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others have washed in a mass of dirt which renders it impossible to see 

 the actual ore depth mined out. The cross-section of D, Fig. 14, given 

 below, is the present actual working face of ore (May). It shows 22 feet of 

 clay overlaying 19 feet of wash and lump ore with clay in bottom not gone 

 through. More recently the stripping has been only 6 feet with solid ore 

 in bottom. The section of A, Fig. 15, shows limestone crop at the 

 surface dipping south 20° east 8°, and how a shaft put down 20 yards 

 south, went through ore and clays for 52 feet ending on limestone. The 

 harder parts only of the limestone bed remain, the softer parts having 

 worn away and been replaced by the ores and clays. The limestone is 

 ferruginous and makes an excellent Mux in the furnace. 



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The ore is first rate in quality. It is and has always been used in the 

 furnace just as taken from any of the banks, without any admixture 

 of other ores. It makes a neutral iron which has always commanded 

 the highest market price. 



The quantity of ore removed from the banks is probably altogether 

 not less than 75,000 to 90,000 tons. The furnace has been running 

 steadily, excepting short intervals, from 1886 to 1868, making an average 

 of perhaps 800 tons of iron a year. The ore needful for this amount of 

 iron would correspond with the rough estimate of cubic yards removed 

 now possible. 



Assuming 21 feet or 7 yards as the thickness of the bed, every running 

 mile will afford 12,000 cubic yards or 18,000 tons of ore for each yard 

 mined back on the bed. 



The Big Pond Furnace property, owned by P. A. Aid, comprises about 

 6,000 acres of land. The furnace has recently been entirely renovated 

 the stack being raised to 36 feet, with a new hot-blast, building, &c. 

 Its capacity is now over 50 tons of charcoal iron per week. 



No. 17. Southampton Bank. — Lies 1^ miles east 15 north from Clevers- 

 burg, and H miles west 35° south from Big Pond Ore Banks. The mine 

 is not now worked and the sides have fallen shut and the bottom become 

 covered over. A poor exposure shows 8 feet of wash ore. This wash 

 in sight, which was that nearest the surface, shows very lean with but 

 few lumps. A heavy mass of white clay overlies the ore. 



The ore taken from here was smelted at Franklin Furnace and is 

 reported to work well. 



