The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-17

and appears 20 continue three miles north
onto a bench on the southwest side o.
Blue Mountain and 40 to 500 feet above
Che village. The granite extends from
the back Of northeast part 81 Che bench
TO the top Of the ridge
The GRANTEES Of Blue Mountain are
quartz monzonites and biotite GRANTEES
Of light and medium more or less blush
gray color and Of medium, very rarely
fine % medium. eYen-grained texture
and are used chiefly for rough or ham.
merfd Monuments An Tie quartz
mon2onites Of Ryegate ought to cut
Light
The Gibson quarry Is on the south.
west side Of Blue Mountain, N80 feet
above the village Of South RYeqate
Operator, Ryegate Granite Works. So.
Ryegate. Vt
The granite is a quartz mennonite of
light to medium gray shade and medium
eyen-erained texture with feldspars up
TO GA inch and mica 20 Oh inch. The
quarry opened IN 1906, is about POO
feet square and from to 4 feet deep.
The plant consists Of derrick, hosit-
ing engine, two air compressors, q steam
drill and two air-plug drills. Trans
portation Is by carriage three miles to
cutting sheds at South Ryegate, 040 feet
lower. The product is used for monu-
ments and bases, and TO some extent
for building
The Morrison quarry IA OH the south
west side Of Blue Mountain, in Rye.
gate Operators, D. A Morrison & Co.,
South Ryegate. VI This stone IL iden-
tical with that Of the Gibson quarry
but its contrasts are little sharper,
as the quarry had got down to thicker
sheets The quarry opened in 1900,
measures about 400 bv 200 feet. with
an average depth Of 20 feet The plant
consists Of two horse derricks Trans
partation is by carriage three miles 70
South Ryegate. The product j. used
for bases and hammered monuments
The Italian quarry Is on the south-
west side Of Blue Mountain Opera
tor, Caledonia Quarry Company, So
Ryegate, VT The plant consists Of one
horse derrick The product Il carried
three miles to South Ryegatc and Is
used for bases and hammered monu-
ments.
The Topper quarry Is on the south
west side Of Blue Mountain Opera
tors, w. y Topper 4 CO.. South Rye.
gate. The plant comprises one horse
derrick. Transportation IS hy carriage
three miles to South Ryeeate, $50 feet
lower The product is used for bases
and hammered monuments
The Rosa quarry IS on the northeast
side Of q southeast spur Of Blue Noun
tain. Operator, Vermont Gray Granite
Company. South Ryogate, Vt. The
granite Is Of two kinds The FIRST ia
fine gray, botite, granite Of med
ium gray shade and 81 fine inelining
to medium, evcn-grsined texture It,
general shade is tribe darker than
that Of the quartz mennonite of the
Morrison quarry. The fneness Of the
texture Of this stone preeludes mineral
contrasts.
The other granite, coarse gray i a
biotite granite 81 medium blush gray
shade, and medium. eyen-arained tex
ture This Is also q triile darker than
that of the Morrison quarry. Its con-
trasts are stronger than those 81 the
quartz monzonites Of the Morrison and
Gibson quarries 1t contains more bio.
tite. The quarry, opened in 1905,
about $50 BY IS feet and from
10 to 25 feet IN depth The plant I'M
oludes. at che quarry Acton derrick,
q hosting engine, small air compress
scr for two plug drills. 2 large steam
rock drill and steam pump, besides
at the cutting she'd Il hand derrick and
a Acton overhead 'crane The product
"a carried nearly fouf miles u the cut
ting shed at South RYegate, aud f used
for hammered and rock faced monuments
and bases
The Fraser quarry formerly known
as Hallsl Is On the southwest side Of
the southeast spur Of Blne Mountain
Tt was not IN operation ID 1907 The
owner IS Mrs Margaret HincheY Hyde
vile. We The plant comprises two
horse defricks The product must be
carried three and onehalf miles TO South
Ryegate.
Groton.
The Benzie quarry is in Groton about
a mile from The Wells River bridge
Operators, Mccrae, Benzie & Co., Gro
ton, Vt. The granite, Vermont blue
rs quartz mennonite of medium, very
piVlsH kf&4 eVlel ana HAeNtAihlNeA hiFA7
ium inclining 70 the fine texture. This
stone IS brilliant and markedly BLUSH
but its mineral contrasts are feehl ow-
ing to fneuess Of texture and similarity
III shade Of ieldspar and quartz Tile
opened ia 1895, measures abont
200 BY l75 feet and from 40 to 60 feet
IN depth. The plant at the quarry con
sists Of i 5l-ton derrick, hosting en-
CINE steam pump and large rock drill
10 which were added fl 1908 4 90foot
derrick and an dir compressor with
capacity Of 1870 cubic feet Of air per
minute. sufficient for two large rock
drills and four air plug drills At tie
cutting shed there are two hand der
ricks. two steam derfieks an air corn
pressor. two surfacers, 20 air hand tools,
two steam engines, and three pollshers.
The product Is oarted one and onehalf
miles to the emitting shed AZ Groton, II
Is used for monuments and building
The fine stone Of the granite dixie y