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e  other  hand,  the  fact  that  the  two  seams  have  very  different  thick- 
ss  is  suggestive  that  they  are  really  two  distinct  beds. 
Nearly  a  mile  south  of  Weewokaville,  on  the  east  side  of  Weewoka 
eek,  there' is  another  group  of  openings  which  shows  rather  good  ore. 
le  ore,  however,  is  seldom  over  3  feet  thick  and  so  would  be  rather 
pensive  to  mine.  The  structure  at  this  place  is  complicated.  The 
e  has  a  more  nearly  north  south  strike,  with  even  a  slight  tendency 
ward  the  southeast.  The  dip  is  extremely  variable.  In  the  western 
,rt  of  the  held,  where  it  has  been  opened  up  by  prospect  pits,  the 
p  becomes  nearly  flat.  This  flattening  is  due  in  part  to  the  creep  of 
e  surface  but  mainly  to  the  actual  change  in  dip  which  the  rocks 
ve  undergone.  Considering  the  thinness  of  the  beds,  their  flat 
^lination,  and  the  lower  tenor  of  iron,  this  property  does  not  seem 
promising  as  the  Riser  or  Heacock  Mountain  fields.  This  southern 
Id  is  abruptly  terminated  toward  the  north  by  a  fault  and  the 
rthward  continuation  of  the  lead  has  not  yet  been  successfully 
jated.  Throughout  the  field  there  are  a  number  of  faults  of  small 
^placement,  most  of  which  seem  to  be  normal  faults. 
Gray  ore  float  can  be  traced  southward  almost  Cvjntinuousty  to 
ideluvia  Mountain,  though  no  exploration  pits  have  been  put  in  to 
icover  the  ore.  In  Andeluvia  Mountain  at  least  three  veins  of  ore 
b  exposed.  The  most  valuable  occurs  on  the  northwest  side, 
lere  6  feet  of  good  clean  ore  has  been  exposed  in  a  prospect  pit. 
?ar  the  summit  of  the  mountain  there  is  also  some  gray  ore,  but  it  is 
low  grade  and  is  merely  a  ferruginous  sandstone  with  perhaps  25 
r  cent  of  metallic  iron. 
On  the  summit  of  Andeluvia  Mountain  a  prospect  pit  has  been  sunk 
d,  according  to  local  tradition,  about  a  hundred  tons  of  ore  were 
ipped  from  it.  The  ore,  however,  was  so  poor  that  it  had  no  economic 
lue  and  further  work  was  abandoned.  There  are  at  least  two  kinds 
iron  ore  exposed  on  Andeluvia  Mountain,  namely,  the  gray  ore  and 
variety  of  specular  hematite.  The  amount  of  the  latter,  judging 
>m  the  float,  is  rather  slight  and  probably  this  ore  has  no  economic 
Lportance.  The  specular  ore  is  found  in  the  schists  associated  with 
ises  of  quartz.  At  many  places  some  iron  carbonate  or  siderite  is 
sociated  with  the  hematite,  but  it  occurs  in  insignificant  amounts. 
From  Andeluvia  Mountain  as  far  south  and  west  as  Hickmans  Gap, 
lich  is  about  one-half  mile  east  of  Herds  Gap,  the  occurrence  of  the 
elias  already  been  described  in  the  paragraphs  on  the  Emauhee  and 
3saba  mines.  From  this  point  westward  as  far  as  Fulton  Gap  there 
,s  been  more  or  less  desultory  prospecting,  but  the  ore  so  far  exposed 
&  generally  been  in  narrow  beds  much  intermixed  with  slate.  Very 
tie  systematic  exploration  has  been  done  in  this  field,  however,  and 
rther  development  work  by  means  of  pits  and  trenches  would  prob- 
»ly  afford  interesting  results.     At  least  four  different  beds  have  been 
