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sink, It is a little remarkable, though, 

 that the crystals cease at about six 

 feet. Below this the mica is in a 

 schistose state and fine scales without 

 regular form. 



The associated minerals are quartz, 

 dark brown tourmaline, rutile, hema- 

 tite, magnetite, wad and pyrites in a 

 pseudomorphic state. Occasionally 

 small clear and .greenish crystals of 

 zircons and monazite are found. 



From a study of these minerals and 

 their positions in the vein as shown by 

 the order of penetration, I am led to 

 believe they were laid down at differ- 

 ent periods, and as follows: first, rutile 

 which penetrates all of the others; then 

 come the tourmaline and the ores of 

 the metals; after these the mica was 

 formed, and last its quartzes both mas- 

 sive and crystallized, but at different 

 levels. I mean by levels that just so 

 far from the surface, governed, possi- 

 bly, at the time of deposition by the 

 influence of the atmosphere — certain 

 minerals, or certain forms of the same 

 mineral are to be met with. 



As stated above, when the mica in 

 crystal form ceases, fine scales set in, 

 and the same is true of the quartzes. 



Where the crystals cease an amor- 

 phous condition sets. No good cry- 

 stals of either the micas or the quartz 

 have been found by me lower than si.x 

 feet. All of the rest extend in their 

 usual way much lower. 



In over a year's work I have found 

 but one vein of mica that can be called 

 fine, and the entire yield would not 

 exceed ten pounds. This is not owing 

 to the rarity of the mineral here, but 

 to the fact that the rocks are so old 

 that the contents of veins are found to 

 be rotten and crumbles to dust in the 

 hands. 



The region is very interesting and 

 gives promise of better results with a 

 more persistent search. 



The localities, so far as observed by 

 me for these minerals, are at Stony 

 Point, Alexander County, and near the 

 line in both Lincoln and Catawba 

 Counties, at the western extremities. 

 — Mineral Collector. 



Discoveries Near Mayslick, Ky. 



BY ANNIE L. HUDSON. 



During the month of July last, some 

 discoveries were made near Mayslick, 

 Mason County, Ky. , which will doubt- 

 less prove interesting to archaeologists. 

 For many years the people of that 

 vicinity had been anxious to open the 

 old mounds on the farm of William 

 Fox. At last the work was begun, 

 and the day the writer visited the 

 scene many hands were busy unearth- 

 ing the relics of a by-gone race and 

 age. 



While nothing more was found in 

 these mounds than have been found in 

 hundreds of others which have been 

 opened during the past few years in the 

 Ohio and Mississippi valley, still the 

 facts in the case are both interesting 

 and valuable to those who are fond of 

 the study of antiquities. 



There were twenty-eight skeletons 

 exhumed, and one of the peculiarities 

 noticed was that the bodies had all 

 been buried with their faces to the 

 West. The skulls were perfectly pre- 

 served, and had exactly the same ap- 

 pearance as those of Indians. 



The fields near the mounds had long 

 been called the Bony Fields, for in 

 plowing there had often been found 

 the bones of both men and animals. 

 It seems that there can be no means 



