[These are the notes and photographs of my visit to the mill/quarry area on February 27, 2004.]

According to the drawing at the Montgomery County Historical Society, the Mill had a tramway running all around and through the mill.  There is no indication of its existence now.  If it did go all the way around, there had to be a bridge or some way for the tramway to get across the center waterway that powered the mill.  The drawing is in color in the book "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal" from the Official National Park Handbook (currently out of print).

There is a buildup in the mill next to the watercourse that has large iron bolts coming out of it; this must be where the waterwheel was located to power the entire operation.

It has been over 100 years since the quarry stopped operation.  Since then, the trees have tried to grow in the thin soil; as they grew larger, they started falling over with winds and rain and storms.  This makes it very difficult to move around from the mill upstream.  These trees are very large.  Some of the trees have fallen so long ago that they are rotting back into the soil. At a point a couple of hundred yards from the mill and 100-150 yards from the canal, I did not see any signs of quarry operations.  Just down the slope toward the canal, I found this artesian well bubbling up.  There is an enclosure around the head of the well that looks like it is about the time of the mill and quarry because it is stonework.  Would this be like a water fountain for the workers/mules?  Water is still nice and clear. 

The vines growing in the trees and around are huge; they look like huge cross vines.  They are like cables - 1"

Would this be like a water fountain for the workers/mules?

Seneca Stone Mill 2-27-04

Some of the terrain around the quarry.

Artesian well that is an old Water Fountain?