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ganister (ˈgænɪstə(r)) Also 9 gannister, -ester. [A local word of unknown origin.] A close-grained siliceous stone from the lower coal-measures in Yorkshire, ground down to form furnace-hearths, etc. (See also quot. 1881.) Also attrib. and Comb.1811 [see crowstone 2]. 1829 Glover Hist. Derby I. 53 C...
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Ganister
Where a ganister underlies coal as a seatearth, it typically is penetrated by numerous root traces. From detailed studies of ganisters, geologists have concluded that the typical ganister is the silicified surface horizon, i.e.
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Ganister, Pennsylvania
Ganister is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The limestone quarry in Ganister is currently owned by Grannas Brothers, Inc.
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Stan Shaw (cutler)
His father was a ganister miner and died from silicosis at the age of 45. At the age of four, Shaw fell from a roof and landed on his hip.
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Clappertown, Pennsylvania
It is in the Morrisons Cove region of the county, in the valley of Piney Creek, which flows north to the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River at Ganister
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calliard
calliard local. (ˈkælɪəd) [Of doubtful origin; perh. connected with F. caillou pebble, and so ultimately with L. calculus. But cf. the later galliard n.2] A hard, smooth, flinty gritstone.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. (1873), Callierd, an hard stone. a 1835 J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl....
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Healeyfield
The camp was established in August 1916 and the prisoners extracted ganister from a nearby quarry.
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Beeley Wood
The fact that the wood is on a slope enabled gravity trackways to be used to transport the Ganister down to the valley bottom. The Ganister was also quarried in at least one location in the woods and the overgrown remnants of a large quarry can still be seen today.
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Franklin Forge, Pennsylvania
It is bordered to the northwest by Piney Creek, just upstream from the creek's confluence with the Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Ganister.
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Hutcliffe Wood
In the past, the woods have been managed with the coppice-with-standards technique for the production of charcoal, and ganister is also believed to have
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Jesse Lee Hartman
He was extensively engaged in the quarrying and shipping of ganister. He served as president of the Hollidaysburg Trust Co. from 1898 to 1930.
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Northumberland Coalfield
Beaumont
Top Tilley
Tilley
Bottom Tilley
Top Busty
Bottom Busty
Three-Quarter
Stobswood New
Brockwell
Victoria
Stobswood
Marshall Green
Ganister
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Durham Coalfield
Main
Maudlin
Durham Low Main
Brass Thill
Hutton
Lower Coal Measures
Harvey
Tilley
Busty
Three-Quarter
Brockwell
Victoria
Marshall Green
Ganister
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