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with the introduction of a magnetic concentrator, can be elimi- 

 nated. Mining was begun at this locality in 1900, and has con- 

 tinued to the present time. 



Entile has also been found in Xorth Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas but not in commercial 

 quantity. It has been obtained in a limited amount both in 

 North Carolina and Georgia and used for gem purposes. North 

 Carolina rutile of gem quality has been found at the smoky 

 quartz and hiddenite localities of Alexander County; near 

 Efland, Orange County, where it is associated with beautifully 

 radiated pyrophyllite. Large rough black rutile crystals in con- 

 siderable quantity have been found loose in the soil near Elf 

 Post Office, on Shooting Creek, Clay County. It has also been 

 found in more or less quantity as fine grains and crystals in the 

 concentrates obtained from monazite mining. 



In South Carolina the principal occurrence of rutile is in the 

 monazite sands. 



In Georgia rutile of gem variety occurs at Grave's Mountain, 

 Lincoln County, and is one of the most noted rutile localities of 

 the country on account of the beautiful specimens of this min- 

 eral it has produced. 



The rutile of Arkansas has been known for a great many 

 years and is of scientific interest. The principal locality being 

 near Magnet Cove. 



CORUNDUM 



The Southern States were formerly the producers of all the 

 corundum (with the exception of the emery variety) that was 

 used in the United States. The first deposits of corundum (not 

 including the emery variety) to be mined in the world were in 

 North Carolina,'^ in 1871, followed in 1872, by the opening of 

 the mines in Georgia.^ The two mines that have made the 

 South famous for its corundum are the Corundum Hill Mine, at 

 Cullasaja, Macon County, North Carolina, and the Laurel Creek 

 Mine, at Pine Mountain, Rabun County, Georgia. The corun- 

 dum from the latter mine is still known as standard corundum. 



'North Carolina Geological Survey, Vol. I, p. 361, 1905. (Pratt and Lewis), 

 s Ibid. p. 361, and Georgia Geological Survey, Bulletin 2. p. "7, 1894. (King). 



