90 



THE FENOKEE IliONBEARING SERIES. 



to be iu Mifliigiiu, tioiu tlie. Moutreiil river to the Colljy open (junrry (11 miles). The 

 greate.st deiitli which has been attained is 275 feet at the Asliland mine. The Noirie 

 mine comes next, being 250 feet deep. 



.The Ashland mine lias not ojtened np mncL ground on the fourth level, so that 

 while it can not be allirmed tliat the vein widens as it increases iu depth, still the lens 

 is wider at the tliird than at the second level and much longer. The tbird level of the 

 Ashland showed a widtli in tlie fall of ISSti of 145 feet when "soap rock" was struck. 

 In May, 18S7, a cut nuidc through about 15 feet of tliis (tlie sujiposcd liaiiging wall) 

 was made, and ore again found that analyzed 63 per cent of iron and 0-(lll of phos- 

 phorus. A cross-cut 35 feet in this ore at last report.s showed no signs of a hanging 

 wall. 



Analyses of tome of the ores of the Gogebic region. 

 I 



Iron King mine: 



North vein 



South vein 



Norrie mine : 



From stock ]>ile 



Anroiii mine : 



From cars 



Germaniii mine:* 



P^rom stock pile No. 1 . . . 



Number 2 



Pabst mine (check sample) : 



Searle, of Hnrley 



Haldemau, of Colby 



Joilet Steel Works 



Camp, of Pittsburg 



Iron. 



Phos- 

 phorus. 



Silica. 



Man- 

 ganese. 



Percent. 

 60.85 

 55.74 



(i2. 88 



6L'. 93 



59.38 

 59.70 



58.47 

 58.46 



W. J.Olcott. 



Superior mine : 



1..^ 







3 



4 



Anvil mine 



Ryan mine: 



1 



2 



3 



Hoppenjar mine (magnetic ore) 



Ashland mine (average for season's ship- 

 ments, 48 cargoes) 



58.38 



64.83 

 05. IS 

 64. 25 

 59. 30 



00. 00 



01.78 

 64. 15 

 57.67 

 51.49 



64.50 



Per cent. Per cen t. Per cen t. 

 0.027 5.44 1.30 



12. 28 



f:^ 



.034 



. 0474 



.0278 



.058 

 .056 



.040 

 .044 

 .031 

 .035 



037 

 t.036 

 .036 



3.47 

 5.18 

 3.65 



.047 

 .040 

 .0.54 

 .079 

 .035 



.050 

 .064 

 .044 

 .059 



.047 



4.00 



3.73 



3.65 



I 



3.88 



'Messrs. Kerr Jc Olcott, analysts. 



t Volumetric. 



