Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-24
Productions and Manufactures
of the Green Mountain State.
Publicity Department Puts Forth
300 Page Volume showing Manu-,
facturing and WATER Power
Resources Of Commonwealth.


of Walter H. Crockett Of Montpelier.
The first book. Vermont, and the Land |
Of Green Mountains" a second edition
Of which was published earlier this year, !,
dealt with Vermont as summer tourist |
State; the second publication. Vermont
Farms" was devoted to the exploitation
of Vermonts agricultural resources and
opportunities: the third volume, Just
issued. sets forth the mineral, manufac-
turing. and water power resources Of the
State The purpose of this latest volume
is expressed In the foreword as follows:
TT Is the earnest desire Of this depart
ment that this book may call the at
tention of the general public :" YER
mont's wealth Of undeveloped and part
lily developed resources, which are SUI
fcient. If developed as they deserve to
he. to make It important as Indus
trial commonwealth as any Of Its sister
States Of southern New England
STATES MINERAL RESOURCES
The mineral resources OF tho State.
| its most important Industrial feature at
the present time. are given first pace"
Much space Is devoted to granite, marble.
slate asbestos. tale and soap%tonn, and
mention also is made of the Stat" min
era products OF less importance. At
tenton is called to the fact that although
| Vermont contains less than 1900 sVuar"
miles, only six Of the IS states of the
union being smaller it contains the m ost
valuable deposits OF granite, marbl" and
asbestos of any State In the country.
and ranks second in ;he production CT
! slate, tale and soapstone. Nerm )nt5
output of marble is almost half that ut
the entire country. Although in 1911, IL
States produced granite valued at mere
! than $4,000 each, and seven States 20
duced granite valued at moro than ST.
| OOO.Oo0 each. Vermont maintained its
lead and continues to maintain II. In
the production OF the finer grads 81
granite and marble this state is far a
head OF all others.
The last Geological Report showed that
there We're about 40 companies quarry
ing or manufacturing granite on a con
siderable scale in Vermont.
| There Is an extended des ,ription 81 the
larger centers of granite productlt n.
The city of Barre is said u be the center
of the monumental grant business CO
the world, and about 400 men arc en-
ployed In connection with the quarryinS
and cutting of granite in Barre. mo am
nua payroll amounting approximately To
s3,725OoO.
Although q States and the territory
of Alaska produce marble. vermont sup
plies nearly 70 per cent Of :he monument
tai and statuary marble ,c the United
state. In recent years thee has been
a large increase in the productioa Of
| -. ,lt.tt,,
There are at least 100 varieties of mar
BILE in Vermont ranging from pure
white to Jet black. While tharc are a
few large granite corporations IN Yer
mont, many small Companies are o.
gagged in the business The marble bust
ness OF the State, however is conducted
chiefly by one great corporation. the Yer
mont Marble COMPANY with headquar-
tiers n Proctor. This Is 10y far the largest
marble producing company, not only in
the United States hut In the entire
world Its employees number about 4,025;
it has - acres of floor space IN mills and
shops. H. 1912 it sold over 90op.o cubic
feet of marble including 5000 finished
monuments and 10000 monuments finish
ed in the rough; and it holds %, 100 acres
of land for quarrying and NUMBERING pur-
poses.
In 1898 William r. Barnes purchased
what WIS considered a tract o barren.
swampy land. giving in exchange an old
horse worth not more than so. This
land contained nearly all 6 the valuable
marble deposits Of West R.,iand. worth
to-day, probably millions of dollars, and
constituting, perhaps, the largest mar
BILE producing area In sin gle township
in the world. Before his death Mr.
Barnes sold this land for $4,000. The rea
development began when Pedflcl1 Proc
. tor. about 1870, became Interested in mar
BILE quarrying. and the growth OF the
company is described.
OTHER MINERALS
e Only one state. Pennsylvania, sur
r passes Vermont in its output of slate
and the State that is third In the lis
ranking next to Vermont produces less
than one-eighth of the amount of tn,
Green Mountain State.
= According to the report of the United
). States Geological Survey, Vermont is by
h far the most important producer OF
G chrysotile or long-hbred asbestos in tn,
v United States. The only one of severa
4 asbestos regions in the State to b'
= operated Is the one situated on the north
} east side OF Belvidere mountain, in tn,
town OF Lowell. Apparently the ashes
tos found in this region is a part Of thu
2 Canadian vein, which is the most exten
a sive known In the world.
, The production Of tale ana soapston'
In Vermont 1912 showed a gain Of near
ly a per cent In quantity and 8S pei
cent In value. compared with that of 1911
a Since that time several new mills hav,
= been erected There arc large depoeitl
o of tale and soapstone throughout tn
: State, to which reference is made.
. Other subjects considered under tn
l. head of mineral resources are copper
y iron, ore. limestone, peat, clays, scyth
stones. feldspar. mica n few groupe'
. the head OF "other minerals" also ochre
precious metals and mineral waters.
" A very complete description Is given o
" the various purposes for which Yer
mont woods are used More wood is use'
In Vermont for planning mill product
l. industry ranks second. Statistics shoN
l. that more than half the wood used Il
l. these Industries in the State was grow
,r In Vermont. The average cost Is give
J., per thousand feet for "A woodworkin
l. Industries and these figures show tina
r. the average cost OF Vermont grow
r. woods for these IA industries was $l7.S'
q. while the average cost OF woods brough
from other States was s2s10