SMITH. 
QUARTZ    VEINS    IN    MAINE    AND    VERMONT.  87 
opening  a  sample  was  taken  which  was  assayed  by  Doctor  Allen  in 
the  Survey  laboratory,  with  the  following*  result: 
Assay  of  sample  of  quartz  from  Taggart  vein,  Bridgeivater,  Vt. 
Gold None. 
Silver 1.27  ounces. 
Copper 6.19  per  cent. 
Lead 6. 26  per  cent. 
This  indicates  a  value  of  over  $6,  but  the  sample  represents  the 
richer  part  of  a  small  ore  body.  The  absence  of  gold  is  suggestive  in 
view  of  the  high  gold  values  claimed  for  this  vein.  Quartz  has  been 
mined  from  other  parts  of  the  Taggart  vein,  but  it  is  said  that  what- 
ever value  it  may  have  contained  was  lost  in  the  process  of  milling. 
Four  mills  were  constructed  at  various  times  in  this  vicinity  for  the 
purpose  of  separating  the  gold  from  the  quartz. 
There  is  also  at  this  locality  what  may  be  a  cross  vein,  with  a  trend 
of  N.  50°  W.,  in  which  galena  is  reported  to  have  been  found,  but  the 
ore  was  soon  cut  off  by  a  fault  in  the  wall,  so  that  this  vein  can  not  be 
traced  very  far.  The  country  rock  is  here  full  of  stringers  of  quartz, 
so  that  locally  it  is  more  of  a  mica-gneiss  than  a  schist. 
Farther  north  in  the  same  town  is  the  Shataugua}^  group  of  claims. 
Little  could  be  learned  concerning  this  property,  except  that  develop- 
ment activity  at  the  time  of  the  visit  was  being  confined  to  mill  con- 
struction and  road  making.  A  well- equipped  quartz  mill  is  being 
built,  but  the  openings  that  will  furnish  the  ore  were  not  shown  by 
the  manager  of  the  property.  Two  small  prospects  were  examined  in 
the  vicinity,  where  small  amounts  of  sulphides  are  found  scattered  in 
the  country  rock,  which  here  is  a  soft,  white,  sand  rock,  locally  termed 
"porphyry."  It  seems  reasonable  to  consider  the  Shatauguay  veins  as 
forming  the  continuation  to  the  north  of  the  same  zone  as  that  containing 
the  Taggart  and  Otta  Queecha  veins. 
In  Plymouth,  the  next  town  south  of  Bridgewater,  mining  interest 
extends  back  over  forty-five  years.  At  Plymouth  Five  Corners  a  mill 
pond  was  once  drained  and  worked  for  placer  gold.  Sluice  boxes  and 
rockers  were  used,  and  the  result  is  variously  reported  at  from  $9,000 
to  $13,000.  Some  recent  prospecting  for  quartz  veins  has  been  done, 
and  reports  of  success  have  been  given  out.  At  the  locality  itself, 
however,  there  is  little  faith  in  these  reported  discoveries. 
Near  Tysons  Furnace,  in  the  southern  part  of  Plymouth,  the  Rooks 
Mining  Company  conducted  operations  about  twenty  years  ago  on  an 
ambitious  scale,  but  apparently  with  no  profit  from  the  mine.  This 
property  is  located  about  1£  miles  north  of  the  village,  and  was  visited, 
although  none  of  the  old  openings  were  in  condition  to  allow  examina- 
tion. The  country  rock  is  schist,  but  in  the  accumulation  of  material 
lying  on  the  tunnel  dump  and  around  the  old  buildings  no  ore  was 
