The serpentine rock with the newly manu-…

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have been in operation for hundreds of years and will continue to be worked for centuries to come. We have within the limits of Grant county a greater variety of the grades of marble than found in the same area anywhere on earth. Note the different kinds enumerated below. The serpentine rock with the newly manu- factured name of Ricolite found on the Gila river near Carlisle is a beautiful ornamental stone for architectural ornaments. It is banded with alternate strata of gray and green colors from one half to one inch in thickness. It rapidly gained the front rank in favor in the east, and the demand is greater than the supply, for the reason that transportation facilities are meagre. It is susceptible of a fine finish and is quite durable. This is probably the only deposit of it in the world, as no mention is made of such a rock in any work on geology or lithology. The marbles of Bear Creek, ten miles from Silver City, will without doubt attract a great deal of attention in the near future. The Black marble is of a jet black color, the variegated marbles of the same series are as fine as can be found anywhere, very even in texture and susceptible of a very high polish. Within the next year these quarries will be shipping large quantities east and west as there is a great demand for the kind of marble found there.