WOODBURY GRANITE CO.'S QUARRY, WOODBURY, VT.

Granite is quarried on Black, Ascutney, Blue and Kirby mountains; in Barre, Berlin and Williamstown, near a branch of the Winooski River; on Granite Ridge in Hardwick and Woodbury, near the Lamoille River; and in Brunswick on the Nulhegan River.

Limestone suitable for the manufacture of lime is found in many parts of the State. The manufacture of lime is now carried on chiefly at Leicester Junction on the Otter Creek, at Amsden in Weathersfield, and in Swanton.

Soapstone, useful in building, for stoves and for lining furnaces and the like, is found in many places in the State and has been worked for a long time in the valley of Saxton's River at Cambridgeport in Grafton, near the Black River at Perkinsville, and in Chester.

Scythe stones are manufactured at Evansville in Brownington.

Kaolin for use in the manufacture of paper is worked at Bennington, Brandon and Monkton, and for stoneware in Bennington.

Clay suitable for brickmaking is found in all parts of the State. And bricks are made in many places. Lignite, a kind of coal, is found in Brandon.

GOODRIDGE SOAP-STONE QUARRY, ATHENS, VT., J. L. Butterfield & Co., Lessees.

Metals and Mining.

Iron of excellent quality is found in many parts of the State; particularly at the base of the Green Mountains in the Southwest Valley in Bennington, Wallingford, Brandon, Chittenden and, still further north, in Monkton; east of the Green Mountains by the Black River in Plymouth and near the Missisquoi River in Troy. Iron is not now mined in Vermont.

Since 1809 copperas has been manufactured in large quantity just south of the Ompompanoosuc River in Strafford.

Manganese is found in many places in the State, often in connection with iron. It is not mined at the present time.

Ochre for paints is manufactured in Bennington and Brandon.

Copper is found in many places in Vermont and has been mined in great quantities in Corinth and Vershire between the Waits and the Ompompanoosuc rivers.

Lead has been found in a few places in the State, but not in sufficient quantity to pay for working.

Gold is widely distributed in the State and has been worked along the middle portion of the White River and on branches of the Quechee River in Bridgewater and Plymouth. But gold mining has never been found profitable in Vermont.

MAP OF VERMONT

ROCKS AND QUARRIES.

EXPLANATIONS.

Rock areas are surrounded by dotted lines. The name or abbreviation of the name of the rock is written within the area. Only the most imporWINDSOR tant areas are indicated on the map.

steatite and soapstone. verde-antique, or serpen