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the cut showed some very compact, solid magnetite. The 

 ore in the upper part of the cut was mixed with horn- 

 blende gangue. Between these two openings some man- 

 ganiferous float-ore was observed, resembling very much 

 that at the Piney creek and Francis openings. 

 Several analyses of the Graybeal ore show: 



I. II. • III. 



Silica 6.85 



Metallic iron 63.55 67.18 64.04 



Sulphur trace. 



Phosphorus trace. 0.010 0.009 



I. by Baskerville. 

 II. by White. 

 III. from U. S. loth Census Report. 



On Horse creek, about one mile above its mouth, a bed 

 of magnetite, precisely similar to that at Piney creek, has 

 been opened. It is a coarse-granular magnetite dissemi- 

 nated in a manganiferous matrix, which decomposes on 

 long exposure into a soft, rich shot-ore. The opening is 

 in the shape of an under-cut in the side of a hill, into which 

 it extends perhaps 20 feet as a slope, the lower part of 

 which was filled with water, preventing a close examina- 

 tion. As far as exposed, the thickness of the ore is at least 

 6 feet, the lower 2 feet being the harder. Analyses show: 



I. II. 



Silica - 4.12 1.96 



Metallic iron 64.58 62.48 



Metallic manganese --.... 2.21 3.66 



Phosphorus o.oii 0.019 



I. by White. 

 II. by Baskerville. 



Over one mile south-west from here the ore-body rises 

 over 500 feet above the level of Horse creek, on Hampton 

 knob, over which it has been traced for considerable 

 distance by the dipping-needle. But none of the openings 

 give any idea of the size of the bed. Several analyses from 

 the locality show: 



