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ation, and the large and regular amounts of mica observ- 

 ed to have been hauled from it by wagons 18 miles to 

 Heflin, where the sheet mica was trimmed and graded 

 in the company's shop. 



Mine operation was carried on by means of a slope 

 driven on the dip of the pegmatite body entered, 

 equipped with hoisting engines, etc. The old compressor 

 still in place shows that power drills were used in the 

 workings, the equipment including pumps and all 'other 

 auxiliary power plant and underground mine facilities 

 indicating an apparently satisfactory and economic oper- 

 ation. 



High grade, flat sheet, amber muscovite, running in 

 more than average large sizes up to 12x14 inches, is 

 stated to have been the output of the mine. 



The appearance, size, and character of the weathered 

 mica observable in the numerous old waste heaps lying 

 about the slope and in the sides of the seven or eight old 

 surface cuts and shafts, would seem in some measure to 

 confirm this statement. 



Two, and possibly three, distinct pegmatite formations 

 are traceable on the property of indicated N. E.-S. W. 

 extension, but approaching a strike of due east and west, 

 the mine proper being located on the most easterly of 

 these deposits. All the old shafts and the slope having 

 fallen in. no examination of the mine could be made. 

 It is stated that the mine will be shortly reopened, and 

 operation of it resumed, either by the Great Southern 

 Mica Company or its successors. 



Edwards Mica Mine. The Edwards mica mine is lo- 

 cated in the S. W. 14 of the S. E. 14 of Section 6, Town- 

 ship 18 S., Range 10 E., being on property immediately 

 adjoining the Great Southern on the east. 



It has been worked at various times in a small and in- 

 termittent way by different people, and is at present 

 owned and in process of development by the Consolidated 

 Mica Company of South Bend, Indiana. 



Recent exploitation by the Consolidated has been by 

 means of four shafts, and several open cuts, all located 

 in the S. W. corner of the lot above described. Under 

 the former and last preceding ownership of Mr. H. E. 



