I wonder what the numbers are today?
> The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, September 19, 1890
>
> Vermont Slate Productions
>
> A bulletin issued by the census bureau on slate production shows that
> Vermont is second in the list of states in the industry, and the total
> value of its product in 1889 is put at $838,013, while for the whole
> country it was $3,441,863.  The whole number of quarries in the country is
> 206, of which Vermont has 60.  Eleven other states and territories are in
> the slate producing area, but among these only Maine, Maryland, New York,
> and Pennsylvania report any considerable quantities.  Pennsylvania does the
> lion's share of the business, the total value of her product for the year
> being put at $2,011,776.

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