The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-05-05

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]; r.T1rea q Sarge eac'ay n money % re-
move ihs limestone sns iaionor mafalr.
br'nrr Goat raa.t.s vas nsrhed shlch was
2 t1f sasiHt Ilis sapern-nHbra, mass
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bie is usad Or or aree ii.s gfaaH.ls llr ou..l-
ing. ana construct csuaeua ys ihroo li the
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rho marble ii-s in strata yav.nr from
two fep' % irc feet in ,aukncst ltisioo
fslushis 20 b. rsH.od by basiisr. sud j. cut
oaiof ue ruek By drilling Wh1ua stratum
De-. neaflr horizontal hnr, msss. weigh.
ing sometimes one hundred tors. is Stated
fran 10 bed by wedges. Sonetimcs lines
ofhole- ss .aeh-- deep. are drilled along
ihe surf. ~ tha ,osaaed mess. nni d, j.
sp't i.io cubic hiek. bv wodrcs driven
iu,o the doll h.ass. Bot tie larger blocks
ofibe better sort NJ marble are cut 90, by
q tfsn-l la.s8 on fsnr sides or lie bioes.
To cui ,ai. trench 8. hlrI work. and moth.
inr cisr. There is ths great mouth Of the
"a hIil side open. ani down amuu7 the
JAWS OF the rocks are a hundred tnen dall-
in- GOT, wah l-ish perseverance,. the WHITE
nssrbls-fs,,h of the cavern. Bgc and hive.
after ten thousand ringing h.o~s. the block
D. l,,ecucd. AMI j. drawn slowly on, Of the
hIil. mouth hy the prfn Of huge derrick.
some Of these block. Of pure. white mar.
Die weigh ten tons. Il Is now ready fuf
tb. saw. or transpartion. Over msry acres
a,ouns IN. CURRY. the blocks and slabs of
entering m,rb.e sre strcwn. pnl one can.
n7, help wishing that these rocks NAV
qackly BE- turned into "rocks" for thp
pockets of tie en,ornnsinp capitalists. and
hardy laborers.
Close by the South enarry. the pronrie.
tor. Messrs. siAsoN. Suslnox. q Mon
CAS-. haye erected large Steam Mil for
saving the marble. N,sl,, and day. TWEEN.
rs gang. of too,hless saws are drawn back
aad forth. through twenty block. of marble.
by the strong strokes Of the powerful en-
zine. The saws are made Of the saf,rst
ofiron, and only sci the sand and water in
motion which wears away the stone abou,
five tenth. fun inch inanb boar. For ,hir.
ty or for,y hon7s the ponderons machinery
draw. the s,ss.--witl prai.up "sopyh.
souah.~-la,her and thi,her through the
The rocks. unnl. al lnng,h. they omen like
the leaves of a book. into white and beau.
uul tablets.
The onsrics atWest Rutland are seem.
inry ineshaus,able. and the stone Is found
TO be more compact. and, Of course. more
durable. th. lower IL is ouirried.
Tn. Wr4, Rutland Qu,-rie. area mar, Of
a q n,.it or the best marble IN tho tTn,,ed
States. So Urea, IS The demand. that many
large orders for marble must 90 untitled
this year.
Mr~srs. SlAso~. SnrlpoN. & NoRoAN.
employ Ia their quarry and in their shop.
about two hundred hands. They quarry
abou, 100000 fee, Of marble annually, a
large part Of which they saw IN.
At the qutrries on the north. Mr.. WM.
+. HAMS omplov. nbon, eighty h,nds.
and raises about 10000 feet Of marble
each year.
Mcsfs. gacKuAN & snrRmAv employ
about forty hands, and raise nearly l25,000
fec, Of msrble annually.
Mr.. 4. w. HrpE, Of Casils,on. has com
mancsd the quar-, .na OF marble ncar the
original quarry at Yves; Rutland, and has
made generous outlay Of capital which
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