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FLINT RIDGE QUARRY PIT
ROY MILLER PROPERTY
EASTERN OHIO
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This picture shows a Flint Ridge mining excavation
in progress. It was dug by Roy Miller with a back hoe
and by hand. The sledge hammers & chisel are used
in the process of extracting and testing the quality
of the flint. Roy also uses a hydraulic hammer to
remove the flint. The depth of the loose earth and
rock to the rock ledge, in this location, is only one to
three feet.
Roy's observations of how the flint is actually
attached to the limestone is different from Holmes's
illustration and description. Roy says he observes the
flint protruding from the limestone in the form of
knobs, as high as two feet and in other configurations.
Not in a solid thick layer. He says it sometimes looks
as if the silica was bubbling up and through to the
surface of the limestone formation.
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