Horse-drawn grinding wheels and quarrymen 50 years ago at Bagley's Quarry, Gornal, Staffordshire, where the golden sandstone, in thin beds. was quarried with pick and lever. The two wheels, about 5 ft 6 in. across, ground to sand the stones two small for other uses. The old cry "Gornal Sond, Gornal Sond, I'll gie thee a good 'arporth an' a bit in the 'ond", recalls the local practice of swilling the house through once a week from front to back and sprinkling the floors, when dry, with sand.

BENJAMIN BAGLEY.
Sand and Stone Quarry Proprietor, Upper Gornal
The quarries of Mr. Bagley are in Holloway, and though they have been worked for a large number of years, the supply seems now as inexhaustible as ever.
These quarries have steadily developed and sand from here is used largely by manufacturers throughout the district, so that an extensive business is carried on in this article alone. The cupola and gannister sand is second to none and is preferred by many iron-founders and fire-brick manufacturers to all other sands.
The sand is pressed or crushed before it is sent out to the correct degree of fineness ready for the different purposes for which it is required.
The stone department is an important one in these quarries, for Mr Bagley has achieved great success by supplying builders and contractors with these stones, shaped and cut ready for immediate use. Stone curbing and flags for street pavements, slabs of all sizes for graves and other purposes can be obtained at these quarries. The sand has fire-resisting qualities and has now become most popular in this direction, whilst its value is generally appreciated. Many important buildings all over the country contain stones that have been delivered from these quarries ready to be set in their proper places without being touched by the chisel.