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only a few acres of ground. In Mr. Hall’s neighborhood some parties 
were testing for Mica and found a small vein of Corundum associated 
with Mica and Albite. This vein, however, is in close proximity to the 
Chrysolite on Mr. Hall’s lands, and constitutes the only instance in which 
I have found Corundum outside of Chrysolite rock. I have not been 
advised for over a year as to whether the parties operating upon the prop- 
erty have found it in sufficient quantity to render it an object, ot com- 
mercial interest. 
On entering Jackson county, the Chrysolite crops out at several points 
along the Scott’s creek valley, and on the Tuckasegee river, at Webster. 
At all the localities in this county there exists a good deal of Ripidolite. 
At one I found Margarite, at two others Bronzite, but at none of them 
did I find Corundum. My examinations were, however, altogether too 
hasty to be satisfactory. I am impressed with the belief that this rare 
and valuable mineral will yet be found in Jackson. Hear the dividing 
line, between the counties of Jackson and Macon, and within Macon, the 
Chrysolite crops out again. Here a little Corundum has been discovered. 
There are several out-crops down the Ellijay valley, and at Lyles’ mill 
there has been quite a quantity of fragments and sections of crystals 
washed out, besides the discovery of some massive Corundum. Gen. 
Clingman operated upon this property at one time for Sapphire and Ruby 
gems. I have never understood whether he found any precious stones or 
not. I think this property is worthy of a more thorough and scientific 
investigation. Passing from this locality to the Sugar Town valley, we 
come to the Jenks mine. Here the first discovery of Corundum was 
made west of the French Broad valley, and inasmuch as much has 
been said about this discovery, I shall forbear any account of it in this 
report. The property was purchased by Col. C. W. Jenks, for Capt. E. 
B. Ward, of Detroit, Michigan. At the time this purchase was made 
about one thousand pounds of Corundum had been dug out near the sur- 
face, and a portion of it sold to Mineralogists for cabinet specimens. Three 
veins had been cut at a few feet from the surface, and some handsome 
crystals obtained. The Chrysolite out-crop at this locality is embraced 
within twenty-five acres of ground. Corundum was found at numerous 
points over the whole area of out-crop, and masses were obtained weigh- 
ing as much as forty pounds. Following the digging done by Mr. H. M. 
Crisp and myself, Col. Jeuks’ workmen obtained from the vein a crystal 
weighing three hundred and fifteen pounds. The hexagonal faces were 
well defined upon it, and while the principal part of it was gray, there 
were portions of it of sapphire blue and ruby red colors. After the dis- 
covery and mining out of this crystal I know scarcely any thing of the 
