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Taking the Specular and Magnetic ore together they promise a valua- 
ble locality for an iron industry. There is a superior water power on 
Sugar Town river within a mile of these ores, and the country contigu- 
ous is heavily timbered. 
Near the base of the Nanteyalee mountain at the head of Cortoogajay 
creek, there is another locality of Magnetic iron on the lands of Mr. W. 
C. Kinsey. The jore here is found with Syenite. No excavation has 
been made upon these grounds, but the quantity of ore distributed over 
the surface indicate a vein of fair dimensions. Should the ore be de- 
veloped at this locality in sufficient quantity to justify the erection of a 
furnace, everything else is favorable for manufacturing purposes. There 
is a splendid water power within one mile of the ore, and the forests are 
ample for coaling grounds. Here the zone passes across the Nanteyalee 
mountain into the south-eastern corner of Clay county — a section I have 
not explored. 
There are many points along the whole Blue Ridge range, on the 
Western slope, where I have observed fragments of Magnetic ore, some 
of them worthy of careful investigation. There is a probability that nu- 
merous veins of this valuable ore may be found at points other than those 
mentioned. 
Plumbago exists along the entire range embracing the Corundum, 
Copper and Magnetic zones, from Mitchell to Clay. I have occasionally 
observed fragments the size of a hen’s egg of superior quality. I have 
not, however, made any special explorations in reference to it. There 
are strong reasons for believing that valuable deposits of it may be found 
in these ranges. 
I ought, perhaps, to have noticed while describing the minerals belong- 
ing to the Yalley river zone, to have mentioned a bed of black slates on 
the lands of the late N. S. Jarrett, which are quite fissile, and would, in 
the hands of skillful workmen, make good roofing tiles. 
There is a second Gold belt which passes from Union county, Georgia, 
into Clay, crossing Brass Town creek, near the State line. This zone 
lies on the south of the Yalley river zone, the gold occurring near the 
contact of the Taconic series wtth the Metamorphic rocks proper. On 
Gumlog creek, just on the Georgia side of the line, quartz veins occur in 
Gneiss aud Mica slate on the south side of the creek, that are rich in 
gold, while on the opposite side of the creek I have observed 
Gold in Talco micacious slate without any quartz gang. In this order 
the zone crosses the State line. On the lands of the Messrs. Brown, Mr. 
Loyed, Col. Platt, Benjamin Brown and John C. Moore, quartz veins 
occur. Prom some of these I have seen very rich gold ones. Upon the 
