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Report of the State Geologist. 



Mim s There is only one ore-body in the township, so far as I learned, 

 and that is the Schofield vein on the extreme east, at the line with Ticonderoea. 

 There are two ore-beds in a ledge, fifty yards or so east of the highway, and 

 about thirty feet above it. The lower and larger is about twenty inches 

 thick, and the upper, a few feet above, is from two to twenty inches. 

 Naturally this amount is not very serious, but in the earlier days of the 



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bloomeries the lower vein was somewhat mined, and excavations thirty or 

 forty feet down were made. The ore is probably much the same grade as 

 that at Hammondville, as the wall rock is the same. 



In his Bulletin on the Iron Ores of New York, Professor Smock speaks 

 of another small mine on the north side of Paradox lake, but I learned 

 no particulars about it. 



Ticonderoga. 



In my previous report, p. 452, the map of Ticonderoga was left 

 incomplete as regards its western edge. The observations that were gathered 

 last season along the western line with Schroon, make it quite evident that 

 the gneisses of Series I, with perhaps some limestones as yet unlocated and 

 ^oiiie minor intrusions of gabbro and trap dikes cover the area. The map has 

 therefore been filled in on this basis, and appears here in completed form. 



Minerva. 



Topography. Minerva is a very large township, which is still but 

 sparsely settled. While its elevations are of moderate character, no specially 

 aotable one being within the town lines, they are, in instances, extremely 

 ragged and wild. Population is chiefly limited to the southeastern comer, 



