The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . the names of Bombazine Lake, AustinLake, Great Trout Pond, etc., which are remarkable for the purity and clearness of their waters and the bland scenerythat surrounds them. The minerals produced in this State are iron, copper, zinc, and a great variety of rocks. Iron occurs in great abund-ance. Sulphnret of iron, or pyrites, is found at Strafford and Shrewsbury, from which an immense quantity of copperas isannually manufactured. Copper has been discovered near Brandon, and a few
The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . the names of Bombazine Lake, AustinLake, Great Trout Pond, etc., which are remarkable for the purity and clearness of their waters and the bland scenerythat surrounds them. The minerals produced in this State are iron, copper, zinc, and a great variety of rocks. Iron occurs in great abund-ance. Sulphnret of iron, or pyrites, is found at Strafford and Shrewsbury, from which an immense quantity of copperas isannually manufactured. Copper has been discovered near Brandon, and a few miles south-east of that place a bed ofsilver and copper. The ore of the latter is ineorporated with milk quartz and argillaceous slate ; an average specimen,analyzed by W. H. Shepherd, mineralogist, yielded per cent, of pure silver and of copper. Lead, zinc, andmanganese are also found. At Monckton, near Burlington, there is also an extensive bed of kaolin, or porcelain earthsGranite, however, is the great staple, and marbles of fine quality are extensively quarried at Middlebury, Swanton, Ben-278. m\ f ,v#11 \-
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