visit it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm *************************************************************** .> ** Original Subject: [VAAUGUST-L] Grindstones > ** Original Sender: Norma Lewis <norie@localaccess.com> > ** Original Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:40:52 -0800 > **--------- > Mary Rodd Furbee, Writer & Instructor West Virginia University School of Journalism 1 Bryson Street Morgantown, WV 26505