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falls of the Saranac, at Miller’s settlement. The quality of the ore, so far as inspection alone 
can determine, is good; being free from pyrites, phosphate of lime, etc., and moreover rich 
in iron. Within half a mile of the vein, there is sufficient water power for moving the ma¬ 
chinery of a forge or furnace ; and withal the vein is situated in the midst of fuel necessary 
for reduction, sufficient for a long period of time. In this locality, I observed no fact not 
already stated, in illustrating the phenomena of veins of iron ore. 
Another vein of ore, not far from this neighborhood, has been discovered on Chub river. Its 
appearance indicates an ore of like quality with that just described. 
While at Miller’s settlement, I was informed that a vein of black ore had been discovered 
near Tupper’s lake. Of this I cannot speak with confidence, having never visited the place 
where it is said to have been found. 
It is a fact worthy of remembrance, that it is rare to find a single insulated vein, or one 
that is entirely alone and unaccompanied with other veins. There seems to be in general a 
cluster of veins somewhat central to a main deposit; and hence, when one has been discovered 
in a section of country, it may, agreeably to experience and observation, be expected that 
more still exist in the vicinity. From the mode, however, in which many veins occur, it is a 
matter of chance whether they are discovered or not, as frequently they do not reach the 
surface. 
Conger ore. There is a cluster of veins, apparently of some importance, in township No. 
11, near the Port Kent and Hopkinton turnpike road, on lands owned by Mr. Conger. The 
Conger ore is black and coarse grained. On recent fracture, the lustre is bright. Some 
portions are fine grained, intermixed with decomposed feldspar. It contains also white flint, 
and some that is rusty brown. This ore, as well as the preceding, is in gneiss, in which 
hornblende, black mica, etc., form an essential part. So far as circumstances for reducing 
ore are concerned, they are favorable at Conger’s, being in the midst of a wooded region, and 
in the vicinity of sufficient water power, near the great falls of the St. Regis. 
In this same region, in township No. 8, three or four miles from Conger’s, veins of mag¬ 
netic oxide have been discovered, but they require farther examination before their characters 
can be fully determined. 
Ores of Duane. 
With the village of Duane as the centre, several veins are known to exist within a circuit 
of four or five miles. 
Deer River ore. Lustre resinous and somewhat shining, but in parts dull. Breaks into 
angular fragments, the form and shape of which are determined by natural joints indicating 
cleavage planes, the surfaces of which are covered with a coating of green earth, or chloritic 
matter, which is not uncommon in ores of this description. The seams too are often incrusted 
with yellowish oxide of iron. Intermixed also with the ore, I observed some hypersthene. 
The vein is traversed longitudinally with seams of light-colored feldspar, especially by that 
portion containing hornblende. The faces of the hornblende have a glassy lustre. The 
gangue of the ore is principally hornblende, and coarsely crystalline, intermixed v/ith large 
