Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-03-10
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American Verd-Antique Mar
BILE Company,

This company was chartered by
the legislature of Vermont, in the
autumn of 1853. The capital stock
of the company is four hundred
thousand dollars, divided into shares
of one hundred dollars each five
hundred shares of which are re-
served by the company as a work.
ing capital, so that no stakeholder
will be assessed for the means of OPP
Grafton. The company has also
property to the amount Of ten thou
sand dollars, in the form of blocks of
marble quarried, mill, machinery
and tools, notes aud cash
An examination of the charter, to
which particular attention is invit.
ed, will show that its provisions are
liberal.
The property of the company is
situated in the immediate vicinity
of the Vermont Central Railroad, in
the town OF Roxbury, county Of
Washington and State of Vermont,
and consists of the entire mining IN
terest OH a large tract Of land con-
nected with the estate of John NJ.
Spaldiug.
The marble quarries consist of
eight outcrops, at convenient dis
iances from each other, and rang
ing in height from ten to one hun
dred and seven feet above the level
of the road-bed. Quarries No. |,
2, 3, 4 and 3 lie at the foot Of the
easterly slope of one of the Green
Mountain ranges, aud, as will be seen
by reference to the survey, are sit
uated nearly in line, readily ad
hitting a railroad track passing at
the foot of each, and so near that
derrcks standing upon the quarries
swing directly over the cars.
Building No. 26 is a mill for saw
ing aud preparing the marble for
market as it comes from the quar-
ries, through which runs a track
connecting with the Vermont Cen
trail Railroad, and also with the spur
track in front of the quarries so
that blocks. when once placed upon
the cars, are run directly into the
mill, where they are received by
cranes and swung TO the saws, there
by saving labor and expense of haul
ing, which, in heavy material, is
of no small account.
Quarry No. 2 is the only one that
has been TO any considerable extent
uncapped Quarries No. |, 3, 4 &
5 have been examined sufficiently
to satisfy the company that their
quality is not inferior to the one al
ready opened The extent and
character of these quarries is such
that blocks of any size are chissel-
ed out with facility. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY believed, by those versed in
such matters, that pillars four and
five feet in diameter, and twenty or
more feet in length, can be taken
out at a cost that will successfully
compete with other marble. This
marble, of recent discovery, is, in
color, character and general appear
ance, the same as the foreign known
by the name of Verd-Antique. -
I Owing 10 the extreme high cost of
the foreign article, it has never been
brought into general use in this
country, consequently the peculiar
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far as this marble has received a
comparison with the foreign, it ex-
hibits brighter and more distinct
ly defined line of Capitalization,
and wherever the white underies
the green body, showing through
it, as it does extensively, ii is much
hoore brilliant and effective. la
quality aud Polish also, the compar-
ison is i'll favo, of the American
Some, who have heretofore worked
the foreign Verd-Antique, have,
without a knowledge of the exist
ence of the American, pronounced
it the imported article.
SO small has been the quantity OF
Verd-Antique marble ever furnished
to the world, so limited its use in
this or any other country, and SC
little known of its peculiar quail
ties, except by scientific men, and
the comparatively few artizans who
have worked it, that the company
feel called upon to place it before
the community in its true character
and somewhat in detail with refer
ence to its appropriate uses, and
would say For the purposes Of
building, furniture, or ornament
where the highest degree of durabil
lty and beauty are requisite, this
offers inducements never before pre-
sented by any marble discovered in
this country. While other marble
is more or less affected by acid,
and the action of the elements, this
from its favorable composition, sue
cessfully resists both-the stronges
acids producing but slight eferves