664 State Board of Agriculture, &c. 



During the two years here reported I have been conferred 

 with by letter, or otherwise, in one hundred and sixty-thi-ee 

 cases, in relation to supposed recent finds of minerals in 

 Vermont. In most cases the amount was too small to be of 

 value, but in some the ore was good, and appears to be in 

 sufficient quantity, and quality, to warrant further examin- 

 ation and development. This will in most cases doubtlesa 

 be made as soon as the revival of business and prices of 

 metals favor the outlay. An extensive bed of iron ore 

 (Magnetite) in Concord gives great promise. 



There are, at present, enquiries by several parties for white 

 silicious earth, and as there may be various deposits unopened 

 in the State, I would suggest that parties owning such send 

 me samples ; and if of good quality, 1 may be able to put 

 them in communication w^ith purchasers. 



ADDITIONS TO THE CABINET. 



We have been enabled to make the usual increase in our 

 specimens. Many of them have been through the courtesy • 

 of friends, and we are still indebted to the various railroads, 

 not only in the State, but elsewhere, for their aid in bring- 

 ing those collections together. It would give us pleasure 

 to be more personal in our thanks, and give the names of 

 all rendering aid in this collection, but it is hardly possible. 



MINERALOGY. 



In this department we have received various specimens 

 from different localities in the State, and to aid in the col- 

 lection of Yermont specimens I have purchased some beau- 

 tiful geodes from Illinois, which I will give in exchange for 



