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schist has been followed along the strike for 1500 feet and the 

 incline has followed the 10-foot ore bed down to 200 feet or more. 

 We can assume: 1500 x 200 x 10 = 3,000,000 cubic feet of ore 

 rock. A cubic foot weighs about 168 pounds, hence there is 

 500,000,000 pounds or 2,500,000 tons of ore. No diamond drilling 

 has been done on the property. There is the possibility of the 

 granite cutting the ore. 



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Location. This mine, now in active operation, is located 1 mile 

 southwest of King's Station, 4 miles north of Saratoga Springs, in 

 the township of Wilton, Saratoga county, the exact location being 

 indicated by crossed hammers on the geological map of the Saratoga 

 quadrangle. 1 It lies about one-half of a mile west of the Saratoga- 

 Mt McGregor fault in the southeast corner of a block of the Gren- 

 ville quartzitic area mapped by Cushing. 



The property was first opened about 1910 by the Saratoga Graph- 

 ite Company, 2 which worked it in a small way for two years. 

 After the lapse of some time the present company assumed control 

 and began the work of enlarging the mine and plant, and is now 

 operating it. 



The mine is reached by following the state highway leading to 

 Glen Falls for a distance of 3 miles, keeping north on a good dirt 

 road for 1 r 4 miles. A sharp left-hand turn up the hill leads to the 

 mill. 



Workings. There are two distinct outcrops now being worked. 

 The original pit as left by the Saratoga Graphite Company, is 75 

 by 30 feet and has been abandoned. To the west a new opening 

 has been made that extends 375 feet along the strike; the latter 

 varies from N 50 W to N 75 ° W. From this pit on the south side 

 a number of inclines have been driven on a slope from 38 to 42 S 

 1 5° W, these meeting two parallel horizontal drifts which follow the 

 strike. In them mill car tracks were laid. This working is locally 

 known as the mine. 



To the north, across a swamp, at a distance of 400 feet, is the 

 quarry, where open cut methods are employed. At the present time 

 this pit is the main source of graphite. It is 200 by 80 feet, and 

 30 feet deep, extending east and west. Farther west a number of 



1 X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 169. 



2 Newland, D. H., X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 161 , p. 34 and Bui. 19.), p. 30. 



