Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19


ham County; NJ. c. Hyde, Windsor
County.
The BRANDON KAoLIN AND PAINT
CoMPANY.-Albert D. Hager, AM, State
Geologist, has examined the property of
the Brandon Kaolin and Paint Com
pany, and made report thereon, from
which we take the following interesting
extracts
"The extensive beds Of ochre and kao-
lin belonging to the Brandon Kaolin and
Paint Company are restricted to an area
of eighty acres of land, and are located
on lot adjoining the mineral lands of
the Brandon Mining Company and
about three miles east Of the village Of
Brandon.
These beds form portion of the high
ly interesting deposits belonging to the
Tertieru formation, which occur near the
western base of the Green Mountains,
and are exhibited at and near this local
! ity on more extensive scale than at
| any other place in New England.
The formation consists of alternate
beds of brown hematite, black oxyd Of
manganese, yellow oChre, and kaolin,
and occasionally Ignite or brown coal
| is found, as is the case on the property
before alluded to- short distance north
! of this lot.
During a recent visit to this property
| we made u careful examination of it,
and noticed the surroundings, and our
investigations resulted in the conviction
that the beds of kaolin, ochre, and pos
sibly hematite and manganese extend
the entire length Of the property from
north to south, distance ofeighty rods
and from east to west more equally ex-
tensive.
! In shaft recently sunk to the depth
of forty feet near the northern line o.
the property, we descended and found 8
solid bed of white kaolin, which lay al
a depth of seventeen feet from the sur
face, and extended to the bottom of tht
shaft, and how much further we coult
not determine, but from the fact that {
bed, which is supposed to be continue
ton of the one on this property, and les
than half mile distant, has been pene
trated to the depth Of eighty feet with
out finding bottom, it is but REASONABLE
to suppose that this may be equally eX
tensive. In the adits running south y,r
west from the foot of the shaft, we
the strike of the beds to cor -ouL
with that OF the rocks in y a tespoL ,ia;tol
oeinss about North 20 q 8.eg. East viii
an easterly dip at an s'1Agle Varying fro
+ As deg. to 80 deg. ~
= Although when in the adits we coul
1 see nothing but ksolin, yet, reasonin
1 from the analogy that exists betwpe
these beds and those in the property a,
T. joining this upon the north, We cou1
= but conclude that upon driving the ad
o west, bed Of yellow ochre would be e.
n countered, and probably bGmatite wou
l also be found
!. These conclusions were subsequent
q verified when we visited trial shaft {
o this property, abort sixty rods sout
# westerly from t'ne first named shat
d where we foupJd buff: colored kaolin wit
In eight 1ee'. from the surface, and befo
v the eoItCm of the shaft was reache
e Wmch mas depth of thirty feet, yello
n ochr5 was found in abundance
$ = Upon the adjoining lands nor
!. OF this property, hematite and the bla
= / oxyd of manganese have been found
h. great purity and abundance, and be
# proftably worked for many years, and
=, is but reasonable to conclude that t
# same minerals may be found upon tt
a. property, but should they not exist, t
inexhaustlble supply Of kaolin and och
known to extend under nearly if n
=, quite the entire surface of eighty 70
- square, should be sufficient induceme
q for the investment of capital sufficie
- to thoroughly develop these extensi
~ ~ and valuable mineral deposits