44 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



There are indicated in this wholly undeveloped branch 

 of the industry, some opportunities in the Alabama mica 

 ffeld for profitable investment. 



In this connection, local conditions, as to hydro-electric 

 leased power (already available at favorable rates over 

 the existing transmission lines of the Alabama Power 

 Company or by short branch lines) for the partial elim- 

 ination of present mine waste by by-product utilization, 

 and for the auxiliary handling of strictly grinding depos- 

 its, will become apparent from a study of present individ- 

 ual mine operations, solely based thus far as stated upon 

 the realized small percentage recovery of strictly run-of- 

 mine sheet. 



With 120,000 H. P. already available, 120,000 H. P. 

 under construction at Mitchell Dam, and an indicated as 

 definite prospect in view in excess of 500,000 H. P. more 

 by the completion of the projected power plant at Muscle 

 Shoals, any Alabama industry of this nature will be able 

 to estimate on hydro-electric leased power, in any desired 

 amount, at a figure of cost equal to and in future prob- 

 ably less, than the present Niagara Falls basis. 



The specimens and samples mentioned and referred to 

 by "Exhibit Serial Numbers/' representing all mine pro- 

 ducts of present or of possible commercial importance 

 drawn from the localities and mines examined, have been 

 collected for permanent display in the cabinets of the 

 Alabama Geological Survey and placed there for public 

 inspection and study in connection with this report. 



TALLAPOOSA, COUNTY. 



The county, for the most part comprised within the 

 Piedmont Plateau province, only a small portion of its 

 southern area lying within the Coastal Plain region; 

 presents therefore in surface conformation, character- 

 istic variations, ranging from the flat uneroded Coastal 

 Plain, to the hilly and much eroded and broken contours of 

 its northern or Piedmont section, which section topogra- 

 phically, contains and is made up of hills and ridges hav- 

 ing elevations of from 500 to 750 feet above sea level, and 

 from one to two hundred feet above adjacent valley levels. 



