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months in 1918 Hiis Diine, If equipped with 40 pack mules, could produce 1,300 tons 

 of ore, hut by using more mules could probably Increase its outpul to 6,000 tons, 



The Cayoguan group of chrome ore claims, which Include the Cayoguan, the 

 Narciso, and the Cromita Nos. I, 2 and 3, are on both sides of Rio Cayoguan, : 1 1 »« « i it 

 five miles above its mouth, which is in Moa Bay. The Cayoguan claim is mi the 

 righl side of the river, aboul 60 feel above it. and about 750 feel above sea level. 

 An outcrop thai extends around the hill for aboul 300 feel and covers aboul 6,400 

 square feel has been prospected, and whal appeared to be a fair sample of the ore 

 contained 38.1 per cent, of chromide oxide. 



The Narciso claim, which nearly surrounds the Cayoguan, includes, al a distance 

 of about 600 feet smith of the Cayoguan, an err bodj that crops out on a steep bill- 

 side about 500 foot above the river. A sample of ore from this outcrop shewed on 

 analysis 34.8 per cent-, of chromic oxide. 



The Cromita claims, on the Left side of the river, contain three known ere bodies 

 and hundreds of tens of boulder Heat ore Ln an arroyo. The ore bodies are 

 exposed in the river bluff at a height of 150 to 300 feet above the river. The most 

 northerly ere body shews a face 20 feel wide and 15 feet high and has been pros- 

 pected by an open cut. A sample taken ('rem this cut contained 31.9 per cent, of 

 chromic oxide. The middle body, which includes an outcrop 75 feet long and 50 feet 

 high, has been penetrated 35 feet by a cut and a tunnel. A sample from the fines 

 of the tunnel dump carried 25.9 per cent, of chromic oxide. The southerly ore body 

 is exposed t<> a length of about 60 feet and a heighl of about 4n feet. Its thickness 



has not yet been determined. A sample from tl utcrop contained 40.5 per cent. 



of chromic oxide. The ideologic conditions indicate that the middle and southern 

 bodies, which are about 75 feet apart, may possibly he connected within the hill. The 

 following analyses show the general composition of the ore in this locality: 



ANALYSES OF CHROME ORE FROM THE CAYOGUAN GROUP OF CLAIMS, 



NEAR MO A RAY 



Sample 2. Cayoguan claim; •'!, Narciso claim; 4, Cromita claim, north body; 5, 

 Cromita claim, middle body; 6, Cromita claim, south body. 



The deposits of the Cayoguan group contain probably about 22,500 tons of avail- 

 able chrome ore, hut possibly may yield 60,000 tons or more. These estimates include 

 2,000 tons of float ore in Cayoguan River and a tributary arroyo. 



This group of deposits is about eight miles by trail from an old wharf at Punta 

 Gorda, to which a road will have to he built down the valley of the Cayoguan, a 

 narrow gorge bordered at many places by steep cliffs. Three kinds of road have been 

 suggested — a road for oxcarts, a light tramway for mule cars, and a narrow-gauge 

 steam railway. A road for oxcarts appears to he most practicable in view of the 

 quantity of ore available and the small possible daily output. 



The next deposit toward the southeast that was examined is on a claim known 

 as the Potosi, which is on Saltadero Creek about four miles above its mouth. This 

 creek is a tributary of Yamaniguey River, which enters Canete Ray about four miles 

 below the mouth of the creek. The ore body is a steeply dipping lens that reaches a 

 depth of more than 100 feet and at one place has a thickness of 25 feet and a 



