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Pioneer Mills Mine, Cabarrus county; also, in Guilford county, and in 
many places west of the Blue Ridge. 
2. Sulphids dec. of metals of the iron , gold and tin groups. 
15. Argentite. 
In small grains, associated with native silver, in the ores of Silver 
Hill, Davidson county, and the McMakin Mine*, in Cabarrus county, 
also in slates of Montgomery county. (Emmons.) 
Id. Galexite. 
At Silver Hill sometimes in highly argentiferous, crystalline blueish 
grey masses, also coarsely and finely granular. In coarse grained masses 
at the Hoover Mine and Boss Mine, in Davidson county, and the 
McMakin Mine, Cabarrus county, in small quantities at Miller’s Mine, 
Baker Mine and Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, at Pax Hill, in 
Burke county, in Alexander county, at Cansler & Shuford Mine, the 
Asbury Mine and King’s Mountain Mine,* in Gaston county, highly 
auriferous and argentiferous galenite occurs at the Stewart Mine, Lem- 
mond Mine and Long Mine, in Lhiion county; with copper ores it is 
found at the Clegg’s* and Williams’ Mines, in Chatham county; the 
Peach Bottom Mine,* in Alleghany county ; at Marshall, in Madison 
county, with gold at Murphy, Cherokee county. Specimens of fine 
grained galenite have also been obta.ined from Beech Mountain,* in Wa- 
tauga, and on Elk creek,* Wilkes county. 
IT. Altaite. 
This exceedingly rare mineral occurs associated with gold, nagyagite, 
galenite, etc., at King’s Mountain Mine,* Gaston county. 
* 
18 . Bornite or variegated copper ore. 
I have crystalline specimens of bornite from Guilford county, probably 
from the Gardner Hill Mine ; it is of somewhat rare occurrence in North 
Carolina, but has been found with other copper ores at Clegg’s Mine, in 
Chatham county, Marshall, in Madison county, Peach Bottom, Alle- 
ghany county, and the Gap Creek Mine, Wilkes county. 
