1874.] 



87 



[G-enth. 



No. 15. Pond Bank No. 1. 



Two of the four specimens received were of a dark brown porous amor- 

 phous ore with very little lustre, more or less mixed with yellowish and 

 reddish ochreous ore ; the third piece was of a paler brown and con- 

 tained small quantities of fibrous ore, the fourth was an ochreous ore of 

 a pale brown and yellowish color. An average of the four samples con- 

 tained : 



= 55.08 Metallic Iron. 



-^ 0.07 Phosphorus. 



100.00 

 100 Iron contain 0.137 Phosphorus. 



No. 16. Red Bank No. 1. 



Five samples of ore received. It is generally an amorphous compact . 

 ore, with a considerable admixture of sand. Some is more porous, and 

 has the cavities lined with fibrous limonite, and more or less filled with 

 clay. Emits, when breathed upon, a strong argillaceous odor. Part of 

 the specimens had lost a portion of their water of hydration. 



The analysis of an average sample gave 



= 45.81 Metallic Iron. 



0.09 Phosphorus. 



