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GOLD MINING IN GEORGIA.
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MINES IN TOWNE COUNTY.
A zone of ore-bearing schists about 3 miles in length extends across the State line into Clay county, X. C. (see p. 70).
The Waene mine, in Clay county, 1ST. C, is situated on Brasstown creek, about 8 miles southwest of Haysville and not more than J mile north of the Georgia line.
The developments consist of a 60-foot shaft, at the bottom of which the quartz-vein is stated to be 2 feet in width. There are no underground workings of consequence. The property is equipped with a 10stamp mill driven by a turbine wheel with a 20-foot water-fall.
The Old Field mine, in Towne county, Ga., adjoins the Warne on the southwest. Considerable exploratory work has been done, and a number of quartz-veins located. There appears to be a good opportunity here for hydraulicking the saprolitic material over a considerable area; with a ditch line 2 miles in length a head of 160 feet can be attained.
The Nancy Beown mine adjoins the Old Field on the southwest, beyond which lies the Hunt mine property, where the main developments consist of a shaft 45 feet deep, and a tunnel 60 feet long. In the former, the vein, which is composed of vitreous quartz, is stated to vary from 18 to 36 inches in width, and various assays have shown values ranging from $10 to $17. In the tunnel the quartz-vein, which strikes nearly east and west and stands vertically, has a thickness of from 12 to 15 inches, which has given reported mill-test values of $13. The country is mica-gneiss and -schist, striking !N\ 70° W. These rocks are filled with quartz-stringers or veinlets, and in general the district is not unlike that of the Dahlonega region in Lumpkin county.
The Jack Beown property adjoins the Hunt on the southwest. The main prospect is an 8-foot quartz-vein, which has a promising appearance and is stated to carry values from $9 to $125 per ton. The strike of the vein is !N". 75° E., and the dip is nearly vertical.
The Welboen Hill mine is situated about -| mile west of the Jack Brown on a parallel zone of auriferous schists. It was last worked several years ago by two shafts respectively 125 and 70 feet deep, cutting two parallel quartz-veins respectively 36 and 30 inches wide. The strike is 1ST. 40° E. and the dip steeply to the northwest. The property is equipped with a 10-stamp mill of the Hall type.
THE CAEOLINA BELT (iN GEOEGIA).
In the eastern part of the State an auriferous district, which probably represents the southwesterly extension of the Carolina belt, is developed to some extent in McDuffie, Warren, Wilkes, Lincoln, and Columbia counties.
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