Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-05-02
Geological Survey.

Having been commissioned by his Excelleni
cy the Governor TO make Geological Survey
of Vermont, venture To ask the cooperation
of my fellow citizens in measure so l9timatei
ly connected with their prosperity. In each
town gentlemen can; with little effort, conmu4
ncate information, which may prove valuable
TO their towns and TO the public generally.
In few weeks intend TO commence the
field labor, as will also my assistants, and we
hope in the course of the summer TO pass over
the most Of the State, making general recon-
nossance of the rock formations, preparatory
to n more minute examination in the following
years. ANY gentleman who will leave in charge
of the Post Master oftheir town specimens and
descriptions of such objects as they may deem
interesting or valuable, with directions for finds
ing their localities, and also answers to the fol-
lowing inquiries, addressed over their names 10
the subscriber, will confer great favor. Whh
such gratuitous assistance we shall be able TO
Judge of the importance Of an examination Of
the ore, marble, mineral, clay or mari. Let mo-
one infer, however, if we cannot find time the
first year TO visit the localities pointed out, that
they will not be examined subsequently.
To direct attention to the most important
points we add the following questions /:
l. Do you know of any kind of ore in your
town
g. Any red or yellow ochre !
s. Any lodges or beds Of limestone or mar
bic
a. Soapstone or serpentine
8. Any rocks good for building stones, mill
stones, whelstones, or firestones'
6. Any good roofing slater
7. ANY materials for glass, for fine porcelain,
or for common pottery!
8. Any materials useful for hukes!
! 6. Any moulding sand'
| 10. Soils remarkable for fertility, barrenness,
or for bearing only certain crops
! IL. Are there any deposits Of peat, mari,
swamp mud, &C.?
10. Have any mari, peat, swamp mud, &C.,
been used on the land
! IS. Have any such substances benefited or
/ injured the soils
ID. Has any peat been used for fuel'
Is. Is there any fine white substance beneath
the peat or mud?
| I6. Are there any clay stones in the clay?
II. Are there are any remarkable lodges of
rocks, or cavernsf
IS. Are there any large loose blocks Of stone!
~. Are there any other Valuable or curious
minerals?
90. Are there Gin the western towns) any
curious petriiactions in the rocks'
Specimens, ofany oflhese substances will be
very acceptable, and since il may be expected
that sets of specimens will be furnished to sew
eral literary Institutions and to the medical col
eges in the State, as well as 10 the State itself,
several of a sort are desired Perhaps also the
Legislature may deem it expedient TO make
provision for furnishing each County with
specimens illustrating its own Geology lwould
especially request OF the proprietors orbeds and
veins of ores, and of marble, soapstone, or ser
penine quarries, fair specimens OF these sub
stances, [since they will come under the obser-
walton of the public generality or at least one
good specimen for the State collection.
also request gentlemen TO furnish me, in
writing, with such statistics, as they may be
willing to make public, of the amount of iron,
manganese, copperas, lime, marble. soapstone,
serpentne. &C., obtained during the last and
previous years, Of the expense, profits, mprov-
ed modes Of quarrying, or other valuable modes
of information.
Editors are respectfully requested to give this
address an insertion.
G. b. ADAMS, State Geologist.