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marble of rare beauty. Some of it is clouded marble, with a white 
ground, while there is again a beautiful steel grey; and also marble, the 
black and white lines of which give it the appearance of rich Scotch 
plaid. The marble at this locality is susceptible of a high finish, and 
takes a high degree of lustre when polished. Nothing is known posi- 
tively as to the quality of the marble along the range, from Mr. Young’s 
to the head of the river. Passing through red marble gap and down to 
the Nanteyalee river, the flesh colored marble occurs on the lands be- 
longing to the heirs of Capt. N. S. Jarrett. This marble would make 
elegant slabs for parlor furniture, and would, I think, be singularly 
adapted to statuary. Statuary chiselled out of this marble would bear a 
life-like color, and would be less liable to soil, while it would not be lia- 
ble to the objection of death-like appearance of white marble. The 
quality of this marble is excellent. The texture of some that I have 
seen is fine, and specimens that I have dressed receive an elegant polish. 
In the same group belonging to this zone and at number six, there is a 
vein of cellular quartz enclosed in the marble that bears gold and argen- 
tiferous lead. The Lenoir brothers, who now own the property, are pre- 
paring for extensive operations upon the vein. Their prospects are 
flattering for success. At several points up the Yalley, and especially 
along the branches that flow into Yalley river from the south, there are 
valuable deposits of gold. The source of this gold seems to be a belt of 
Micacious and Chloride slates which abound in Staurotide. At what is 
known as the Totham gold mine, about two miles south-west of Yalley 
Town, there has been picked up from the gravel-beds a good deal of Ru- 
tile, some of which is well crystalized. 
On the waters of Peach-tree creek there exists gold, and also iron. 
Several years ago a shaft was sunk by parties in search of Copper, in 
which they cut several small veins of protoxide of iron in a brown pow- 
der. It is in an impalpable condition, and when heated becomes more 
highly oxidised. It makes an excellent red paint, — has considerable bril- 
liancy and durability. This locality is about four miles Southeast from 
Murphy, the range crossing the Iliwassee river and showing an out-crop 
of Limestone and brown iron ore on little Brass Town creek. In addi- 
tion to the minerals already mentioned in the grouping of the Yalley 
river zone, is manganese. I have seen some specimens of it of good 
quality. Near Yallev Town a shaft was sunk for copper a nummer of 
years ago, in which a good deal of Manganese was found, but the river at 
high water has carried it away so that specimens cannot now be obtained. 
It also occurs in and with Chalcedonic quartz in red Marble gap at the 
head of Yalley river. No exploration has been made with special refer- 
