Coal, iron ore, ganister, and limestone are found in the vicinity. Other trailheads are located in Ganister and Mount Etna. The permanent shafts took longer, encountering beds of ganister, coal and rock. He was extensively engaged in the quarrying and shipping of ganister. The seat earths of the seams yielded ganister (needed for furnace linings) and fire clay. Its primary product was silica fire brick made from ganister rock, using beehive kilns. The quarry near Polwell Lane was re-opened in 1925 for the extraction of ganister. The goods traffic that was handled at the station was ganister (stone) and livestock. Materials may include calcium aluminate cements, fire clay, ganister and minerals high in aluminum. There were three ganister mines in the immediate Worrall area. Grannas Brothers operate a large stone quarry just outside Williamsburg, in nearby Ganister. Ganister mining and quarrying were other industries that grew in the area. In the vicinity are found bituminous coal, ganister rock, fire clay, and some timber.