A preliminary report on a part of the iron ores of Georgia; Polk, Bartow and Floyd counties - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...Sulphur......................060 Sand or Insoluble Matter............. 30.480 Samples Nos. 1 and 3 were two of the more siliceous ores, taken from the cut near the washer. THE J. A. WRIGHT PROPERTY This property, lot 62, 17th district, adjoins the Oredell property on the east. The main iron deposits occur along the foot-hills of the chert ridge, which bounds the Etna valley on the east. Considerable ore was mined, here, some years ago. The ore is similar to that, found on the Oredell property, and occurs in like-manner. The property is now being worked by Mr. Linton Sparks, of Cave Spring, Ga., who is mining and shipping, daily, from one to two car-loads of ore. With the exception of water for washing, the Wright property is well located, for economic mining. THE HEMATITE PROPERTY The Hematite property is a large tract of mineral land, of about i,ioo acres, adjoining the Oredell property on the north. Some mining was done on this property, in 1874; but the greater part of the work has been done, since 1897. There occurs, here, in the hills west of the Southern Railway, a large number of orebanks, many of which have been worked more or less extensively. The ore occurs, here, as elsewhere throughout Polk county, in pockets and leads, associated with chert in the vari-colored clays. Quartzite, in the form of angular fragments, cemented into large masses by oxide of iron, thus forming a typical breccia, is also present. In some of the banks, the ore seems to consist largely of limonite, partially altered to hematite. This alteration is especially noticeable in Bank No. 1, located on the hillside near the Hematite siding. The ore here consists, largely, of what is known among miners, as soft ore. It is quite porous, and is easily crushed to powder. The cavities ...