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position of No. 3 did not seem to have been known to the 

 prospectors. Its outcropping was found here, and pointed 

 out. This bed usually shows very little out-crop but its 

 position may always be closely approximated if bed No. 1 is 

 found. It lies by the usual slant of the mountain, about 50 

 feet lower down. The color of the ground at its edge, will 

 also help to determine its exact position. 



Without knowing (he thickness of bed No. 3, and the 

 quality of ore it carries here, it would be premature to de- 

 cide finally on the value of this, as an ore region. It may 

 be here the best bed, as it was found to be farther down the 

 mountain. In Section 11, same Township, similar openings 

 had been made with about the same results, but here also 

 the third bed had been overlooked. In Section 15 of the 

 same Township, the upper bed had been opened ; ore of the 

 usual quality, and thickness say 3 feet, and assaying from 

 35 to 40 per cent. iron. This is about the average grade of 

 bed No. 1 as seen for several miles above here. The third 

 bed had been slightly opened here, but not enough to fully 

 show either its thickness, or quality. It seemed to be 

 thicker than the upper bed, and the ore promised to be 

 better. It carries soft, fine grained, red colored ore. This 

 bed is often limy and hard, but at no place from Section 1 

 to Section 21 in this Township was it found of that character. 

 None of the openings on this bed in this space were deep 

 enough to furnish samples, from which the quality of the 

 ore could be safely determined, nor even to show the full 

 thickness of the bed. This was judged to be about 4 feet 

 thick, and to carry the best ore that this part of the moun- 

 tain affords. 



The upper part of the mountain here is snaly and has 

 suffered much denudation; several gaps are cut through it, 

 down to the Trenton rocks, and the edges of the Clinton 

 strata beyond are covered with debris so as not to be readily 

 found. It is certain however that two beds ol ore exist here, 

 of fair quality, and good thickness. Half a mile to the S. 

 W., near Hoods X Roads in S. 15, several openings were 

 examined. Bed No. 3 had been cut, in a pit sunk in a field? 



