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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  outcrop 
  under 
  the 
  drift 
  of 
  the 
  Harmony 
  bed, 
  400 
  or 
  500 
  feet 
  away, 
  

   is 
  450 
  feet 
  higher. 
  If 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  the 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  fault 
  in 
  the 
  interval. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  if 
  

   we 
  attribute 
  to 
  the 
  Barton 
  hill 
  group 
  a 
  swerve 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  

   under 
  the 
  cap 
  of 
  drift, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  strong 
  probability 
  of 
  con- 
  

   necting 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  Harmony 
  bed. 
  There 
  is 
  unexplored 
  ground 
  

   in 
  between 
  with 
  evidence 
  of 
  some 
  disturbance. 
  The 
  composition 
  

   of 
  the 
  Harmony 
  ore 
  as 
  regards 
  phosphorus 
  is 
  intermediate 
  between 
  

   the 
  Barton 
  hill 
  and 
  the 
  Joker. 
  It 
  is 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  

   lower 
  than 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  percentage 
  in 
  iron 
  is 
  somewhat 
  less 
  

   than 
  the 
  Joker. 
  

  

  A 
  third 
  possibility 
  must 
  be 
  considered, 
  namely, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   totally 
  distinct 
  bed 
  having 
  no 
  necessary 
  connection 
  with 
  either 
  of 
  

   the 
  older 
  ones. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  natural 
  to 
  seek 
  to 
  connect 
  together 
  

   those 
  already 
  known, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  admitted 
  that 
  the 
  last 
  view 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  entirely 
  ruled 
  out. 
  

  

  Barton 
  hill 
  mines. 
  These 
  openings 
  are 
  distributed 
  along 
  a 
  

   practically 
  continuous 
  bed 
  whose 
  outcrop 
  is 
  approximately 
  3500 
  

   feet 
  long 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  north. 
  From 
  the 
  1300 
  con- 
  

   tour 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  outcrop 
  rises 
  to 
  the 
  1750 
  on 
  the 
  north. 
  From 
  

   the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  outcrop 
  the 
  underground 
  workings 
  follow 
  

   an 
  extended 
  shoot 
  of 
  ore 
  some 
  2000 
  feet 
  farther 
  on 
  a 
  flat 
  dip 
  to 
  the 
  

   southwest; 
  and 
  along 
  its 
  axis 
  this 
  particular 
  branching 
  pod 
  must 
  

   be 
  fully 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  long. 
  

  

  Taking 
  the 
  Barton 
  hill 
  bed 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  it 
  is 
  characterized 
  by 
  

   swells 
  and 
  pinches 
  giving 
  the 
  enriched 
  and 
  thickened 
  shoots 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  specially 
  followed 
  in 
  the 
  mines. 
  Their 
  axes 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  workings 
  run 
  northeast 
  and 
  southwest 
  and 
  are 
  therefore 
  

   closely 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  Old 
  Bed 
  group, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  Harmony 
  

   beds. 
  No 
  doubt 
  the 
  relationship 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  system 
  of 
  

   folding 
  which 
  prevails 
  in 
  the 
  gneissoid 
  rocks 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  caused 
  

   the 
  rolls 
  and 
  attendant 
  bulging. 
  Upon 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  Mineville 
  

   area 
  [fig. 
  6] 
  the 
  successive 
  openings 
  are 
  given. 
  They 
  begin 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  Bed, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  deepest 
  and 
  most 
  extensive. 
  

   Then 
  follow 
  the 
  North 
  pit 
  and 
  the 
  Arch 
  pit, 
  of 
  moderate 
  extent. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Arch 
  pit 
  a 
  tunnel 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  driven 
  northwest 
  on 
  a 
  

   slightly 
  ascending 
  grade 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  by 
  a 
  gravity 
  tram, 
  the 
  

   ore 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  tapped 
  in 
  the 
  downward 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  

   northerly 
  shoots. 
  Already 
  some 
  gratifying 
  discoveries 
  have 
  been 
  

   made. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  pit 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  is 
  the 
  Lovers 
  Hole, 
  the 
  famous 
  opening 
  

   from 
  which 
  came 
  the 
  extremely 
  rich 
  ore 
  and 
  the 
  remarkable 
  crys- 
  

  

  