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Vermont's Resources,

vermont is rich in natural resources,
! says Correspondent Forbes:
The wealth produced by the mineral
industries of the State appreciably in
creases from year to year.
There is a vast amount of undeveloped
wealth among the Green Mountains.
The State offers safe aud profitable
field for the investment of capital in
quarries and mines.
Unsurpassed water power privileges
can be obtained in numerous localities
on reasonable terms.
The mineral productions include mar
pie, granite, slate, soapstone, freestOne,
limestone, tale, paint, asbestos, and iron,
manganese, copper, gold and other ores.
Almost every variety of marble, gran
ite and slate found elsewhere in the
United states, or in Europe, is qurried
in Vermont.
The amount and value of the marble
output is greater than that of the other
States together.
Nearly one-ffth of all the slate pro-
duced in the United States comes from
Vermont, no State except Pennsylvania
producing as much.
The State ranks eleventh in the list of
granite-producing States, and is fast get
ting in the lead.
The copper deposits in Orange county
are extensive, and the ore is of a fine
quality.
Rich specimens of gold have been
found in Windsor county.
The Champlain Valley limestone yields
the purest lime made in the United
States.
CLEAN the following additional facts
from the recently published United
States Census report of mineral indus
tries:
The figures cover the year 1880, which
are the largest complete returns obtain
able concerning the mineral industries
of the State. 1t should be borne in mind
that the annual production of Vermont
quarries and mines has been largely in
creased since that time.
According to this report there were
% firms, owning SO marble quarries, cap
italized at $9,346,92S. The employees
numbered 2,716 (since increased to over
$1,000, and the output amounted to l.
069,3 ,305 cubic feet valued at 81, 100, $50.
The wages paid aggregated 81, 1853, ,973.
All other States produced marble
valued at only $l,31S,610, and the total
capital invested elsewhere was So, 745, ,914.
The number of men employed in quar-
rying in other parts of the United States
was 1878, who were paid $645,23S in
wages.
There were 46 granite firms, owning So
quarries, aud employing therein 961
hands. The production is given as l.
073, ,996 cubic feet, with value of $751;
$40. The capital invested in the quar-
ries is placed at $967, $50, and the wages
paid amounted to $40S,916. The total
output of blocks in 1893 probably ex-
ceeded 10000 tons. The number of
men employed in the granite industry
last year exceeded $500 and the value of
the finished product was more than $2,-
000,0
Sixteen limestone quarries yielded
1876, ,066 cubic feet of stone for building
purposes and 324, 148 barrels of lime, the
latter valued at $169,90S The capital
invested war S160,424, and the wages
paid 10 employees amounted to $685.
959.
The slate output of 81 quarries was
236, $50 squares, valued at $842. .013. This
industry employed 1888 men, who were
paid $517, PSI in wages. The capital in
vested was 81 ,299,451
The State produced 1870 tons of man
ganese ore, valued at $500.
There is no established Bureau or De-
partment of Statistics in Vermont for
the collation. and publication of the fig
ures of the production of the industrial
and agricultural interests. The creation
of Bureau of Statistics is very much
needed.