Cuyler,  Very interesting.  You live in a lovely part of the world.  What
is that huge mountain just behind the wheat field?

I am particularly interested in water powered mills as the Putney
Historical Society has just been given a water powered mill in town and
they are in the process of figuring out what to do with it.  Any help you
can give would be appreciated.  I think there may be pictures online but
not sure of the address, I'll look it up though.  Ruth







At 9:38 AM -0800 3/23/03, Cuyler Page wrote:
>Jeeze, I just can't get it right !   That's what happens if I don't have
>some coffee first!
>
>www.heritage.gov.bc.ca
>
>Heading off to now work on a beautifully preserved dirt floor from 1877.
>Now there is a restoration challenge ! ! !
>
>Discovered the unsuspected floor below 4 layers of wood flooring.   The
>original wood joists had been set into grooves carved in the dirt floor.
>The loose dirt from that digging had covered the firm polished dirt layer,
>so we didn't notice it until starting to excavate in order to create a
>little air space below the new/restored wood floor to be installed.
>Already have dug some of the beautiful polished dirt layer away before
>taking a close look at why there was such a hard layer 2" down.   Now I am
>trying to think how to stabilize at least a little of the dirt floor for a
>museum exhibit.   Any suggestions from you stone(d) guys?   It is just like
>the dirt floors I used to see in old adobe houses in Arizona, slick and
>smooth from lots of sweeping after a little water was dripped on.
>
>cp in dirty bc
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