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did ore, some of great size. At both banks the lumps and wash ore reach 

 from within two or three feet of the surface to the bottom, a distance of 

 •20 feet. The bottom in both banks is solid ore. Much white clay, creep- 

 ing down hill, covers the ore, and is covered by ball and wash ore. The 

 contour lines on the sketch show a fall of 140 feet from Pit B to the 

 trial shafts, giving a gentle dip of 4 C to 5 C to the northward. The ore is 

 struck in every case close to the surface, and has the same dip. In Pit B 

 the ore is especially marked by the great abundance of needle ore. 



All the ore taken from these pits has been smelted at Boiling Springs 

 Furnace, and is highly commended. 



Over ten thousand cubic yards of excavation have been made at the 

 two pits, yielding, after allowing for the dry and thinner wash-ore near 

 the surface, some 15,000 tons of ore. As the solid ore in the bottom has 

 never been worked through, it is impossible to estimate the mass of ore 

 in sight. 



Pit B is 240, and Pit A 120 feet above the Yellow Breeches Creek. 

 Beltzhoover's Creek would afford but a scanty and insecure supply for a 

 washer, but water could readily be brought from the Red Bank Creek, 

 the difference in height by barometer being about 70 feet, and the dis- 

 tance, as paced between Bed Bank (No. 7) and Pit A, one-half mile. 



No. 3. This exposure consists of some small, old pits and a few trial 

 shafts put down only until the solid ore was reached about 1 j miles south 

 35° east from Boiling Springs, see Fig. 5. The F10 , 



pits and shafts are shallow, showing in the deep- 

 est from 15 to 18 feet wash and lump ore, with 

 ore in the bottom. The ore is struck everywhere 

 near the surface, and the dips would therefore be, 

 as shown by the contour lines, 4° to 5° to the north 

 ward. The ore was used at the Boiling Springs 

 Furnace, and was satisfactory. The total amount 

 of excavation in these small pits will not exceed 

 3500 cubic yards, or 5000 tons of ore. Water for 

 washing would have to be brought or pumped, there being no stream 

 running by the banks. The most southern and highest bank is 150 feet 

 by barometer above the Yellow Breeches, at Hoffer's Bend. 



No. 4. Siplinger Bank — Lies 1^ miles south of Boiling Springs, on the 

 bank of a small stream amply sufficient for washing. The bank has not 

 no 6. been worked for many years, and the sides 



falling have nearly filled it up. The wash 

 ore is deep red, and the bank closely resembles 

 in general appearance the Red Bank, No. 1. 

 It is impossible now to judge the number of 

 cubic yards of excavation made, but probably 

 2000 tons of ore have been hauled to the Boil- 

 ing Springs Furnace, where it worked well. A poor exposure in the 

 bank shows thus : (Fig. 6. ) 

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