Litchfield enquirer., 1862-01-16
CORNWALL.

The New England Porcelain Co. have re- gently opened bed ct Porcelain clay of the finest quality near the foot of the s. S. in South Corn wall, and it promises to be quite extensive and of great value. The superincumbent earth has been removed from sufficient space, and the bed bored to the depth of Is feet without reaching the bottom to warrant the Company to prepare for the manufacture of the clay into articles of use. fitness and ornament, and the frame of one build ing is by 75 feet long by 40 wide.
 This bed was discovered in 1919, but has never been improved until the present time.
 The number of births in this town during the past year was 39 number of deaths 24, and marriages 6.
 The following is an abstract of some of the items of taxable property:
 No. of Houses 336, valued at $l40,2l0 co
 " Acres of land, 23,307 " 373,l95 % " Horses, 338 l9,435 % |" Neat Cattle, 2,66s 3S,22O co /" Sheep, l,Ol9 % Amount of Grand List, not nclud- ing Polls, 6s5,4 co The following persons were appointed dele gates to the Republican State and Senatorial Conventions on Saturday Jan. llth.
 Shtte.-B. B. North L. w. Gold; J. T. And rev F. L. Hart.
 Senato, ia.-Nathan Hart; NJ. D. F. Smith E. Burton Hart Smith Beach.
 | Some thirty years ago porcelain clay bed | was discovered in our town. It lies about mile and half below South Cornwall, and near the road running southward from that village. Nc attention has been paid to it until within few months. Mir. John Buell. from Litchfeld, who also 1 owned clay bed in Kent, bought the land and l the mineral right of the owner for S150 he also bought out man who owns little plot near the bed for S250, and then expended about $1OO in having the clay uncovered. When he had un- covered what was estimated at 1000 tons, he sold it to the N. Y. & New England Porcelain Clay Company" for $4,ooo, and ] of the profit. This company has been in existence several years, and are now working clay bed in Shef- field, and another few miles vest of here.- They are now erecting large building near the Cornwall bed, for the purpose of cleansing and preparing the clay for market. It will be sent to Philadelphia, where it will bring $40 ton, 1 and will be used in the manufacture of crockery and wall paper.
 The clay has been tested, and is said to be equal to the finest in the world. l have piece ] which obtained there, it looks and feels some thing like starch, it is so pure and whitc.- Around tho outside of the bed there is vein of black lead, and scattered through it are little ! veins and Jumps of decaying black mica. They | have been digging on the bank of stream the clay is found to extend under the brook, and is thought to undcrlie the whole mountain and the intervening land on the other side, and if this Is the case. there will be much money made on 1 the mine.
 Cornwall may yet become celebrated for he,
 mines A short distance from this clay bed i. mountain where black lead is found. In an. other part of the town iron ore has been duo
 And many years on Cream Hill, both silver ane gold were dug for, the former to the depth o about 30 feet, and the latter about 75 feet though not very largo amounts of either wer, 1 obtained