CLINTON    OR    RED    ORES    OF    NORTHERN    ALABAMA. 
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The  three  sections  above  noted  are,  it  is  believed,  fairly  representative  of  the  conditions 
existing  in  this  portion  of  Dirtseller  Ridge.  In  places  the  ore  thickens  locally  to  3  or  even 
5  feet,  but  on  the  other  hand  local  thinning  occurs  at  other  points  on  the  outcrops.  It  is 
probably  safe  to  assume  that  the  average  thickness  over  the  whole  outcrop  is  between  20 
and  24  inches. 
As  this  particular  area  had  never  been  worked  to  supply  ore  for  the  old  charcoal  furnaces, 
the  Southern  Steel  Company  has  been  able  to  secure  a  very  large  amount  of  soft  ore  of  good 
grade  from  this  property.  Analyses  of  representative  shipments  of  this  soft  ore  by  M.  C. 
Shannon  follow : 
Analyses  of  soft  ore  from  Dirtseller  Ridge,  Alabama. 
Silica  (SiOj) 
Alumina  (A1203)., 
Metallic  iron  (Fe) 
Lime  (CaO) 
Phosphorus  (P).. 
13. 70 
5.86 
49.70 
2.35 
.44 
15.87 
5.87 
49.55 
2.61 
n.d. 
Most  of  the  workings  have  now  been  driven  deep  enough  to  have  passed  through  the  soft 
ore  into  the  hard,  of  which  no  analyses  are  available.  Northeast  of  the  Southern  Steel 
Company's  holdings  red  ore  has  been  mined  near  Dewey  post-office  and  at  other  points 
across  the  Georgia  line. 
