The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

= met IN cemetery work the pros |
poets should be good for the rapid
eNpenS!on Of the granite industry
lie business IS OF such 4 permanent
character a. compared with many
classes e mining that the enlarge
ment OF the granite quarries looks
IKE a certain prospect. a we'll as the
opening II others.
The production If granite ~corsti-
tutes the chief mineral industry Of
Ne" England, and the vast mix IF
liz canes from Vermont alone. which
state Is famous for is granite quar-
RES. The industry is So systematized
mat 1T IS a standard line If work.
ana can be taken up in this State as
Well a. IT Vermont. the growth Of tbs
business depending on the demand
Tor the products and the capacity Of
the qaQrries to supply it.
Marble is another valuable build
ing stone that Viii some day be a
prominent products Of the North
carolina Qnarries. New England mt
one time had the marble trade Of the
country until Tennessee at length be-
gan to offer d limited output ~ the
stone, and with a little aggtessive
energy behind lis work Tennessee
found that its handsome marble could
he placed over a wide area If. IA
As railroads set % the
marble deposits Of North Carolina and
capital finds what is to be had it is
TO be expected that the State will he
aDle to produce a considerable guam
uty Of this useful material and 10
build up q permanent industry with il.
= stone that viii make q hit for de-
CoratlVe building is the serpentine OF
the State. Serpentine is one Of the
handsomest Of ali the building stones.
II ccurs in a dozen or more counties
Of North Carolina. AS expensive
buildings continue to become more
common all owe the country. it is To
be expected that North Carolina ser
pentine should find a demand.
Facilities EoT Artificial Stone.
1t IS somewhat singular, but not a
great deal OF building stone is quar-
ried in North Carolina. Good sand
QuaTrieS at Sanford yielding q ma
terial hat is Of the highest type
: and Emestones are available in SeV-
!, eraf sections. Possibly the cheaper
building material found in~wood ha.
had to do with the few building ston,
0uarries, while the increasing p0pu
: larity Of cement construction seem:
TO Indicate that the softer building
! stones like limestone and sand ston'
VIII not right away come into thci
! own. With cement cheap and sane
: abundant artificial stone can be mad
almost everywhere in the state 70
very low cost and Of good quality.
Lines for cement are found in bot
ends OF the State. but the trouble
some question Of Goa for. fuel i
t making cement ONE in as ii does i
/ other industries where the choa
fuel is 9 factor. Il looks as thoug
t NORTH Carolina would buy cemen
s from her neighbors for a time ye
especially while it continues to be S
cheap as at the present.
G The gold mines Of the State cor
tinue to yield some profit to the me
l. who operate them, although wha
it tbs future of the gold mine is q cues
The deposits seem to be widely di:
# tributed, always in small quantitie
enough to work on a modest seal
f. returning no great amount OF COL
yet likely to pay better with each ne
\ discovery Of q method for reducir
low grade ore. Cold mining is lii
the production Of precious stone
# North Carolina has a wide range
precious stones, but not a great quar-
= tity of valuable ones. Several di;
: mOnds have been found i'll VariOl
parts Of the State. bat not enough
n warrant making a business Of hun
= ing for them. Agates, g%arnets, berry
amethyst, emeralds, aquamarlne
lle rubies, sapphires, and others, ha'
~ cen found. some a~bundantly. son
y less plentifully, some of good quail
= for gems, some of poor quality, haT'
: l~yenough t0mahetheState etao } }
- " enough to make the state rank as
le producer Of precious stones, y
= enough to Indicate that more m;
~ happen as the minerals Of~he Sta
ne are better known.
The Rare minerals.
The newer and rare minerals d
IN also fairly we'll represented in Nor
.te Carolina. Uraninite. q complex mi
as era1 containing several Of the new
eS things, among the rest pltchblenc
ny which IS the homo OF that Wondert
.es new element radium. is~a native
ess North Carolina. We do not knC
IL what may be ahead Of radiun.
ed for that matter ahead Of any Of I
ne others of the strange new miner
nj that have been cropping up in |
assets of Che North Carolina rocl
one Of the singular things that caT
is to find : singular use is thoriu1n'
~. k;ns.nan. o. st least 9 neishbor
radiun1. as they seem to be a~ss0ciat
as I'M their habits. ThoriUTG IS used
its make mantcls for CAS- lamps. When