Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-28
CONNECTICUT IS RICH
 IN MINERALS AND ORES
Exhaustive and Interesting Report Just Issued by the Census Eureau-The Old and New Mines of the Nutmeg State Are Told About-hill.stones Wer e Quarried Century Ago

, quarried for use in old fashioned wind mills century and a half ago. The stone is rather dark colored, and is now used chiefly for building, monumental. work and for paving blocks. Monu mental stone is quarried only at Gro ton, the granite being fine grained, hard and well adapted to this use. The Wa terford granite is fine grained byotite, gray in color and suitable for both monumental and budding purposes. A considerable portion was reported in loV2. A gray stone is also quarricd near Oneco in Windham county.
 At Leet's Island, New Haven coun- ty, a feldspathic pink gneiss, excellent for heavy construction and bridge work. is quarried. This stone was used in the foundation of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty in New York harbor. The Stony Creek quarries produce large quantities of red granite, which was used chiefly for building purposes. The red or pink color of this stone is merous other points there are quarries of more or less importance. There is a large quarry at Sachems Head. which. however, did not report any production during 1902.
 "The production of limestone dur ing 1902 was valued at $205,371. an increase of 46.3 per cent over the production reported for 1901 All the Connecticut limestones are crystalline in texture and compara- lively free from admiXture of clay or magnesia. and are therefore well adapted for burning into lime, for which purpose. except very small amount reported as fiux. the produc- ti0n of 1902 was wholly used. That limestones are not used in this state for road making maternal is accounted for by the abundance or the harder and more permanent granite rock.
 Third in importance among the
 mineral industries of Connecticut is the quarrying of sandstone, the value of the product for 1902 being S12S,379. The quarries are found principally ad- iacent to the Connecticut river, at Portland, Middlesex county. A small production is also reported from Hart ford and New Haven counties. This stone is sold chiefly in the rough and used for building purposes. It quar- ries easily, works well, and possesses very rich color. but sometimes does not weather well in the changeable climate of northern United States.
 Connecticut, in 1902. produced in valne 29.5 per cent of the feldspar re- ported for the United States. It was quarried in Fairfield. Hartford. Litch- field and Middlesex oornties. It Is ob. tained from pegm V" dykes occur ring in gneisses and schists and is chiefly OrthOSlase. In some localities there are large masses or nearly pure spar. hut generally the Occurrence fig an intergrowth of quartz and feldspar. The associated minerals are tourma- liHn "arnet end heryl
 "The crystalline quartz Unarripd during 19o2 amounted to 10 lno short tons. and was valued nt S32O O75. or about three-fourths of tha value re- ported for the entire Tinted States. The mines are situated at New Mil. ford. Rovhur-v and Washinotnn fin Titchfeld county. and at Southhurv in New Haven county. Crystalline nuartz is used in wood finishinr. to r-anore the surface of the wood for polishing. and in the stone cnttfug trade. espe. ci'lly hv the marble men. as an ahra. sive. It is also crushnd and si7ed for use in tho mannfactrre of sand pa- pers or n-Iveri-nd fnr solo as trino,;
 ''The Nint production of Connecticut during 19o2 was rnnorteH as e-o short tons of crri'@, waived at s1 775 and Hnn short tons of ~round. yaIrnd "t @ SoO. to'nl vnIuation of s11.5I5. which is sonowh"t loss tbnr was re- norted in 1901. The uuarrieS arn au locataa in Fairfield and Litchfield cornties.
 "A considerable amonnt of r,arhia wos uuarriad i-, FaSt Canaan Hitch. fold "orrtv. dr-'no 1ono ard if was aII rsnd for huii1inr prrnosos. De- nosifs of sarrentina nnd art;rue r,ar h'e occur in fhn vicinity nf Now ua- vpn hut -o uu"--rior waS renorsod
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