The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-17
GRANTEES OF
VERMONT
As Located in Quarries Out
side Of Barre
WHAT AND WHERE FOUND
AS Described BY The Monumental News.
Many Quarries Throughout the
Eastern Part Of the
State,
WHAT AND WHERE FOUND

The Monumental News in its January
Issue describes the GRANTEES Of Vermont,
other than those in Barre, as followa,
The granite industry Of Vermont owes
no small part Of its present prosperity
in granite railroads" which connect
not only groups Of quarries, but every
quarry in each group with the main line,
although these quarries are situated at
considerable elevations and are inconven-
iently related to one another.
The quarries Of Caledonia county are
IN the towns Of Hardwiok. Kirby, New
ark, Ryeeate and Groton,
The Buffalo Hill quarry is on Buffalo
Hill about two and oneh half miles south
west from Hardwick village and about
800 feet above III operator, Hardwiek
Granite Company, Hardvick, Vt.
The granite Dark blue Hardwick,@ is
q quartz mennonite OF dark gray shade
q little darker than Dark Barre" and
6 trife lighter than Dark Quincy" ~
texture i medium, with feldspars up 70
9.3 inch and mica to OF inch, generally
even grained, but with sparse. clear,
porphyritie feldspars up 70 0.4 inch, in
closing the feldspars, quartz and mica
This Is 4 bright stone with strong con-
trast between the white feldspar and
black mica. Il takes a fair polish, and
hammers light with marked contrast to
the polished fact, which shows some
pyrite and less magnetic The quarry
opened about 1887, il a small Irregular
opening 20 to 30 feet deep, 1t is
bowlder quarry without sheets. The
plant consists Of one-horse derrick. The
transportation " BY cart two and one
half miles to Hardwick The product IS
used for monuments. particularly for
polished and rocS-faoed work.
The quarries at Kirby are all at Kirby
Mountain in the east part Of the town.
ship and about nine miles northeast Of
ST. Johnsbury The circuit quarry Is on
the south side Of Kirby Mountain in
Kirby. Operators, Carlton & Lake, East
St. Johusbury, Vt
This is a bright stone, hut the fine
ness Of it, mica and the light shade Of
its quartz preclude strong contrasts.
The quarry. opened about 1899, con
sist, Of two openings; the northern and
one 40 By IS feet and 10 feet deep; the
lower one 70 feet square and 3 to feet
deep. The plant consists Of one horse
derrick and one hand derrick Trans.
portation is to cart five to six miles
20 rail at Concord, The product Is used
for monuments
The Kearney Hill quarry is on the
west foot Of Kirby Mountain. about two
and one half miles south of North Con.
cord 1t is operated BY the Kearney
Hill Quarry company, Concord, VT.
The plant consists Of one hand derrick.
Transportation is,by cart Ave and enc
half miles TO a cutting firm and rail at
Concord The product Is used for monu-
mants.
The Burke quarry is on the west foot
OF Kirby Mountain in Kirby Operator,
Burke Granite company Incorporated
EASY Burke, Vt. The quarry measures
about l75 BIZ 100 feet and from 10 to
20 feet ID depth. Transportation Is 81
cart five and one-half miles to rail az
Concord. The product IS used for rough
and cut monuments, and finds market
mostly IN the West
The BuQbee Alexander 4 Packer pros
pect is in the eastern part of Newark
The intending operators are T. H. BUG.
bee and W. S. Alexander Of Barre, and
II. D. Packer Of Newark, vt.
The granite. Newark pink is all
biotite granite 81 light pinkish gray color
and Of course, even grained texture, with
fsdspars up to 0s inch and mica to OILS
inch.
Ryegate.
The Ryegate quarries are on the south
west and northeast sides 81 Blue Noun
tain, a ridge with a northwest south
east trend situated about five miles west
Of Connecticut river IN The east-central
part Of the town.
a mica slist crops ont ii the village
of South Ryegate with very steep dip,