Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-04-09

MR EDITOR In Your Issue OF April =.
in the article headed Tin Ore in Maine
occurs this passage; 1T is a satisfaction
70 be- able to announce the discovery OF \
real tin mine, after having seen so many
pretended discoveries OF this ore pub
Eshed. which had no mineral foundation; -
which passage appearing under the cdi-
torial head in the Democrat, would seem
TO convey the idea that the alleged dis.
covery NJ cassiterite (oxide Of TIM in this
County. WAS pretended and had ''no
mineral foundation Such an impression
would l,c Injustice 10 Prof. \. +. Nerrill
of Yale College, myself and others, who
have announced that cass,erite is found
al Mt Mica. in Paris. and Mt. Rubcllite,
in Hebron. The existence of tin ore in
Oxford County is an indispu,able fact,
toned Is real have repeatedly found
il in place ri both localities and many of
the accompanying minerals in these To-
calities are characteristic of the tin mines
Of Cornwall and Bohemia, and At the
proper time can make known facts
which must co far To induce capitalists 10
make thorough exploration for the COW
etcd ore in this part ofthe country.
Prof Nerrill in communication TO the
Democrat which was republished in the
Report of the Scientific Survey for 1862,
page 40s. says
TIN ore. This ore, also called CaS-
siterttc, was first noticed a Paris min
eral al meeting Of the Boston Society of
Natural History, December 3. 1860, when
exhibited fine specimen of the mineral,
and gave brief account OF its mode of
occurrence This specimen | found in
1884, and it originally weighed at least
five pounds. IL was nearly purc--partly
crystalline and partly massive, and occur
red imbedded in Albile This specimen
attrarted considerable attention at the
time from geologis,s and mineralogists
present. on account of its size and purity.
Since first finding this mineral | have
found other smaller specimens, nearly
every time that have visited the locality,
and very beautiful specimen imbedded
in quartz, Prot. V. should have said al
bite. :. Il. c. has also been found by
MIR. $. X. Carter of Paris Hill.
This mineral has also been found
at the Hebron locality. The ore contains
IS per cent of metallic tin, and if found
in considerable quantity would be very
valuable
In Jackson. N H.. only one town lying
between that and Oxford Co. line. DIR.
Jackson himself discovered this ore and
in his Report of the Geological Survey OF
New Hampshire, he states that there had
been four veins opened and concerning
them he says:
The crop veins, except the one in
SftIiite, are al the SoHip'iSt V>iae va u"
stone, extremely rich and heavy, yielding
seventy-three per cent. of tin by assay
The rock near the veins yields from two
to ten per cent of tin.
Two men in two days extracted the ore
from vein No. 4, which weighed 100 lbs.
and yielded, on average samples, 30 TO
40 per cent. of fine tin"
have specimens in my cabinet from
each of these localities, which | shall be
happy at any time to exhibit to those IN
terested, and seeing is believing.
have written the above to refute the
idea that these were pretended discover
les of tin. which had no mineral founda-
ton" Yours truly.
SAN'L K. CARTER.