Report of the State Geoi-ogist. 663 



REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST. 



To His Excellency^ Asahel Peck, 



Governor of Yermont : 

 SiK : 



I have the honor to present the following report 

 in relation to my department, for the years 1875, and 1876. 

 As there is no appropriation by the Legislatm-e, to enable 

 me to examine the mining sections of the State, or even 

 collect the statistics of the same, I am, of course, unable 

 to give a deiinite report. 



The marble interests, notwithstanding the hard times, are 

 still, as they must be for years to come, on the increase. 

 They pay reasonable profits on investments made, and as 

 the marble improves with depth in most of tlie quarries, the 

 future prospect is flattering. 



The quarrying of granite, and porphyry, has been on the 

 increase, and it is found that our granites when polished 

 are scarcely inferior to the Scotch granites, so much used in 

 Europe, and recently in this country. Among the more 

 promising granite quarries may be mentioned those of Blue 

 Mountain in Ryegate, the quarries in Barre, Craftsbury, 

 Brownington, Newport, Kirby, Yictory, and Brunswick. 

 Preparations are now being made to quarry porphyry in 

 St. Johnsbury, and "Waterford. 



