Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-17
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
ny RURAL.

BY RURAL.
81 MARBLE. verd Antique (sucent
green Marble occurs at Deer Isle. II is
sometimes called"serpentine'f from its mot
tied appearance, somewhat resembling the
skin Of snake. Ii is susceptible Of high
polish. II will quarry without fault" it is
OF rare value. statuary marble, milk white
is reported at Eden and at Mt. Desert.
"a. MINERALS AND ORES. Brooksrdle.
Iron Pyrites, known as fools gold. Copper
as, sulphur alum, and carbonate of soda
can be manufactured from it,
BlnehiI. Fluor spar used in chemistry.
Yalena. or ore of lead. Wolfram, the ore
oftin. Hydrate OF Silica suitable for fire
proof brick. An enormous bed of Man
ganese. Limestone, Phosphate of Limr of
which superphosphate is made.
Buckspon. Limestone. Clay slate of
which school states are made. Quartz
used in the manufacture OF glass.
Cnsttne Quartz. Argillsceous slate.
Plastic Clay, first quality for brick-masing.
Deer Isle. A,bestus. unchanged by fire.
incombustible parer, gloves for handling
heated metals. and fire proof safes are
manufactured FROM it. The ancents made
a cloth of it, in which dead bodies were
wrapped before the burning, and thus
saved the ashes. IL was used for lamp
wicls Novaculite oil stones aud homes
are made of it. Limestone.
The CouHty having been favored. with
little more than a Rerenue Gutter geologi-
cal exploration. comparatively nothing is
known Of the minerals aud metallic ores,
that are OF value in the Arts. The only
lime rock discovered which i, not too meta
morphlc to be.of value is at Little Deer Isle
Red Sicnlte has recently been found at
fremont, which may be wrought iu.o elc-
giant articles OF ornament. aud il will take
fine aud durable polish. 4 deposit OF
granular quartz occurs in surry. Veins
OF Zinc and copper occur in No. Z and in
Gouldsboro Bog iron occurs in almost
every town. Gold has been found IN Bucks
port. Orlaud. and Surry, Mining must
determine the abundance. The structure
OF our rocks does not indicate the presence
OF coal. yet there are recent geological OBJ
servation, which imply, that anthracite coal
Will be found.
%. MINERAL SPRINGS. Those known
TO the writer. are at Bucksport, Brooks
vile, Bluehill. and NJ. Desert. This wa
ss- Of rha1 h.a al
ly charged with iron. They deposit AN
ore resembling yellow ochre from which
red paint may be readily made. These
waters are said 10 possess medical efficacy
In the treatment OF chronic. aud inflamma-
tory ailments.
&c. SALT. For the manufacture ofsea-
water sclt, we have superior facilities. Sea
water contains per cent. OF pure salt.
with the many Land locked" salt water
storage basins, having q mean of Is feet of
tidal rise and fall, aud being accessible 10
market. by the cheapest form OF transport,
tation, the making OF salt especially 10 sup
ply the demand for il as a fertilizer, Is no
small item OF our mineral resources.
81. SEA WEED. The marine plants Eel
grass, Rock-weed. and Kelp, grow in
abundance along our shores. As manure
they are applied ia various ways. Sea weed
dried and pressed into bales. NAV hereafter
become portable article of commercial
Importance. The constituents OF sea-weed
are lime go; magnesia 6,6j; potash 20;
soda AS; salt i,33 sulphuric acid y 81
and carbonic acid 6,39. From the ashes
Iodine is obtained which is employed med
icinally.
IS. Ice. For a supply OF export ice, we
have fresh water pond surface OF more
than 10000 square acres; enough TO cool
the torrid markets OF the world. At no
distant day. the cutting" Of ice will be-
come a source OF material wealth. Active
operations have been n..t.r At NJ. Desert,
Lamoine, GoulIsborough aud Bucksport
With the present margin OF profit, and the
close competition, the ice Held must not
be remote from the place OF shipment