The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-29
Maine Its Agricultural Features and
Capabilities.

pbic and f0ssiiierouS, the former predomina-
ting. The metamorphic stratifed rock occur
ring are, snciSs. mica scbi>t, tacose s2hist,
-teatite and serpcntine, >acchoroid limestone,
clay slale, quartz rock and conglomerates Jas
per. >iliceous slate, horn>tone. The following
nnstratified rocks are found in Maine. Granite,
Nyrhite. protognc, porphyry. trap or green
stone eurlte The fos>iferous rocks of Maine
are all Paeozoic. excepting certain marine al
luHial deposits. and belong TO the following
groups Lower >i!uriau. [ pper Siiuran, Do
'onian, Drift. ard \ AiuNiun. While Maine Is
almost exclusively a region of Azoic rocks. but
to which system they belong, whether the
Laurentntn or tlA PaIeozoic, has not yet been
dttcr mine.i Ihc enure western portion of the
STATE i, granite. The mctalnorphic rocks
abound III 1! great variety Of interesting min
IFS beautiful tourmalines Par>onficld, York
County, and Phpp>burg, on the coast. in Lin
roln County, for varieties OF garnet and other
rare minerals: Brunswick and Topsham for
fields ar. and kowdonbam for beryl>. Along
the southern portion Of The state deposits of
Tertiary clalS are found IN many localities be-
n' II 'H' H'hl' iHcf dIt chdi iactt lH' u ny
beds Of shells Of the common clam and mu>sel,
and therefore belong to the newer Pnocene.
lhey extend into the interior a> far as Augusta
"h'' ti1ho"eH' ahu are penetrated oY wells
-''N %" % Hl"lt ioti pei"M th' >uTld'e- ne
m r 'i',l"i W. wv ''H' 'V'9 'l!e VH'Si heat hoVh
Ina iui hI9H me pest itine III inc W"fiu' led
sandstone probably of the age Of The Connect
trui HNer sandstone. i found along the shore
of The Pa>~amaqu Bay. and IL il is pene-
nalrd 10y dike> of trap. at the contact Of the
."" l"' = many interesting hihcfals are de-
'N'op,N' '"!Fha i i"u",t III veins al lnt toh-
, ~ '1i-'.NrS Iu ''nGeouS limestone on
u" '''i'N W NI">} No"N ''! thS"l'ceo"S
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w, az ''V III -i"oNt""h No"hlN j. an *
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,"ii'' II. - i.'"l li'h - ''G 7'ate i tnht
w ",H il'' mineral resources >hai nave become
u y h"""h tNtiH "ht WIZ he a>l"hi>hed al
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rom "hdl i hH"Nh "i tueh Already me
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a'' f"""'N h'llVIal "ePo>">' Enough ha'
"'-," w " .'i'" 'N 'h' lNo l'dillal surveys we
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