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Per Cent. 



vSilica 5.37 



Metallic iron - 5^-75 



Phosphorus - — . .. .. . 0.018 



Titanic acid . 9.17 



The bed is again uncovered, about 350 yards west from 

 here, in front of Mr. McCarter's house, by a shallow cut 

 showing about three feet of ore; but the bed is not fully 

 exposed. 



About half a mile farther south-west, an opening on the 

 Bauguess place shows 5 feet of ore, having a reddish streak, 

 an analysis of which by myself shows 4.80 per cent, of 

 titanic acid. 



The next notable opening, about one mile south-west 

 from here, on Wallen's creek, a tributary of Helton creek, 

 on the Pennington place, exposes a bed 8 feet thick, an 

 analysis of which by McCreath shows: 



Per Cent. 



Silica . -- 5.07 



Metallic iron .- --- 52.45 



riiosphorus — 0.022 



Titanic acid ._. 911 



About half a mile north of Sturgill P. O. , on the waters 

 of Helton creek, on the Kirby place, a broken bed of hard, 

 fine-gained magnetite of steel-gray color has been uncov- 

 ered. Its extent could not be determined from the condi- 

 tion of the opening, but its thickness appears to be not 

 less that 15 feet. 



I am indebted to Mr. A. S. McCreath for the informa- 

 tion that these titaniferous ores carry a small amount of 

 chromium, and an average analysis of a number of samples 

 shows 0.480 per cent, of chromium. 



This concludes a description of the location and some of 

 the economic features of the principal ore-deposits of Ashe 

 county; and it is hoped that this region may become an 

 important source of ore-supply in the near future. 



