WILLIAM ROLLASON
Quarry Proprietor, Lower Gornal.
Mr. William Rollason has been associated all his life with the stone and sand quarries of Gornal. He has been actively engaged in the work in several places in the locality, as after each quarry has been exhausted of its best production he has chosen somewhere else to carry on his operations.
Mr. Rollason has been fortunate in this matter of the selection of a spot to open a new quarry, and the one he is now working is both situated in a convenient part, near the Five Ways, Lower Gornal, and enables him to work it in the most effective way possible. Mr. Rollason has succeeded his father in this business, and is one of those well-known quarry owners of the district who have devoted great attention to working this productive seam of sand stone to the best advantage. As he has had a large experience of the practical side of the work and has a thorough knowledge of everything connected with with Gornal stone, his judgment and opinion on this subject are always correct. He supplies this stone in any quantity ready for use. They are finished as far as the mason work is concerned before they leave the premises, so that they can at once be fixed in the place they are intended for. To deal with this part of the work it is necessary to employ qualified men who have had special training in this direction.
Mr Rollason also supplies sand for iron-founders, and this is crushed and otherwise treated for the purpose. He has worked the present quarry for about seven years and it is one of the most carefully managed in the district. Its chief advantage, however is the excellent quality of the materials that can be obtained here and the particularly careful way in which they are worked.