The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-16
RUTLAND. VERMONT. FRIDAY
BR0wY COAL DEPOSIT IN BRANDON.

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The ie.s ,,'ne from written By ra.o, n,'o ,is e Am
eeng erfm the Appendix the History Of Vermont by zok
Thompson sufficiently
Mining PoFsy!"
"In sbeil Of Burlington presented with
specimens beautifully preserved Brandon They
Coal retained exactly their original shape and
marking. Early spring 1852 visited Brandon and found that the
fruits bed Of Brown Coal connected with the white eys
and brown kmit of that place perceived that interesting
opcnbefore have endaon explore
dAcuic. presented several
gentlemen b h. country and Europe M aid Their opinion hasya
ony part points
American goe, cleared by win have already @ce'aned have
concluded thereos, give brief Of this hoping hereafter
make additions to ii
acknowledge my deep Howe,
Agent proprietor.
deposit of Ion clay and brown coal only did he do all his power
last spring;
free Of specimens of the fruits and the coal especially
time barrels of , coal containing the fruits, another
gigantic gniethe trunk of large which de-
po,hed in the cabinet of Amherst College
shall give description Of the topography and geological associations
deposits
finally dduce from the facts geological fnces importance
l. Topography and Geological Asssiadns
eoogis along base of the Green and IIooc
Canada New York
md
miles of the village Passing casiqy
slightly and exhibits clay drift and lmese rock place According my
with the aneOd barometer Brandon Village 465 feet
the iron 500 feet
| of the the Green Mountains rise aidly
AT this find the following vnrets of substances
Oche color by Man
ganese q and dark by carbon.
2 Brown hematte and yellow Ochre.
8. Ores of Manganese.
A. Brown Coal
! 5. Beds of gravel connected with the clay.
G. everything the whole
! z. YeIowsh Limestone underlying the Wide.
position difficult deermne exactly
good perhaps only the result
generally found
eanese The Coal places itself at the surface In one spo,
shaft has carried through only few feet eow
bed nearly hundred
both places about twenty feet thick oun be the conviction of the
Coal forms
pepndcu into the earth in the midst the clay My
impression that Isl portion of extensive bed having very
perhaps from portions
disturbance the strata But found difficulty tracing
position.
ought to mentioned. gneou.
exist vicinity of these deposits do they exhibit marks of
amorphic action of the heat
H. Coal Ignite and Fossil Fruis.
The of the of this deposit
that peat Coal deep color
nearly organic structure in the Ignite the fruits
obated Disseminated through angular grains mostly
white quartz rarely exceeding great
draugh yellow biuminou
od After the flame a, subsidized the gned gradually
leaving, of quantity of ashes 1t employed great advantage
driving engine the works; and should
adanageous for fuel where wood
Brandon.
Inepeed through
Ignite which
portions varying
'front.' Of in They ap-
pear drift The largest
which have already referred by Mr. Howe resembles
ngy piece which led Howe hunOuy,
scribe upon box in which A Of aof~ood from Noah.
A. Ark"
This Ignite all and exhibits upon
ganic generally brittle
aspect very coal which admits POLISH
In specimens the original oughness Of the wood
aspect Of the wood remains
The large Of which have already spoken the cabinet of
Amherst College long, diameter
ieraby have been originally pea.y
specimens
With perhaps exceptions all the Ignite Of this dpose belongs
Of the wood fine grained and The bark often
quite inclined
probably deal Of nerousi
point satisfactory
belongs pine tribe latitude have placed
,peeme distinguished had
hoped their opinion but they have given
The fruit. deposit interesting relics
perPening than the Ignite
refer Of them 10 living fossil known
therefore merely figures Of the principal distinct forms
which obtained minute description future occasion