H.. Wurtz on Cobalt and Nickel. 27 
At a spot about a mile in a northeasterly direction from the 
Long Creek Mines I found, crossing at right angles the road from 
Lincolnton to Yorkville in 8. C., where the latter crosses over 
an elevation called “ Cross’” or the “‘ Paysour mountain,” the out- 
crop of a large “vein,” or stratum of the rock, which contains 
very much of this black gozzan or wad. It can scarcely escape 
the attention of a person travelling along the road, as it appears 
like a broad black band at the side of the latter. At this spot 
it measures about fifteen feet in width. A small opening was 
made into it three or four rods from the road on the southern 
side, and it was found to be about twelve feet wide, included be- 
tween walls of talcose slate, but so highly decomposed that no 
satisfactory evidence could be obtained of its character where 
unchanged. It was traced and opened again about half a mile 
southwesterly from the road, and found to consist there of a 
number of parallel strata, separated by seams of talcose schist 
one or two feet wide. e largest of these strata was ten feet 
wide, presenting a solid bank of limonite, mixed with a little 
* Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, lxxxvii, 128. 
