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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Butler 
  mine 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  continuation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Vineyard. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  surface 
  workings 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  

   depth. 
  The 
  body 
  seems 
  too 
  narrow 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  

  

  Kent 
  mine. 
  Thin 
  bands 
  of 
  magnetite 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  gneiss 
  on 
  

   the 
  southern 
  slope 
  of 
  Dibble 
  mountain. 
  Three 
  places 
  were 
  found 
  

   where 
  ore 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  out 
  in 
  small 
  quantity. 
  The 
  deposits 
  

   are 
  thin 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  worked 
  only 
  superficially. 
  The 
  production 
  

   could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  tons. 
  

  

  Breed 
  and 
  Hammond 
  mines. 
  These 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  

   Breeds 
  hill, 
  i 
  J 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  Together 
  with 
  a 
  third 
  

   opening 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  shoulder 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  they 
  form 
  an 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  band 
  of 
  ore 
  that 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  hill 
  in 
  a 
  northeasterly 
  

   direction. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  offset 
  in 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  

   bodies 
  which 
  is 
  suggestive 
  of 
  faulting. 
  The 
  walls 
  in 
  both 
  mines 
  

   consist 
  of 
  dark, 
  hornblende-biotite 
  gneiss 
  carrying 
  pyrite, 
  but 
  

   the 
  granite 
  appears 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  cut 
  it 
  

   off 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  limiting 
  the 
  former 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  belt. 
  

  

  The 
  Breed 
  mine 
  is 
  opened 
  by 
  an 
  inclined 
  shaft 
  sunk 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  

   of 
  45 
  . 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  drift 
  20 
  feet 
  long 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  deposit 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  afforded 
  a 
  breast 
  8 
  feet 
  thick. 
  The 
  ore 
  contains 
  

   biotite 
  and 
  hornblende 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantity, 
  but 
  portions 
  are 
  

   quite 
  rich. 
  It 
  is 
  highly 
  sulfurous. 
  

  

  The 
  Hammond 
  mine 
  which 
  lies 
  up 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  

   the 
  Breed 
  is 
  opened 
  by 
  a 
  vertical 
  shaft 
  of 
  no 
  great 
  depth. 
  The 
  

   outcrop 
  shows 
  about 
  5 
  feet 
  of 
  ore, 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  just 
  described. 
  

  

  Howe 
  mine. 
  A 
  little 
  exploration 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  on 
  a 
  deposit 
  

   situated 
  6 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  The 
  pit 
  is 
  5 
  feet 
  wide 
  

   and 
  has 
  been 
  excavated 
  on 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  ore 
  which 
  runs 
  northwest 
  

   up 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  a 
  prominent 
  ridge. 
  A 
  line 
  of 
  magnetic 
  .attraction 
  

   is 
  traceable 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  pit, 
  while 
  higher 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  a 
  

   2 
  foot 
  band 
  of 
  rich 
  magnetite 
  outcrops 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  strike. 
  

   The 
  inclosing 
  rock 
  is 
  hornblende 
  gneiss. 
  Pyrite 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  

   ore. 
  

  

  Blye 
  mine. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  prospect 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Crown 
  Point 
  

   Center 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  face 
  of 
  Coot 
  hill. 
  The 
  test 
  pit 
  shows 
  a 
  

   fairly 
  rich 
  magnetite, 
  but 
  the 
  development 
  work 
  is 
  insufficient 
  to 
  

   afford 
  an 
  estimate 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  deposit. 
  An 
  area 
  of 
  magnetic 
  

   attraction 
  is 
  reported 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  ridge, 
  toward 
  which 
  the 
  

   ore 
  trends. 
  

  

  Mt 
  Defiance 
  mine. 
  An 
  interesting 
  occurrence 
  of 
  hematite 
  ore 
  

   is 
  found 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  Fort 
  Ticonderoga 
  station 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  & 
  Hudson 
  Railroad 
  tracks. 
  Mt 
  Defiance 
  is 
  the 
  termina- 
  

  

  