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  Hidden 
  — 
  Ruljy 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
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  that 
  of 
  Burma. 
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  expectation 
  was 
  strengtliened 
  bj 
  the 
  

   finding 
  in 
  the 
  gravels 
  of 
  corundum 
  crystals 
  of 
  similar 
  form, 
  

   with 
  almost 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  association 
  of 
  minerals 
  as 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  Burma. 
  

  

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  GAP/ 
  

  

  

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  mine: 
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  KNOB 
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  1 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

  

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  FRANKLIN 
  ■ 
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  ■ 
  9 
  

  

  _5 
  Miles 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Sketch 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  Ruby 
  and 
  RhodoHte 
  are 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  interesting 
  discoveries 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  JSTorth 
  Carolina 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   County 
  of 
  Macon, 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  borders 
  

   of 
  Georgia. 
  Some 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Franklin 
  

   the 
  Little 
  Tennessee 
  River 
  receives 
  on 
  its 
  right 
  or 
  eastern 
  side 
  

   two 
  afiluents, 
  the 
  Cowee 
  Creek 
  with 
  its 
  tributary 
  the 
  Caler 
  

   Fork, 
  and 
  the 
  Mason 
  Branch. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  tract 
  between 
  these 
  

   two 
  brooks, 
  some 
  10 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  area, 
  which 
  has 
  proved 
  to 
  

   be 
  of 
  such 
  exceptional 
  mineralogical 
  interest, 
  and 
  has 
  yielded 
  

   a 
  very 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  remarkable 
  species 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   minerals. 
  

  

  The 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  this 
  mountain 
  district 
  are 
  

   about 
  2,500 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea-level, 
  and 
  the 
  various 
  hills 
  

  

  