Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
VERMONT LEADS IN GRANITE
Total Output IN 1907 Amounted to g.
es3, Observation-Disclosures and Maine
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Washington. Dec. 1.-THE United
states geological survey has published.
in the form Of bulletin 404. THE Gran
ties of Vermont" by I. Nelson Dale
This IL n book OF 1873 pages full Of In
teresting information to the ouarrying
trade and much OF general interest to
the public also. The introduction says:
''rhe field work upon which this report
is based was done in 1907, when 70 quar-
ries and prospects were visited. Ono
small quarry was visited In 1903. Prof.
G. II. Perkins State geologist. collected
data from two prospects. DR.. Albert
Johannsen, Of the United states Geo
logical survey, critically revised the
writer's Photographic determinations. Mr..
w. r. Schaller, chemist OF tho survey.
determined the percentages OF limo
soluble In acetic acid in 10 specimens OF
granite. Miss Althe Coons, OF the survey,
has contributed some statistics Of Yer
mont granite production. DIR. G. p Mer-
rill, of the United States National
Museum, has rendered some bibiio-
graphic aid the results obtained by FIN
lay and DAILY from their special STUDIES
of certain Vermont GRANTEES have been
utilized and Will be referred to in their
Mace"
In treating Of the geoerrphic distri-
button OF Vermont GRANTEES the bulletin
says:
mot until a contour map OF the noun
famous portions and OF the eastern nall
OF the state is completed and carcful
geologic survey based upon such map
! IS made viii tho geographic Distribution
and extent of he>Hranite areas or YER
mont he accurately known. According 10
the geologic map OF the state traced ana
compiled by the authors OF the state re-
nor, Of 1861 and also according to tho
geologic map OF Orange and parts OF
Washington and Windsor counties by C.
H. Richardson. series OF granite areas
varying greatly in size but mostly small
extend in a northrortheasterly direction
| between the central Green Mountain
axis on the west and Connecticut river
on tho east for almost the entire length
of the state.
The distribution by counties or al
| the granite quarrying centers and Of
the prospects included IN this bulietit
| is shown IN figure /. At the extreme
north end OF the State. in Orleans
county, granite is Quarried In Derby, cas-
! of Lake Memphreme cog. Near the north
east corner Of Caledonia county. the mex
county south. there Is granite prospec
! in Newark: and there there are severa
! utiarrles near the western corner or TINS
county, % to g miles west of Kirby. II
| Hardwick: and the quarries or Ryegat'
and Groton lie near Its southern edge. II
| Washington county, the southern half o
which adjoins Caledonia on the west
there are three groups OF quarries: TIT
Woodbury. quarries at the north. and cas-
OF them a prospect in Cabot: south o
Woodbury. the quarries In Calais; and ?
miles southwest OF Woodbury. and S mile
southeast OF Montpelier the quarries G
Barre, which is the chief grante-produc
ing center OF the State A few of TIL
Barre district quarries lie south Of tin
Orange county line. About % miles south
west Of Barre is the granite prospect o
Randolph in Orange county. In the north
ern part Of Windsor county is the small
but important white granite area o
Bethel 10 miles southwest Of 1t is QUAR-,
In Rochester and 81 miles south-southeas
OF Bethel and near the Connecticut Is tn
green syenlte Of Mount Ascutney In Wind
sor and West Windsor. Finally. in Wind
ham county, toward the southern horde
Of the state. 81 miles south-southwest o
Ascutney, near Brattleboro and the Con
necticut, are the light granite Quarrie
of Dummerston"
The bulletin goes on TO describe tn,
granite and the conditions under which
II Is quarried In the several larger quar-
ries in the State. and includes photo
graphs showing some OF the statues
monuments, etc, which illustrate thu
particular uses to which the stone may
be put. 1t says, Among the notable
buildings and monuments made Of Yer
mont granite are the capitols of Yer
mont, PENNSYLVANIA and Wisconsin. thu
State library and supreme court building
at Hartford. Conn. the union station ant
the first and second stories of the ma
tonal museum at Washington. d. c., tn,
Cook county court house at Chicago, III.
the prison ship martyrs monument i,
Brooklyn. y. y, and the sarcophagi 70
President and Mrs Mckinley at Canton
Ohio"
In statistics Of granite production
which form an interesting feature % thu
bulletin. It is said:
"In 1907 the total value OF the granite
produced in the United States was slS,
oS73s6, which compared with the tota
value for Vermont Of s., 693 $50. show
that this year Vermont produced 1872 pc
cent OF the total value of granite sold i,
the United States. In 1870, Vermont rank
ed first In the value of output. FOLLOWED
by Massachusetts and Maine with pro
ductions valued at s232S.77 and 81 l6z, 277
resDectiVelv