Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Corundum and Its Occurrence and Distribution in the United States (A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Bulletin ) . B. INTERIOR VEIN OF CORUNDUM IN THE PERIDOTITE FORMATION AT BUCKCREEK, CLAY COUNTY, N. C. CORUNDUM TN UNTTKD STATES. 121 tioii itself, ;ni(l where tliey eiiconnlered (•onindum i( was in smallpockets, the remains of lar, showsone of these interior veins. From the (luantity of eornndnm exposedby prospecting and the work done in the shaft, there is withontdoubt a large quantity of cornndum associated with these peridotiteIocks, an
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Corundum and Its Occurrence and Distribution in the United States (A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Bulletin ) . B. INTERIOR VEIN OF CORUNDUM IN THE PERIDOTITE FORMATION AT BUCKCREEK, CLAY COUNTY, N. C. CORUNDUM TN UNTTKD STATES. 121 tioii itself, ;ni(l where tliey eiiconnlered (•onindum i( was in smallpockets, the remains of lar, showsone of these interior veins. From the (luantity of eornndnm exposedby prospecting and the work done in the shaft, there is withontdoubt a large quantity of cornndum associated with these peridotiteIocks, and if the mine were more accessil)le to the railroad it wouldoifer one of the l)est corundum ]:>roi)erties in the State. The nearestpoint on the Muri)hy branch of the Southern Railway is 18 miles,over a good road. Buck Creek offers amj^le w^ater supply for run-ning a mill sufficient to clean wdiatever corundum would be minedhere. This property is also o^vned by the International Corundumand Emery Company, of NeAv York. The ore is not difficult toclean, and, as far as can be judged from a superficial examination,should
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