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phuiet of iron may be traced, although too minute to injure the 

 quality of the ore. This bed has afforded nearly all the ore used 

 in the furnace. 



The Sandford bed, is situated about two miles from the former 

 «id occupies the slope of a hill, which terminates upon Lake 

 Sandford. The elevation of the bed is 600 or 800 feet above the 

 lake, but is approached by a gradual and easy ascent. This ore 

 k less coarse than the preceding, and of a dark, black color. 

 It has, when exposed in the bed almost the appearance and form 

 gi SL stratified rock. It possesses great and unusual purity and is 

 almost entirely exempt from stone. The ore may be projected 

 firom the bed to the lake by an inclined plain, or it may be trans- 

 ported by teams loaded within the bed. The width of this vein 

 is 514 feet, and its length along the centre 1,667. At each ex- 

 tremity it does. not terminate, but passes beneath the rock. No 

 cQi'rect or proximate calculation can be formed of the probable 

 contents of this vast deposit. The minimum estimate, exhibits the 

 immense amount of 6,832,734 tons, which may principally be 

 raised without blasting. This would yield 3,000,000 tons of the 

 purest iron.* Personal examination, corroborated by the opinions 

 of highly practical and intelligent men, warrants the conjecture 

 that tliis estimate is below the real amount of ore^. If it were 

 possible to disclose the extent of this vein as it seems to exist, the 

 sum of the aggregate could scarcely be estimated. Ores, exhibiting 

 similar qualities crop out at different points, along an extension 

 of the same course. One of these indications presents a face of 

 S2 rods in length and 1 5 rods in width. Such facts suggest the 

 conclusion, that these veins are a prolongation of the Sandford 

 deposit, and that its true magnitude may embrace a distance of 

 two miles and one half in length, with a proportionate width. 

 Another important deposit, known as Mt. Magnet apparently forms 

 the mass of an eminence directly east and fronting the village. 

 This is distinguished as the " fine grained ore bed." This is very 

 marked and peculiar in its characteristics. Although it is gen- 

 erally firm, with grains closely cemented together, it often be- 

 comes extremely friable when exposed to atmospheric influence. 

 The oxydization makes it appear as if mingled with rock. On the 



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