The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-04-28
per account of the uncovering OF very
rich deposit of feldspar in the town OF
Hebron.

per account of fine uncovering Of very
rich deposit of feldspar in the town OF
Hebron.
Iron ore exists in Maine IN large
quantities, the varieties beng nerma-
tite, magnetic and bog ore. A large bed
of red hermitage occurs in wage flanta-
ton in Aroostook county, suncient, 1T
is calculated, to produce lOO,OOo tons Of
iron. There are beds of magnetic ore on
Mount Desert and some OF the adjacent
islands and also in the town OF buckheld.
An immense bed of bog iron ore occurs
in the town of New Limerick, Aroostook
county, and at Katahdin Iron Works in
Piscataquis county. At the latter place
charcoal iron was manufactured for
about 80 wears, but work was finally
suspended in 1883. Earlier in the history
of the State iron was manufactured from
bog iron ore in the town OF Newtleld,
York county. Extensive deposits are
found at Shapleigh, Argyle, Clinton,
Williamsburg, Bluehill, Lebanon, Union,
Canton, Paris, Saco and Ihomaston,
while smaller deposits are found IN Brls-
tol, Bucksport, Dixfield, Dover, Farm
ington, Greenwood, Jay, Liberty, Rum
ford and Winslow.
1.-The above named localities are the
principal points, where iron ore has been
found, but whether it will ever again be
profitable to work these deposits and
manufacture pig iron in our State is
question for capitalists to consider and
decide. The ore is here in abundance and
railroads now run very near the richest
deposits.
1.-The richest lead mine, so far as is
known is in the town of Lubec, Wash
ington county. This mine has been
worked considerably and many tons or
ore have been taken from it. In some
of the veins there is quite percentage
of zinc combined with the lead. Galena,
the principal ore of lead, is found IN
Bluehill. Cherryfeld, Dexter, PASSPORT,
Marion, Parsonsfeld, Scarboro, Thomas
ton, Topsham, Warren and several other
towns.
''Some of these deposits are rich in
lead and are very favorably situated In
regard to accessibility and the ease with
which they might be worked. Any
marked increase in the price of that
metal would cause those interested in
mining to investigate the lead mines OF
Maine. In this connection it may be
said that nearly all of our lead mines
contain silver to some extent and some
of them have been worked for silver rath-
er than lead.
COPPER.
1.-THE richest copper belt in Maine is in
the town of Bluehill, Hancock county,
and is four miles long and half mile
wide. The richest copper ore seems to
be confined to a soft granular quartzite.
The whole deposit is clearly stratitied
and appears to be an immense fissure
vein, the whole mass Of which is impreg
mated with cupriferous ores. In the
mining" days of 1879 and 1880 large
quantities of copper ore were taken from
the Bluehill mines and shipped away to
be Smelted.
"a copper belt is situated in the town
of Marion, Washington county. At West
Quoddy Head, in Lubec, there is vein
of lead and copper and at Cutler there
are veins of lead, copper and zinc. Cop
per has also been found in Kossuth town.
ship near Carroll and in several other
towns in the State.
"Tin has been found in one or two To-
calities in Maine. A mass of tin ore
weighing five pounds was found many
years ago at Mount Mica in the town of
Paris. Prof. Hitchcock thought that at
some time tin ore would be found in pay
ing quantities in the hills of Oxford coun-
ty. In Bluehill the mineral wolfram &C.
ours in granite. This in the English
mines, is considered an indication of tin.
''On the wild lands in the southeastern
part of Hancock county, at locality
known as Catherine Hill on the shore of
Great Tunk Pond, there was reported
early in the present year the discovery of
a hitherto unknown metal which has
been named Nominate. This metal is
said to be natural tin in alloy with bis
muth, and is found in sheet and ingot
formation. Nothing further has been
heard from the matter and it is uncer-
tain whether there is a sufficient guam
tity to make it of any commercial value.