Konnor Drewen
5/23/011
Stone Mason
I think the job that I would least like to do is the stone mason. He would have had the hardest job in my opinion. The stone mason had to find the stones he wanted then cut it. He had to somehow get the stone from the quarry, the take it to the building site. He then had to carve the stone to the size and shape that he wanted. Besides all of the backbreaking manual labor, the stone mason then had to make lime. Making the lime could be a deadly process. It could produce carbon monoxide, a deadly odorless gas. There was also a risk of falling into the kiln and burning to death. There was even a chance of scaffolding falling and plunging you to your death. If you did not die from that you would be so broken up that you would not be able to work anymore. If you were a stone mason you were not expected to live very long. I the end the Cathedral that you are building may not even be strait. Over time since so many people have worked on the building someone could have messed up somewhere. There were not many upsides to being a stone mason in the middle ages.
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