1874,] 



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[Lesley. 



enougli to bring this ore within the limits of safe use in the manufacture 

 of iron for the Bessemer process. The specific gravity of the specimens 

 was 3 52, The calculated percentage of metallic iron was 45,36 ; alumina 

 16.53 ; silica 6.63 ; lime 0.58 ; sulphur 0,04 ; and phosphoric acid 0.05. 



Between Lovetown and Stormstown (a distance of 3j miles) no ore is 

 visible near Bald Eagle mountain, although considerable quantities of 

 ore lie in the fields just northeast of Lovetown ; but on a line parallel 

 with the mountain, and about a mile from its base, in a hollow leading 

 from one branch to the other of Half MoOn Run, a very fine outcrop 



Figs, 21, 



Figs, 23, 34. 



range of tolerably big pieces of ore, closely covering the surface, runs 

 past the sawmill. It leads directly to the two Bryan Banks, and is there- 

 fore important. 



No. 11. Lytle's Bank; No. 12. McKinney's Bank. These are 

 the old Bryan Banks, 2| miles N. E. of Lovetown, as shown at the eastern 

 limit of the Large Map, and in Local Map, fig. 22. 



The Lytle Bank was worked a long time ago for Hannah Furnace, and 

 measures about 70 X 20 X 10 = 14,000 cubic yards. Very little lump- 

 ore is now visible, the walls showing about 25 feet thickness of wash-ore. 



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