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varying from the size of small peas to sorghum seed, im- 

 bedded in it. This ore is above the average in grade. It 

 resembles the great bed at TurJ>ey Creek, but is not quite 

 equal in quality. The natural drainage here is perfect, and 

 the advantages for mining are all that could be desired. 



On the slope of this ridge to the S. W. this bed has been 

 removed. Its out crop is very plainly seen on the N. W. 

 side of the ridge, but it had not been opened on that side. 

 Several prospect holes had been sunk to strike this ore at 

 other places, but for want of knowledge of the changes of dip 

 they were improperly located. In one of these another bed 

 was struck, which may be the 4th bed. It was too much 

 filled up to get its dimensions, or judge fairly of its quality. 

 Lower down amd near the foot of the slope, at the S. W.. 

 end, ore had been found in several places of the same 

 quality as the big bed above. They were probably slides,, 

 but so abraded as to hide their relations. Between them 

 and the big bed was the evident out crop, of what was re- 

 garded as the 4th bed. Two hundred yards, or about that 

 distance, from this out crop, S. S. W. on the N. W. of N, 

 E. i of S. 26, at a lower level, an extensive pit had been 

 dug, uncovering the 5th bed. No ore was seen, as the dirt 

 had partly filled up the pit. But the information obtained 

 from the citizens, who had seen the pit dug and the ore 

 measured, was that "the pit was sunk to the ore and it was 

 uncovered to nearly the whole length of the pit ; that it 

 measured across the bed 22 feet." The ore was represented 

 as soft, fine grained, and very dark colored. These are the 

 general descriptive points of the 5th bed. There was noth- 

 ing shown here by which the dip could be ascertained, and 

 hence the actual thickness of this bed here could not be de- 

 termined. No iron limestone seen here. 



A little farther S. W. on the same tract of land in a ridge 

 flanked by Lagrange or Oxmoor Sandstone on the South, 

 some good pieces of manganese ore were found, and a larger 

 show of manganiferous limonite ore. Probably both exist 

 here in sufficient quantity to be of value. The indications, 

 are sufficient to encourage the labor of testing. 



