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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  tals 
  of 
  magnetite, 
  mined 
  about 
  1887-88. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  40,000 
  tons 
  

   from 
  one 
  chamber 
  averaged 
  68.6 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  carload 
  lots 
  ran 
  72 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  being 
  almost 
  chemically 
  pure 
  magnetite. 
  

  

  Beyond 
  the 
  Lovers 
  Hole 
  is 
  a 
  stretch 
  not 
  much 
  mined 
  as 
  yet, 
  

   and 
  then 
  as 
  the 
  outcrop 
  swerves 
  with 
  the 
  contours 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   west, 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  pits, 
  the 
  South, 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  the 
  Orchard. 
  

   The 
  rock 
  dumps 
  are 
  large 
  at 
  this 
  end, 
  indicating 
  leaner 
  ore. 
  Beyond 
  

   the 
  Orchard 
  pit, 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  interval 
  with 
  no 
  mines, 
  and 
  mostly 
  

   with 
  concealed 
  bed 
  rock, 
  for 
  half 
  a 
  mile. 
  Within 
  this 
  distance 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  drop 
  of 
  150 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  altitude 
  and 
  then 
  two 
  groups 
  of 
  

   mines, 
  now 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  unworked, 
  are 
  found. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  

   Fisher 
  hill 
  mines 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Port 
  Henry 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  and 
  

   the 
  Burt 
  lot, 
  of 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherman 
  & 
  Co. 
  The 
  ores 
  are 
  rather 
  

   lean 
  but 
  are 
  of 
  Bessemer 
  grade. 
  

  

  The 
  pits 
  are 
  distributed 
  across 
  a 
  horizontal 
  stretch 
  of 
  100 
  feet 
  

   at 
  Fisher 
  hill 
  and 
  250 
  to 
  300 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  Burt 
  lot. 
  They 
  dip 
  about 
  

   2 
  5 
  westward, 
  and 
  are 
  therefore 
  something 
  like 
  40 
  feet 
  apart 
  

   vertically 
  at 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  115 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  latter. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  

   marked 
  horizons 
  of 
  ore 
  within 
  these 
  limits. 
  At 
  Fisher 
  hill 
  the 
  

   workings 
  are 
  600 
  or 
  700 
  feet 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  incline, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  Burt 
  

   lot, 
  300 
  or 
  400. 
  The 
  railroad 
  has 
  been 
  pulled 
  up 
  for 
  10 
  years 
  past 
  

   and 
  the 
  mines 
  have 
  been 
  allowed 
  to 
  fill 
  with 
  water. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  Fisher 
  hill 
  and 
  Burt 
  lot 
  ores 
  are 
  a 
  

   reappearance 
  of 
  the 
  Barton 
  hill 
  bed 
  after 
  a 
  lean 
  interval, 
  and 
  

   that 
  they 
  mark 
  a 
  northerly 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   natural 
  to 
  infer 
  these 
  belts 
  and 
  especially 
  are 
  we 
  prone 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  

   in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  time-honored 
  sedimentary 
  conceptions 
  of 
  origin 
  

   influence 
  us. 
  The 
  northern 
  pits 
  are 
  double 
  to 
  a 
  degree 
  not 
  shown 
  

   by 
  the 
  southern, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  influenced 
  by 
  the 
  igneous 
  views, 
  

   we 
  may 
  not 
  feel 
  justified 
  in 
  inferring 
  the 
  identity 
  without 
  proof 
  of 
  

   the 
  connection. 
  The 
  wall 
  rocks 
  are 
  practically 
  identical 
  and 
  the 
  

   general 
  dip 
  and 
  axial 
  trend 
  of 
  the 
  pods 
  correspond. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Fisher 
  hill 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  mile 
  away 
  upon 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   slope 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  hill 
  is 
  another 
  great 
  lens 
  or 
  pod 
  now 
  known 
  

   as 
  the 
  Smith 
  mine, 
  and 
  actively 
  worked 
  by 
  Witherbee, 
  Sherman 
  

   & 
  Co., 
  through 
  the 
  Cook 
  shaft. 
  This 
  pod 
  was 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  

   needle. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  outcrop. 
  It 
  dips 
  west 
  and 
  pitches 
  south 
  like 
  

   the 
  others 
  and 
  furnishes 
  a 
  non- 
  Bessemer 
  ore 
  much 
  like 
  Old 
  Bed, 
  

   but 
  lower 
  in 
  phosphorus. 
  A 
  vertical 
  shaft 
  taps 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  pod 
  and 
  then 
  from 
  the 
  foot 
  the 
  two 
  skip 
  ways 
  fork 
  and 
  proceed 
  

   southwest, 
  one 
  going 
  for 
  about 
  1000 
  feet. 
  The 
  ore 
  varies 
  from 
  

   20 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  thick, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  drops 
  over 
  600 
  feet 
  below 
  its 
  

  

  