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been run wliicli penetrated the ore body, showing that the ore 

 was continuous through this hilL ]\Iost of the work was done by 

 the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company in 1907. The first 

 cut is about 300 yards northeast of the Sturgill cut referred to 

 above. The first work done at this cut was in the early days 

 to obtain ore for Catalan forges. Near the mouth of the cut 

 an iron manganese seam of ore was encountered 6 feet wide, 

 the distance between the two veins being about 30 feet. This 

 ore was analyzed, and the results are given in XIV of the 

 Table of Analyses. Its iron content was 63.15 per cent. 



Thirty feet below this cut a tunnel was run into the hill. 

 This was partially caved, so that it could not be examined ex- 

 cept near its mouth, where a manganese iron vein was observed. 

 Judging from the material found on the dump, the ore encoun- 

 tered in the tunnel was very similar to that in the cut referred 

 to above. 



Two hundred and fifty feet northeast of this tunnel another 

 open cut was made by Dr. Tom Jones in 1905, and work was 

 continued by the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company in 

 1907. This cut exposed a seam of magnetite about 4 feet wide, 

 which it penetrated. In the uper end of the cut there was ex- 

 posed a mixture of pyrite and hornblende. Thirty feet below 

 and 30 feet northeast of this cut a tunnel was run by the Vir- 

 ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, and later continued by 

 Dr. Jones. This penetrated the ore body. There was exposed 

 near the mouth of the tunnel a manganese iron seam of ore. 



From this point it is 300 yards northeast to the Joseph 

 Graybeal line. Beyond this property is the Dr. Thomas Jones 

 land which has been prospected for the whole distance along the 

 course of the ore by means of shallow cuts and pits. Only at 

 one or two places was the ore exposed in place. 



Henninger Property. — Adjoining the Dr. Jones property on 

 the northeast and east are the Francis and Henninger proper- 

 ties. About 500 feet from the Dr. Jones line a small open cut 

 was made, which showed granular magnetic ore. Six hundred 

 feet northeast of the first opening another open cut shows similar 

 ore. These two cuts were made by Mr. E. Sturgill about 1903 

 or 1904. These openings are near the barn of Mr. Eugene 

 Ballou, who now owns the property. 



