The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-07-31

uslil January u. 1890. vbea the Moun.
tain quarry wss consolidated viih The
Lake qssny. then owned by W. u. Fol
lsf,os and u SCI O. II. Ha.ley, al Of
Manchester. TIE cspsisl stock Of The
wooabusy GfsSils Company sss incress'
"a 10 $500 GOO. and no cfieen cheated;
Y prr*lient. A. r. Watson. Wee rrcsideai
sad Msrsgsr. T. J. nasiey. Treasurer aud
sapefinterdeni 81 sales. ". II Fallefioo.
Secretary aud CLERK. O. A. Watson
4 The property al the company comprises
isu qaarfies. ino~0 ~ the Mounisie qnsf-
~ and the Lake quarry. The fret co.,
sisis Of % seres The srsniie lies 10 .
,qane plot, ihe ledge forming right
atsic. iaring 10 The soatb and east, The
layers are from four 30 twenty feet deep
and are separated ono from another by
"epes beds Any quArryman will at once
appreciate the wonderful opportunities for
irppid .pd cheap quarrying which this
geological disposition affords. BY work
+ lag back into the qnsuy 200 feet face
front Of 2O6 feet in height will be obtained,
The break 10 the cliff now rises abruptly
some 90 feet. with a length o! about 800.
Looking At the towering granite wall, the
capacity OF the quarry looks. and to q
great extent is. hmitless. Stone OF any
length. breadth or thickness that can be
transported, can be broken from this
quarry.
Tie Surrounding conniry is wild 10 the
extreme, almost q trsckless wilderness.
The rcck faced bill rising irom the base Of
he quarry is crowned with shock Of yell
low birch, and it's brow banged" With
dense undergfowib. No sounds disturbed
the silence Of the mountain fastness save
the rhythmic click, click Of the drill and
the cries Of the oxen driver 10 his patieut
beasts
Standing with Mr.. Fullerton on one Of
the lodges upon which the men we're at
work. sixty feet shove the derrick's foot,
seemed to be on ono step OF giants
stsirwsy. III had ever clambered up the
Great Pyramid Of Egypt, | should probsb.
ly have been translated back there in mem
DRY. But the scenery around was not
Egyptian; Vetmonts green hills lay stretch
ed before the vision, far away to the south
aud ,sst.
Woodbury. granite is fine. sparkling
stone, upequaled for rock work, and entire.
~ free from iron. 1t will average as dark
as the famous Barre. and the grain is about
the same as medium Barre. 1t is Of 3
handsome gray mix, takes a high polish
and BAN mers almost white. AS the quarry
deepens, the stock grows darker and finer
No quarry in the United States can pro
duce larger, and probably not SO large,
blocks there is practically no limit.
Thirty Of the largest monuments on Get
tysburg's historic field we're taken from
the Woodbury. quarry, as were the steps
for Greenwood cemetery, in Brooklyn. N.
Y. Out OF "a stone now lying 10 front Of
the quarry could be broken spire 30 feet
long and ten feet square. From another
stone just showed out could be cut block
AZ feet long, % feet square at one end aud
Is at the other Last month the quarry
was running AZ men, the average being
about 49,
The Lake quarry is Of the sheet variety,
The granite lies 10 heavy layers, rising
some 70 feet above the ground. The ledge
is about 90 rods long, and very accessible
for working The Mouutainlquarry dis
counts the Lake quarry 10 getting out
enormous shafts. but the latter atones for
Its physical deficiency by containing
darker and finer grained stone. Ia color
it is similar to Barre, but proprietors assert
that it is 6oer grained than the famous
product OF Milestone Hill. The quarry is
yet in its infancy. 1t was not until few
weeks ago that stone was broken out to
save. The quarry contains some 80 acres,
has about 400 rods Of granite front. with
deep ravines between the lodges. II was
located SO as to be accessible to spurs OF
the main line of the railroad.
The Hsrdwick paper Of last week says
that Fullerton and Hswley have leased the
Lake quarry OF the company aud intend to
do an extensive business getting out gran
ite on their own account.