Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-02

LeGG.-It Is not likely that LEAD mines Will
ever pay for working in this Stse. We have
beds Of Surisn rocks, nearly identical with the
Galens or lead bearing Magnetism limestone of
the West; bat in our rocks, there is hardly E
trace Of lead.
1t is also hardly possible that workable yeins
Of siipsr ore will ever be found in this Slate
| White iron pyrites or 90 fools silver" ie often
taken by ignorant persons for silver but all
should understand that there is no possibility
thst visible silver will ever be found in Vermont.
The sedimentsry character Of our rocks slto
tells sgainst our mines Of iron. Many ores Of
/ iron are sso found in Vermont, among which
{ the brown oxide or heDahie is the most valuable
and most abundant. The chromste Of iron
1 is also found which is OF more value than
pig iron, ss It is the base of the paints
known as chrome green and chrome yellow.
( This ore is nearly black, and is found near the
/ Cerp tine Of Vermont. Il is most abundant in
/ the rthern part Of the State, and oTRers Of
| lsno , the Ferpealine section. will do well to
( keep 81 eye out for it. - it can be readily sold,
/ and needs no expeDte for flrnsces. Iron hss
/ heen succcssfully smelted st Brandon and
/ Plymouth but more money has been sunk IN
Improbable attempts to open iron mines. thsn
( was ever realized from those found truly valua-
bic. Carhuret Of iron, or Pinmbago, is found
but in email quantities. and quite impure
I Aaaeaacle is s!so found, blt is not Of much
scooun;.
Dr. eating, having thus shown the Yslae.ess
character of our metallic cres. went on to say
that tLe true worth Of Vermont i in its fertile
soil and beds OF muck. which forus The best
and cheape,t fertilizer. II conclusion, he said
smother geologesl sarvey IL needed, not TO shoE
where mining csn be carried On wih success
hut to prevent cur people from wasting time and
money IN Mining to poiat out the differences il
soils ; and to sid io rels,tipg fertiizers which
ah.u give the best results.
An excellent paper wss next read by Mr.
Manly. of Rutland, on the Marble Qlarriss of
Rutland County.
PIPER By :. F.. MANLY.
The sssoad paper was by j. T. Manly Of
Nest Butlsud, ou the Marble Deposits @.
Bgtlsud County" Mr. Manly said tie differ
ent deposits CT marble vary considerably "a
character In Sheldon s. Slsscn's quarry, in
West R1tisnd, the deposit ia Of - lSye.s and
OF l2I feet in total width. The various layers
we're described in detail Another yeil, tro
rols east Of the first named. is Of l6 layers, alI
~ fee, wide. The layers in these qaarries ysry
in quality from tie fine stAtusry, to the coarse
No. g, aud c1ored marbles. Inc ci1ui5i mar
bles Of the Sutherland Pals qusrries, 50 much
sough; for, i9r monuments, ard Of the N0r,h
Rutlsni marble quarry, were described, as vel
a. the deposits in Brandon, Dandy, and Al Fed
ersl Bridge. between Sutherland Falls ali
Rltsni
The isst opening for marble i- RatlanI was
made in ISIS, sad il 1919, the business of
quSrryiuz was first msie successful oy ". +.
Barnes, Of Vest Rutland There are now twenty
marble m.ls in Rutland county, averaging
twenty gangs OF SAWS to mill II al ttese
worked cons .Antiy, the annual product Of saved
marble would De 2. $1,000 feet rer snCuu. Tie
smount Of sa'1s last year sss u 500 900. aver
sgiug about ifty cents foot. Mr.. Manly said
that the marble Ct s0uui q1srI.gs wzs COM
monty To a iscomp0sed stEic Oh tLs surface,
while deposits found In compact state co the
s-rft-e, commonly proved worthless. 40 pay
ing Qusrres have been found North q Rutland,
hui ne considered it possible that the ma hiss 0l
ADDISON snd Ch.iteuien counties msy he flui
TO be good a. much create depth, thsu nas
has been hitherto explored.
Mr.. Msn'y's paper a6lunisi in iu;sr-sdrs
facts, which our limits DO not allow is TO give a.
leae,h
The next p'1er vas by Hon Roswell fsr--
ham, q Bradford. Vt
Na. FAaSHAu's PAPER.
TIE Copper Mines Of Or1sgs County -
Col. farnham saiI that copper ore wss dii-
covered, and AnoEn as such. IS Csriy ss the
year 1893 ia the town ot S1aio-i, In the
southern pAst of Orange county. About fifty
years ago copper ore, in clnsia cradle quantities.
was found il Tie southeast paT. OF 'ere1Ie, t7e
town next north OF StralJri- aud more than o3
yea-s scl deposit OF copper ore Wa t7uud 81
Pike Hl.l, 90 tie northern part % TIE ioFn oi
C1rin'l, which les next north q Nershire, Al
these thee pases mi1es have beel worked TO
some extent since
The character oi i1e ores 90 al iltee
o. these points is nearly the ssI.e. lle
copper ore is The yellow solrluret OF thst
me'sl mizei with iron lFrl'es or sgi'aur1t
az iTo1. In some pieces the VEN carres q
yc-y much isrssr proportion ct t1e sc'ph4Tei 0.
iron than Of copper The m.1e At S.raalrl las
acl1 worked for the manufacture ci c7pperss.
mosJ of the time since i-s discovery, ard - c1l-
Ier,s is on'siuei from the suiphuret OF iron 30
use is made OF the copper o7e, this process es
not come under the tszd Of copper mining AZ
the Tresent tine the mine ~ S,r=t0rt 1 NOT
worked i0r the copper ore; bat the propleiors
are noT making copperas at the mine, a1i sre
sent.ug quantities. ot their ore 10 hsiien, Nsss-
20 he used IN the manufacture Of sul phuric A-it.
From 1880 20 1899 copper mining was csrrlel
oa s. StrsI)rt 10 GONE extent sui smelling works
were erected, but the basiness wss found 70 b.
improbable and wSs abandoned. Afterwards in
working deeper, for iron pyrtes to be used 10 the
manufacture Of clpperas, richer deposits ci copper
ore we're found, aad in ruoh quantities - TO
warrant mining for this metal new smelling
iurnsce wss erected sni during iHe early part
of the war when the prize Of copper WAs higher
than ever before. reaching a. ere time as high SIS
50 cents per pound, the business was pushed
vi'd good desl OF energy sni was found prohi-
able But when the war closed, and government
not only hsi no use for copper but threw upon
the market almost two years stock Of that metal
and the shipyAris Of tho country were silent,
the attempt to mine copper ~ Strsford WAS
saanioned; though there Is no DOUBT thst there
are .srge deposits Of valuable copper ore in thsl
toxin.
Co.. Fsrnhsm vent On to detail the history
+ Ct the copper-miniag enterprises in Coriuth. A
great deal of money has beea expended =; the
two Mines, the Ola Mine and the Union Mine,
which are but 8 few rods spart; but the dvi-
vouds have aiSSJs turned cut 10 be assessments.
/ The farmers Who teamed the ore 20 the rail-
read AZ Bradford made money but it was
losing business Tor The owners and for the
towns which had to repair the roads and bridges
over which the heavy ore teams passed. The
Oh Mine is now silent, and it's works going.to
decay, AMI at the Union mine. only single pair
of seig ges, AZ work in vain endeavor to fnd the
- true voiu,' resound in the dsmp csverrs,
mcuynfal with the old story tast hope deferred
msketh SEX the hearts Of New York capitalists
Mr.. FSrnham next described the mine OF the
Vermont Copper Mining Company in NeFs5ire
/ the only mine in Orange county now in orprs-
ton and one Of the very few in the country
/ perhaps the only one except three on Lake Su-
perior. And these would stop did they not pro
duce native copper
TIE stockholders Of this company are mostly
husnesa men Of New HorS city. The President,
Smith Ely, Esq, owns about $1,000 shares Of
/ the 100000 shares Of capital stock. T. A.