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Sure you can try this, please be aware that whetstone island is private property. The area where the stone was quarried today is beyond the surface. It was written that somewhere outcrops have been...

I thought it was your listing, but it was someone else, here the full label ;-)

http://up.picr.de/22778803pn.jpg

Iam not sure, the other stone ive seen had the same Shortcuts and portraits...

It was named "yellow River Oilstone" and had written down "British Product". So my theory is as it has been with...

Steve, have you listed another one of those with complete label ?

The magog was also described beeing greyish-white and yellowish-brown as far as i remember Martin103s post...on page 1

Thanks Dave for adding the Vid, for me an really interesting View into woodworking topics.....

More can also be found here, this is taken from "Vermont Historical Magazine"

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtwindha/vhg1/0302_burke.htm

"ROMAN FYLER

Born in Winstead, Ct., in 1768;...

More on Roman Fyler can be found in some documents available to the public, the first text is from a "National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet" from the 1. April 2008:
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Something more to add on Information of the Magog Oilstone, i havent seen it posted before and doing a couple of hours research back the last half year it might be Interesting for those who are...

Checked again and found it in "Gazetteer of Vermont" as the text was scanned im not shure that everything is printed correct it says:

"MIDDLEBURY. on the west side of a small uninhabited island...

@vasilis: please read the informations and links i posted before as martin wrote there is no doubt about it...

The problem was also that the stones could only be quarried in a certain period...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/attachments/hones/109298d1350263265-history-magog-oilstone-canada-oilstone3.jpg
Just wanted to relink this Thread here in the thinking of the colour definition (which...

Thanks martin i know just want to bring in some new information....

As you wrote most of the sold looked like hindostan...

Magog:
kind of historic document, taken from "Farmers Repository"
6th Dec. 1820, Wednesday...this seems to be the discovery of the magog

http://up.picr.de/17232819uj.jpg

More can be found here, i want to share further findings here:

http://books.google.de/books?id=aZBK...ed=0CDAQ6AEwAg

i think that will be the most interesting on this issue, do not know if this...