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opened by a cross-cut tunnel, determining its thickness to be about 30 feet. Tests made in a small 5-stamp mill located in the vicinity have demonstrated a saving of $2 per ton by amalgamation.
MINES IX TALLADEGA COUNTY.
The occurrence of gold in this county is limited to the extreme eastern portion, in the Blue Ridge mountain range. The Riddle and Story mines have been worked to some extent.
The ore-body at the Riddle mine is a highly sulphuretted quartzvein, having a very flat dip towards the southeast. It has been opened by an inclined shaft on the dip to a depth of 100 feet. The thickness of the quartz lenses is about -A inches, pinching to a mere seam in places. Assays have shown values varying from $20 to $150 per ton. The prospect pits extend for over half a mile on the course of the vein.
The Story mine lies in the adjoining section to the Riddle. The ore was mined some years ago from an incline on the vein to a depth of GO feet. It is similar to that of the Riddle mine.
The occurrence of gold in Coosa, Chilton, Chambers and Tallapoosa counties has been fully described by Dr. \Y. B. Phillips in Bulletin Xo. 3, Geological Survey of Alabama.
The latter county was at one time the seat of extensive mining operations in the Goldville, Hog Mountain,1 Silver Hill, Gregory Hill, Blue Hill, and Farrow Mountain districts."
GOLD MINES IN TENNESSEE.
The gold produced in this State has been obtained entirely from petty placer workings in Monroe, Polk, McMinn, and Blount counties. The most prolific sources have been the deposits along Coco creek, a tributary of the Hiawassee river in Monroe county. Other gold-bearing streams in this county are the Citico and Cane creeks, and the headwaters of the Tellico river. Along Whippoorwill branch, a tributary of the Tellico, small gold quartz-veins have been discovered, but they have never been worked.
In the latter part of 1896 a company known as the Cooper Gold Mining Company was organized for the purpose of developing the Coco creek gold fields.'
1 Extensive prospecting work has recently been done at Hog Mountain with the result ot showing the existence there Of a number of thick veins of low grade ore, averaging perhaps $4 or $5 a ton.
So also in the vicinity or the old Ulrich mines, and across the river at the Bonner, Terrell, and Gunn mines, much work has been done within the past twelve months.
2 See Bulls. Nos. 3 and 5, Geolog. Survey of Alabama. *Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. Ixii, p. 374.
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