ALABAMA MICA DEPOSITS 103 



Exhibit sample series No. 130 is from this remaining 

 stock, and possibly not fairly representative. 



Cowart Mines. Three localities were examined belong- 

 ing to Mr. J. C. Cowart of Rockford (resident on the 

 proreity owned) and on which recent mica development 

 wo.k has been done by Mr. W. C. Fletcher. The locali- 

 ties developed all lie about one mile S. of the Pond mine, 

 and about 2 miles S. W. of Rockford. 



The S. E. % of the N. E. 14 of Section 21, Township 

 22 N., Range 18 E. 



On this property a shaft had been sunk 30 ft. to water 

 level, with a 10 foot entry in the pegmatite at its base. 

 The pegmatite driven through is an aggregate made up 

 of kaolin, quartz in considerable amount but of small 

 size, in angular fragments, and mica; the mica being of 

 small sizes, somewhat wavy, and having a slightly green- 

 ish caste. 



About 400 Ibs. in all had been recovered and was piled 

 up on the ground. The deposit is called by Mr. Fletcher 

 the "Hatchet Vein." 



The N. E. % of the N. W. % of Section 22, Township 

 22 N., Range 18 E. 



Developments here made by Mr. Fletcher were by a 

 shaft 15 feet in depth, from the bottom of which a stope 

 had been driven down following the dip of a pegmatite 

 chute about 2 feet wide for a distance of 30 feet. 



The mica found was altogether of A-form near the 

 surface, improving at the lowest depth reached, where it 

 occurred in connection with kaolin of fine quality. 



About a ton of scrap mica was lying on the dump, 

 mostly of A-form. 



The S. W. % of the N. W. *4 of Section 22, Township 

 22 N., Range 18 E. 



On, this property a shaft had been sunk 35 feet deep 

 from which a drift had been run out east 30 feet alto- 

 gether in soft kaolin, no mica in any amount having been 

 recovered. 



E. E. Brown Property. The S. W. 1/4 of the S. W. % 

 of Section 11, township 22 N., Range 18 E. 



About 50 yards west of the Rockford Road, a shaft 35 

 feet in depth had been sunk by Mr. Fletcher in a soft 



