Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-07
From the New York Evening Mall
Vermont Marble Quarries.
RUTLAND, Vi, Sept. 10.

that on the west belongs to the tertiary.
The characteristic rocks on the east are
granite, quartz, and their allied minerals
such AS teld-spar, gneiss and porphyry
the essential constituents of nearly all
volcanic rocks, while those on the west
are Of calcareous and argillaeeous ma
ture, the latter most prominent in the
great slate-beds, near the western part Of
the State, and the former eliminating in
the rich marble deposits Of Rutland and
vicinity. Long before these deposits had
attracted marked attention, the village d
Rutland was planted in picturesque
valley, at the western bare oi the monn-
tains, in full view u the rugged Killing.
ton Peak, aud the symmetrical summit,
If Plco and Mendon Tor many year,
ts history furnished little Of interest be
youd the qDrgt events incidental u rnral
pr0gresa, but IT, last decade nan exhibited
u growth at once marked and substantial,
indicative II Il rapid development oi groa.
internal resources.
The ol1ost quauym1u Of Vermont, Mr
Wm II. Barnes, tho fret 70 plant drill
on tbs present sits Of the famous Rutland
Company qnarrie-, is still living in West
Rutland At the time whom his develop
mcnts began, that entire property could
have been bought for twenty-five dollars
indeed, the territory covering the quar-
rics, now valued at millions Of dollar,
was once sold, and that Within the NOM
DRY Of men now living, for zone old mare
and colt "
Having day to spare in Rutland, my
curiosity led me to the marble district,
and through the kindness Of my friend,
Mr.. II. i Adams, | was enabled to visit
several Of tho quarries. For over quar-
ter of a century some of them have been
worked, and instead Of showing signs o.
exhaustion the quality of the product
continues to improve and the veins ex-
pand as greater depths are explored
Some of the opening IRE eight T. ten rods
in length and sixty to eighty feet In
width, and have arrived at a depth or over
hundred feet from the surface. 1t would
take more than an ordinary block Of
Broadway buildings to fill the +" hole Q.
the Rutland quarry.
Within r few years great improvements
have been made III the methods Of secur-
ing the marble. The old process OF hand
drilling still has 70 be employ ed,in Iuap y
W
but great majority OF the cutting Is now
done by steam, one steam cutter dong
the work of forty men, aud requiring
only three to attend il. The marble l.
taken from the quarry in blocks measur.
ing about ore hundred cubic feet, and
weighing from eight 10 ten tons. Hhea
frs raised il about ten per cent. wargl
and l. OF translucent appearance, but
soon becomes dry aud Opaque. The iinel
qualities 81 siatuary 'aLruI. weigh ABOUT
two hundred pound. pr cubic foot, 81
twenty pounds ripre tran the e5tseI
grads. ma conan ami moro than duabs
~ aver tge uuee 81 other kind, the bs7
,lIin. ats II pee cab,e foot. IDia kind
however, is obtained IN comptrahFgj}
small quI1ii,ie-, not mysa Chan tehth o
tg.s prItuef % auy quarry taking rank AZ
'.-tafusIy." lu some vf tnr veins recently
developed, a. "a tile Gfeeu Mountain nnt
American Company r, Il 10 found - IL
tltly equn 8, Italian i slab ~ rOoa-cal
nre4 M trtiy. pu-Iuch and a bali IN thick
no-s. taken ttJ.u tae former quarry, "Acf
trahiy .awd from the b!oak udmittei
iia4' erausA THROUGH it from common
ltuteru - enatie one - road ordinary
prla,iiy
'IAe arsat. aa4syins afa ea0sm3n-
n = 'tu..fsd [. III. Il ll4rbi6 ~ !, c8ue
from tie o.rlA. gasa b..a and .aatE.uGt
T. a5f les ftaa 80 pa t0n Tbs er
ttll, ou4ht - 81 r.aluneratiye ii mimi,
f9r he precious 4e..is e4u ~ made =
lay wr-re tre rock i many deLrar
htns#r, tie peHa iAaf# itEa g nnn4ta'
Egc.Ht = stsr anl tsn -'asa Jta.'
aat nyer Hl1prr TN.
Haa ide4 4. f.t .a Fl z t4tj
be ehta.bed from F'atttti'r af ~
@tellpa - eiH9 l7si frt b'tT -.
DDf ~ ~ tan hundred th"ns ~ 'ati
feef ~ rook. valuei. Whom ~ f@f 'A'
market, 1T 5"vtVJy. baEtnH - a,,'i =
pf9''i , e 81 miht"t, Ib''f i"tii' ~
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