The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-30
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that 1t Is healthy, sound and free from soft
spots or hard nots
Thus, is the old adage "dark are the
bowels of a rock" verified.
Of course, while penetrating through the
vein, many things may be certain, before it
has been opened to give production, but 1t
is dreamy or imaginary presumption of
opinion to say Gas many have predicted,
more the pity (before opening quarry
"This quarry is certain to be good one"
for it has the right kind of heads and
seams, beds, water-cleaves and top. Here
is quarry without its like fortune at
once. A palace or the poorhouse now"
That intelligent and experienced, but i'm
| agnary old slatemaker now, will spend the
earnings of the best part of his life upon
the surface, pit, seams and heads of the
slate quarry which he imagined would be
to him handsome fortune, until he has
nothing except the bitterness of disappoint-
ment. AS there are no two things exactly
alike through the whole world, and as there
are no two quarries alike, we ought to be
careful lest we form rash judgment about
veins before proving them, for there are
many things to be considered before we
can be sure that this slate, or that slate, is
pure, lasting and useful for roofing.
The various colors of slate show their
relations to proximate ores. The effects of
iron ore gives them brown color, the
pink comes from the copper, the light blue
and the dark blue from manganese and
lead and the black stones from the effects
of a coal bed, and the white or light colored
states flom ochre, etc. Consequently, it
may be seen that it is necessary to obtain
particular proofs, such as fire, water, frost,
weight and time, before we can be certain
what slate is pure, durable, suitable, and
truly useful for covering buildings, so as
to throw to the shade every other human
invention that offers to take the place of
tie slate. which the Lord had designed
when creating the world to be serviceable
to man as covering f buildings, etc.
Some quarries are varegated with bad and
improbable mixtures Quarries are also
found containing the remains of creatures
that lived before the flood.
In the slate quarries of Normandy, re-
markable organic remains are found be-
tween the laminoa or chips that are split.
Between those chips the remains OF sea
creatures are found, and particularly the
sea vermin that are called p0uS de mer, and
q also a class of crabs the bodies of which
are about a foot wide by fourteen or fifteen
> inches long, the tail having nine or ten
0 rings.
e The shrimps arc sometimes so numerous
that forty of them may be counted upon a
slate that is one foot square. No such
creatures are known to exist at the present
II time. But most remarkable thing about
Y these remains, is, that the crabs are whole
. and unbroken, and yet the nearest thing to
nothing in thickness, and they look like a
F; drawing This shows that the above
, named quarrcs were formed when these
n creatures lived, wandered about and were
j., buried in the mass of the slate vein that
. was probably caused and formed through
r the effects of the flood, and it proves the
n error of tickle and infidel biologists, who
= insist that the slate vein belongs to the pri
mary class which has taken millions Of
&c years for its formation before there was q
s. living creature. To prove their inaccuracy
4 in this, also, we can testify to having see1
with our own eyes, the remains of living
10 things in the slate quarries of Great Brit
II ain, Ireland, and the American continent
le such as shells, fishes, snakes. toads, branch
!, es, leaves, nuts and insects
~ Slate veins, like the veins of gold, silver
copper, lead, tin, iron, coal, etc, are miXe'
with and lie upon or under different kind
IS of beds or other veins and the effects an'
IN influence of such are seen upon on
another.
> What experienced quarryman in Amer
. lea or Wales, but has seen the evil eftec
1t of a post of hard rock, upon the genalit.
re of a slate-vein to a distance of many feet
IN The proximity of lead, sulphur, copper
iron or coal, in the same manner effect
upon the slate-vein to damage and impai
TO its character Too much of the effect an
to mixture OF mineral matters, will caus
,ss states to break quickly under the effects
a. air, wind, rain, heat and frost. We kno'
~ of states (Which appear to be beautiful an
re- durabe) that cannot, because OF the dt
he structve mixture of improper ores, bea
~, under the elements named, for five year.
q" That Is no wonder, for instead of bein
m twelve parts Govt CT twenty. say,) albumei
of two of mica five of crystalized atoms, an
,se one of soda, salt or alkali; we find that thu
al worthless and disappointing slate contain
twelve parts of sulphur, iron lead or Goa
ID two parts of salt mica or soda, and nv
ms instead of twelve parts of coal The SAINT
Ids stone in the southern part of Ireland, e
~ tects upon the character of the slate-yeir
nS the limestone of Maryland effects upo
er. .late-yeins there. The marble beds
he Vermont have an effect and influence upo
". many of the neighboring slate quarrie'
~ the coal regions of Pennsylvania, Sou'
ny Wales, the central parts of England, ar
cl- the borders of Scotland, have their efe
unon the soft, dark states of their respe
MR. tive ouarries. The igneous rocks of Il
Isle of Man and Italy. have their etfec
iu- upon the hard and glossy brittleness
lu- their states the argillaceous rocks OF vi
ld ginia and Georgia tend to give genial
x, and beauty to the cleave, ETC., and the gree
81 stone, or trap rocks of Aroop, North Vale
OF have their effects upon the strength al
la power of application, and the almost en-
in less durability, of the slate of royal qua
"a. ries, such as Llanberis, Cae-braich-y -caf
INC and the quarries of Meironeth and 9th
est places too numerous to mention at preser
of 1t may be seen from the above remar
hat that we must have states from quarri
~. with peculiar and proper substance a
us character, before we can stand on the PHI
ldy form of fairness to face builders, merchar
and manufacturers of sham roofs, reati
,ho TO of the usefulness of states and before ,
Wv can challenge them and every one el
GUS throughout the earth to bring mater
to one half as good as to beauty and for
ing shane and color, durability and usefulne
nc as the slate which was baked in the ov
..', of the earthly ball by JEHOVAH.
I'm It's great wonder to us that such
leir small number of American architects
sat builders use states We do not know wi
,es; the cause is, if it is not the narrow-min
are sdness and comprehension OF those
ye,y pay for buildings.
lsh, 1t is easy for the Yankee VINO kno
'n' nothing about the usefulness OF STATE,
ees sneak in this manner when offering h
heo states :-sI have never seen a trial up
Is ,bis strange slate; wooden shingles We
the .his sai;1S, of INV father and my graz
,ian the delight t ., WY viii, take also Th
sing , ,a'ne' TODD trial of twenty; probab
ally what do know these states will not hi
Tag as a roof for twenty. They have tried
are cover slate with felt plastcs, etc, but TIT
ness ness is nothing which seems to me so useful
,ohs shingles lie cannot be blamed for ia
ine, ing that, tor states are comparatively N
any any things to him, and indeed, the slate gu
a .,' ries of the United States are not, as
cue cue but in their infancy; but we believe u
~, ~. the time is near when the slate-vein
a ,ha be acknowledged among. tae richest
,s sol most useful resources of the United o.a'