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shrinking more in burning. Brief notes respecting the manufacture of brick in these 

 towns are as follows : 



Natt & William F. Head, Hooksett, make about five millions of brick yearly, em- 

 ploying 60 men. Their market value, loaded on cars, has ranged from $6 to $10 per 

 thousand. They are sold largely in Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, Lawrence, and 

 Worcester. 



Jesse Gault, Hooksett, manufactures three to four millions yearly, employing 40 

 men. 



Other brick-yards are those of William G. Andrews, Hooksett, employing 5 men ; 

 Jabez Green, Suncook, 5 men ; Charles Bailey, Suncook, 5 men ; Philip & Warren 

 Sargent, Suncook, 20 men; Edmund Elliott, Pembroke, 5 men; Henry T. Simpson, 

 Pembroke, 20 men. These yards will average about 80,000 brick yearly to each man 

 employed. 



Brick-yards formerly worked, but idle for the last two or three years, are owned by 

 Cochran & Russ, Suncook, and by James Thompson, Hooksett. 



The brick-makers in Plaistow are as follows : Moses Goodchild, manufacturing about 

 1,000,000 brick yearly, employing 15 men; J. S. Lamprey, about 1,500,000, with 15 

 men; Isaac H. Pollard, 800,000, with 8 men; H. H. Cheney, 700,000, with 7 men; 

 Isaac Hall, 500,000, with 5 men; George Denoncour, 1,000,000, with 10 men; D. 

 Gauselain, 500,000, with 5 men; J, W. Porter, 500,000, with 5 men; Alack Janell, 

 1,000,000, with 10 men; Joseph Kimball, 500,000, with 5 men. 



Bricks are made also at Dover Point, Rochester, Lebanon, Keene, Bedford, Bos- 

 cawen, Bristol, Bartlett, Claremont, Haverhill, Concord, Durham, Epping, East 

 Kingston, Francestown, Franklin. Greenville, Hampton, Hancock, Hillsborough, 

 Jaffrey, Lancaster, Littleton, Merrimack, Moultonborough, Newport, Northumberland, 

 Ossipee, Plymouth, Rindge, Rumney, Great Falls, Unity, Warren, Winchester, and 

 Wolfeborough. 



SOAPSTONE. 



The Francestown Soapstone Company, with a capital of ^300,000, has 

 its mills for sawing at Nashua, and commenced operations, on a larger 

 scale than had been employed hitherto, in May, 1866. The bed had been 

 discovered originally by Mr. Daniel Fuller, in 1794, while engaged in 

 ploughing. It was first wrought in 1802; and stone was transported to 

 Boston for sale as early as 18 12. Previous to 1866, about 2,000 tons 

 of stone had been sold; 1,500 tons were sold in 1866, and 2,020 in 1867. 

 The company made 3,700 stoves in 1867. I have no statistics of the 

 extent of manufacture since this date; but the business is known to have 

 been conducted upon a similar large scale ever since 1866. The refuse 

 fragments and dust are also utilized, being ground and sold for packing. 



