The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

phfdes or arsenics, the original me-
tallic minerals of cobalt, have been
Identified, but in number of locali.
ties the oxide, or asbolite, has neeD
observed, associated with manga.
nese minerals or ores. The prfnci.
pal localities where the asbolite has
been found are as follows: A few
miles southeast of Cary, Wake
County, where black manganese co.
bait mineral can be observed for
quarter of a mile, outcropping oc-
caslonally on the surface. A little
prospect work has been done here by
sinking pits and making cuts across
the vein, and 1t has shown it to be
probably continumicaceous schist
extending in a general direction
north twenty degrees east that can
be traced from Bessemer City north
eastward into Lincoln County. These
schlsts contain throughout nearly
the whole area numerous small
seams, incrustations and stains of
black manganese material which
gives reactions for cobalt Some of
this material is largely iron oxide
when II is more of reddish or yell
lowish ochre color, but the most of
1t is black
AT the Ormond iron mine, one
mile southwest of Bessemer City,
there is a considerable quantity of
this material found mixed with the
iron ore, and it may be that 1t was
the cobalt which went into the pig
iron that gives this iron its repu.
tation for hardness and toughness.
At the Long Greek Gold Mine, situ-
ated about six miles northwest of
Dallas, CASTOR County, masses of
quality, taken out of the Asbury
shaft, were thickly encrusted with
mammilary masses of asbolite or
earthly cobalt. About a mile north
east from the Long Creek mine, on
the old Lincolnton, Yorkville, S. c.,
road, near the summit of Cross or
Paysour Mountain, a band of rock
hICeen feet wide across contains
veins and seams of wad or asbolite.
Following this vein in a northerly
direction, it descends the west slope
of Cross Mountain and fifty years
ago number of openings had been
made on the asbolite seams Some
of this material was analyzed and
gave 1926 per cent. of the cobalt
| and nickel oxides, the larger amount
of this being cobalt. The same for
| nation can be traced into Lincoln
County and similar seams of wad are
observed
The original minerals from which
this cobalt oxide is derived may be
one of the sulphides mentioned
above, or one of the sulphides that
contain both nickel and cobalt.
Where Ii is Found.
AS all the cobalt identified in
North Carolina has thus far been as
sociated with psilomelane wad, it is
such deposits that will attract the
most attention in prosecuting for
this metal. This mineral has been
found at a great many localities
throughout the State, as at SCOTS
Hill, Burke County, near Lenoir
Caldwell County; at Gillespie Gap
near Bakersville, Mitchell County;
on Cove Creek and Richmond Creek
Haywood County; near Buckhorn
Chatham County; Murphy, Cherokee
County; Franklin, Mason County;
Webster, Jackson County; and Zir
coma, Henderson County.
The simplest test of cobalt is by
fusing up some of the powdered
mineral with borax, the cobalt oxide
giving to the resulting borax glass q
deep blue color. This test is so deli.
cate that it will show even traces OF
cobalt and can be used even when a
large percentage of nickel is asso.
ciated with the cobalt.-Charlott
Daily Observer.