WASHINGTON COUNTY. 465 



BELPEE TOWNSHIP. 



This is the most southern township in the county. It extends for 

 many miles along the river, and has a very large area of very fertile and 

 valuable land. The great wealth of the soil must make amends for the 

 dearth of valuable minerals in the hills. The geological formations 

 through this and some adjacent townships are such as to offer very little 

 of practical value., There are sandrocks which may be quarried, and 

 some iron ore. 



On the land of Edwin Guthrie, section 28, we find the following geo- 

 logical section, which reveals considerable iron ore : 



Ft. In. 



1. Shale, with kidney ore in nodules near top 5 



2. Ore (1) .' 4 



3. Shale 2 



-i. Ore (2) o 3 



5. Shale 1 8 



6. Ore (3) 4 



7. Shale 1 o 



8. Ore (4) 3 



9. Shale 2 6 



10. Ore (5) 6 



11. Shale 2 



12. Sandstone, quarried 15 



13. Sandy shale 20 



14. Sandstone 25 



(See Map. XL, No. 14.) 



Samples of all the ores, except the nodular ore at the top, were taken 

 for analysis by Prof. Wormley. The numbers begin with the upper layer. 



Numbers 1, 2, and 3 gave only 12.13, 18.03, and 18.00 per cent, of metal- 

 lic iron respectively. The detailed analyses of Nos. 4 and 5 are as follows : 



No. 4. Mo. 5. 



Specific gravity 2.916 2.924 



Combined water 7.20 5.20 



Silicious matter..' 16.40 21.68 



Iron sesquioxide 44.86 60.44 



Alumina 3.60 0.00 



Manganese 2.00 8.00 



Phosphate of lime 1.50 0.54 



Carbonate of lime 22.18 2.08 



Carbonate of magnesia 1.43 2.04 



Sulphur trace trace 



Total 99.17 99.98 



Metallic iron 31.40 42.31 



Phosphoric acid 0.70 0.25 



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