Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

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Marble Industry OF Vermont am,
IA Statement of Comparativ
Value.
An Addreas deZigered before the Vernon
Board Of agriculture, Mining, an
Statistics, at Burlington, Janua1:
cath, 1872, 6yJ. &. Manley, Esq, q
West Rutland.
In the creative wisdom of God display
ed alike in the creation Of earth an
man, we are to suppose that the cart
from the first had been preparing Tor tn
service of man. For hln the darkness
and ssyvaste" which had rested upon tn
earth through periods OF rest and actly
itv, had been restored to order ant
beauty, forming part of a system o
means. pointing to thesuCcess and prosper
itv Of man, the subordinate end. From
time to time organic fires had crystal
lied the granite and piled it into loft,
table lands and the never wcaried waters
had washed it down to extensive plain,
of vegetable soil The earth vibrating
with electrical shocks has become varied
with metallic ores In the ages of com
parative quiet through which the eartl
passed, long accommodating vegetable of pre-
cceding periods were for man transmu
ted into stores Of fuel, The ferruginou,
deposits of primeyal waters were beCOm
ing iron, and for man successive races
OF destroyed animals were changed t.
useful limestone. The interior of tht
earth becoming stOre-hUusp, contaiu-
ing everything for the service of man, 81
that when the time should come for him
to open and gaze upon her treasure ''tht
blessings of the deep which lieth under
he might gratefully recognize the be
nevoient foresight and wisdom of Hin
who had placed them there,
Perhaps this wisdom is not more dis
played In any of the deposits than is
manifest in the deposit of limestone,
usually termed marble, embracing a
system not manifest In anything els,
which God has made. The deposits OF
marble in Rutland County and in the
State present a different appearance and
texture in almost every opening not
upon the same strata The quarlics at
West Rutland, the most celebrated in
the United States, are mostly upon th1
same deposit dip to the east at the sur
face at an angle OF about - deg, altho-
ugh in some of the openings the strata
Is more erect, and In others less than A
deg There are openings of recent date
upon the west Of those most celebrated
and the longest worked, and located At
the base of the West Mountain, dip also
to the east at an angle varying from 8
to As degrees. These openings, one ut
which dates back, rs one of the first ir
Rutland county, are not as compact anC
are upon the same strata more change
able In texture and color than the Older
worked and more extensive QuaIriea al
which | shall directly speak One OF
these at the base of the West Mountain
contains serpcntine and verdi anti4u.
marble, the texture OF which is very uu-
even, and when exposed 10 the sun aud
rain becomes more brittle and hard than
any other marble known to the trade.
The composition Of vetd antique marble
not being the same a. other marbles.
accounts, perhaps, for the unusual con-
"dOn from exposure This marble ii
not my Quarricd and l have been thus
n9rtirnIor u its description a. there is
M OtLeT rnarh''1 quarried in Rntianjj
county resembling It except the broca-
telle, known to the tra'ea ~ "brocaGlIH
The deposit known as the quarry 81 the
Green Mountain Marble Company Is uc-
veloped about so feet in width, sud con
sists Of eleven layers, varying fr0~p :!
to feet in width. The No I and aver
age marble in this qnarry, composrs'
about One-half of the opening, and has
5Po ,0d3I At a a dcpt6 Of e. feet from the sur
face The marble upon the surface OF
this quarry was simply dccomposcd
limestone and all the layer was very
soft when the quarry was first opened.
Illustrating principle that TO he sure Of
a sound quarry, soft and lncompoaed
marble il generally found upon the sur
face, and also where the marble j. fine
and hard upon the surface, usually great
Iepths are attained before soud marbl'
j. reached
These recently opened, as above stated,
embrace a large proportion ~ white
marble. and some OF the layers ar very
linr, and much sought by dealers for
ca!1iag purposes. The Older and luorr
extensively worked and most valuable
uuarric- embrace a width ot 1l0
feet. consisting Of "a layers of marble
At present Quarriei, sawed and placed
Vpcn the market, varying in color amt
.tr\ 'uIf' @ltu t't' II itl "a Pl' -, ''''+'~ "
l;ffar. ut value. In describing these DIFF
fa"rnt Ian ~ers desire to he particular in
,h,. I H. , mi Of few, a. showing a
, m",n lifr and n 0aeroujtable phenomena
~ =, , ,',ttlI ''
''.' .,'e,' o,,>,. i - soN'- QrAauY.
J., tLr east dcposll of S1eldons X Sla-
-,r,s nnariir.. which / am now dracrih-
;n', and in this description, re Iind
my @is the .a,nr principle and phe-
nnrnnn9 cxhibitpd in all th~ different
n ',,,, Of This rich deposit
The east or ton lavcr in thi, quarry il
,,. ~ o,f u tn y drn,I Of 1875 feet. and
I; H." IL Jarrcas at The surface and 50 de-
l .,rao. - ~ H. inv,nst depth attained is
+onl. feet tbicl, p statuarv marble and
{! % Of lime rock In this opening, east Of