Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-06

MOL. No;2. NOS. Nc; 4
" sia5s $685. $50 igS Sss sfiS S s2oS
9i iron ~ s5.so4 $4,000 $3.50 a7.s
h heS RoG lrOn. ee.S5d eoSG5 $500 esYY0
These analyses show remarkable results.
Nos. and are analyses of q red hematite
ore, a few blocks only having been found in
the region of country lying between Mary
Vile and Little river. But these few
blocks are of d. cided interest, as indicating
what may possibly be found by a more
vigilant search. The fact is well known
tn at, in Sullivan county, at Shsrps bank,
occurs well-defned vein, nearly vertical,
of hard, compact red hematite of the same
character as No I, and evidences OF the
same vein are seen at the Cannon bank,
on Stony creek, in Carter county, and on
Gross mountain, about eighteen miles
above. Blocks of the same ore are occa-
sionally met with in Jefferson county, and
near Sweetwater in Monroe county. Irac-
| ing line from Gross mountain through
Sullivan, Jefferson, Blount and Monroe,
uniting the localities where these vera
| specimens have been found, and 1t Will be
| seen to conclude with the wrinkled surface
| of East Tennessee, and the PROBABILITIES
are exceedingly favorable for the discovery
| of a vein of co npact red hematite OF q
character unsurpa passed by any ore in any
country.
In Loudon county, brown hematite ores
of a good quality are found near the len
nessee river, which show by analysis about
the same results, that is to say, from 5S to
| so per cent. of metallic iron, and about
0036 of phosphorus. .s....
| But of all the counties southwest OF Knox
VILE, none gives higher evidences of abund-
II; rf In
and brown hematites. A bed of red fossil
ore occurs about nine miles from Athens.
and is remarkable from the fact that 1t is
found in the lower siluran formation,
while all the other fossil ores of the state
are in the upper silurian. This ore f rms
long, rounded ridge, running northeast
and south est for two miles, with an aver
age height above the valley of 70 feet.
the ore lies between a bed of yellowsh
shsle above and vsriegsted marble below.
The amount of ore At this bank, known
now as Thomas or Hills bank, i immense,
and at no place now known can ore be
more cheaply mined. The outcrop covers
an area half a mile long and from 200 TO
8 0 feet wide, and at few places this width
is increased even beyond this. The ore has
been penetrated to the depth of 20 feet
without reaching bottom Estimating the
quantity from these data, there are not less
may be used with profit in furnace. l
have two analyses of this ore-one made
by Mr. Sjoberg and the other by Prof
Burton-as follows.
SIoberg Burton
fUaSli6is IN acids s s6d8 9s S3
Sesqulnoxlde OF ir0n..............., 7I.s4l SO.g3
Pno pho ,us.'..'.-'' 'o5U '0z
Metallic iron .........,,....".,......5 44S0 OO.6o
Prof Burton gave also in his analysis
0 % of sulphur
A parallel lead of brown hematite runs
one mile distant from the fossiliferous
seam mentioned above, containing large
quantities of ore, which shows from IS to
80 per cent. of iron, and two specimens
analysed gave respectively 0.044 and 0.030
per cent of phosph rus.
Between E-tannsllee and Chestna creeks,
in the same cou ty, are seams OF fossil ore
within three or four miles of the railroad,
| from which considerable bod es of ore may
be obtained. The nearest point FROM these
seams to the railroad is Riceville.
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