52 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



combination with the normal scrap output of the mine 

 should justify a grinding plant of the minimum unit 

 size taken in conjunction with the scrap recovered from 

 other existing mines in the immediate district which 

 would be available. 



Since its acquirement by the present operating com- 

 pany, about 150 tons of mica in all have been recovered 

 and sold from the Mica Hill mine. During the last pe- 

 riod of operation, coraring about ten weeks, working- 

 only a very small force, and recovering the mica by the 

 crude and inefficient methods above described involving 

 handling and rehandling in the mine, there was neverthe- 

 less taken out about 5,800 pounds of sheet, and approxi- 

 mately 60,000 pounds of scrap, 13,000 pounds of the scrap 

 being partially cleaned by running it through a reel. 



Of the approximately 9 per cent, of run-of-mine sheet 

 mica recovered, about 3 to 4 per cent, of cut sheet appears 

 to have been the net result in recent operations. The 

 sheet mica taken out, is an amber muscovite of fair size, 

 splitting well, and averaging about 3x3 inches in size. 

 No larger mica has been as yet recovered in appreciable 

 amounts. 



It carries some inclusions and is uniformly more or 

 less spotted, but has been sold as electric mica without re- 

 jection on this account being generally flat sheet, fairly 

 free from other imperfections. 



Exhibit samples, serial numbers 100 to 104 inclusive 

 represent the mine products. 



Carleton or Buttston Mine. The Carleton mine be- 

 longs also to and has been operated by the Coosa County 

 Mica Company. It is located in the S. E. Quarter of Sec- 

 tion 22, Township 23 N., Range 24 E., being about 11 

 miles northeast of Dadeville, and about one-quarter mile 

 south of Tallapoosa River, east of, and near, Germany 

 Ferry. 



The deposit of mica developed and mined is located in 

 a low flat hill, lying between tw r o branches of County Line 

 Creek, having a summit elevation of 40 feet above creek 

 level. 



The mica recovered has been altogether of A form, hard 

 and non-sheeting, suitable only for grinding. It is car- 



