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made upon the hill side, and a vien, some two or three feet in thickness, 
cut. Higher up the hill I observed an out-crop of ore, indicating a much 
larger vein, and from the manner in which the ore is distributed over the 
surface, I have but little doubt that it exists in large quantity. It is fa^ 
vorably located for practical operations. The veins are on a steep ridge 
at considerable elevation above water. At a short distance Ivy creek, 
furnishes umple water power for driving machinery, and the surrounding 
country for several miles abounds in unbroken forests, capable of furnish- 
ing fuel for a number of years to come. The Magnetite at this locality 
is associated with a Pyroxene like mineral, perhaps, the variety Sahlite. 
The country rock is principally Gneiss. I did not explore this range 
in either direction of the strike from Mr. Eller’s, and am uninformed as 
to other out-crops. 
The third zone in which Magnetic Iron occurs is in the copper and 
Corundum belt. In this zone the Magnetite occurs in Syenite and 
Gneiss, and in some instances with Chlorite at Chrysolite localities. On 
Elijay creek in Macon county about eight miles Southeast of Franklin on 
the lands of Messrs. Ward and Moses. A vein is in Gneiss, and at the 
surface has a power, apparently, of seven or eight feet. The ore is mixed 
with quartz, but there is a strong probability that at some depth the vein 
■will produce ore comparatively free from foreign matter. This supposi- 
tion is supported by the fact that in the same neighborhood, on the lands 
of Mr. David Moses, a shaft was sunk about twenty feet deep in search 
of a copper vein. At the surface Magnetite and yellow copper were 
sparcely distributed through a zone of Gneiss some eight or ten feet 
thick. At a depth of twenty feet the Gneissoid matter was in a good 
degree absent, and Magnetite with a small amount of copper had taken 
its place. This is likely to form a valuable vein. Four miles from 
Franklin in a Southeast direction there exists Specular Iron on the lands 
of Gen’l Thos. M. Angel. JSTo excavation has been made at this locality. 
I have observed masses of ore scattered over the surface weighing from 
one to seventy or eighty pounds. The ore has not been analized, but 
seems to be very pure. The Iron here occurs with Gneiss. One mile 
from this locality, there occurs Magnetic Iron on the lands of Mr. Wm. 
Washburn. The ore has been found in red earth, in masses weighing 
from one ounce to twenty pounds. The masses are angular and bear 
marks of having been detached from a vein. The rocks here are Sye- 
nite-— a large out-crop. Some of the ore obtained at a depth of, perhaps 
two feet, has a soft slaty Chlorite attached to it. This fact j ustifies me 
in determining that the vein is located in Chlorite slate. The ore at this 
place is solid and highly magnetic. 
