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tain. In this mountain is the Cullowhee mine. I visited and examined 
the grounds at this mine in 1860. Having lost the notes of that exam- 
ination, I must rely upon my memory for the facts I ascertained during 
that examination. My recollection is that the vein opened by Messrs. 
Oram & Davies is about six feet in thickness. The ore is a rich 
yellow copper, (Chalcopyrite.) Capt. Oram reported to me as the average 
per centum of metalic copper from a box of ore sent to a copper furnace, 
twenty-seven per cent. I formed the opinion when upon the grounds, 
that there exists two parallel veins having cross fissures, making a perfect 
network of veins. This is valuable property, and only needs capital, en- 
terprise and the means of transportation to establish, at that point, a val- 
uable mining industry. Further south-westward is the Wolf creek mine, 
a property I did not visit after a copper vein was opened upon it. I saw 
samples of ore from it, however, that made a good showing of yellow 
copper. This range passes south-westward into Macon county on the 
waters of Ellajay and Buck creek. I now return to Jackson. The range 
or zone from the head of Scott’s creek passes along the range of the 
double top mountain, showing the out-crops already alluded to. On 
reaching Waychutta, there are several out-crops both north-east and south- 
west of the mine. In 1860 the Waychutta mine showed handsome spec- 
mens of green Malachite, copper Pyrites and occasionally some native 
Copper. I have not been upon the grounds since that date and am un- 
advised as to the present condition of the mine. Shell ridge, Buck 
knob and Hornbuckle may all be included in this belt. Buck knob and 
Shell ridge I examined before any work was done upon either. They 
have proved to be good copper localities. The Hornbuckle I never 
visited, but it has good reputation for its out-crop of Gossan. 
North-west of the shell ridge is the old Savannah mine. At this point 
the first discovery of copper was made in Jackson. Here is a good vein 
several feet in thickness of yellow copper. This property is on a trans- 
verse section of rocks. The Gneiss and Syenite strike off to the north- 
west, and about half a mile from the old Savannah is the new Savannah, 
which has been opened since the close of the war. Messrs. Higdon and 
Buckhanon, the owners of the property, drove in a tunnel and cut the 
vein at twenty-five or thirty feet in depth from the surface. At this point 
in the vein there is a mixture of gossan, black copper, gangstone and yel- 
low copper. Good specimens cannot now be obtained, owing to the fact 
that the Pyretous matter of the vein, since its exposure to the atmosphere, 
is in a state of fermentation. The vein, however, is apparently a large 
one, being from eight to twelve feet in thickness. The out-crop continues 
for a quarter of a mile north-westward, and also shows south-eastward on 
