The quicksilver resources of California . 156 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OP CALIFORNIA. croppings indicate a very flat ledge, strike nearly east, dip north,which is well charged with cinnabar. Cypress Mountain Group.—Adelaide District. In Sees, i and 2,T. 27 S., R. 9 E. J. H. Follis, of San Francisco, and E. Smithand W. S. Forrington, of Paso Robles, owners. This group ofmines is located near the only exposure of igneous rocksappearing in this district, and near the prominent serpentineexposure of Cypress Mountain. The dike of rhyolite, aboutthree quarters of a mile long and 800 feet wide, runs abo
The quicksilver resources of California . 156 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OP CALIFORNIA. croppings indicate a very flat ledge, strike nearly east, dip north,which is well charged with cinnabar. Cypress Mountain Group.—Adelaide District. In Sees, i and 2,T. 27 S., R. 9 E. J. H. Follis, of San Francisco, and E. Smithand W. S. Forrington, of Paso Robles, owners. This group ofmines is located near the only exposure of igneous rocksappearing in this district, and near the prominent serpentineexposure of Cypress Mountain. The dike of rhyolite, aboutthree quarters of a mile long and 800 feet wide, runs aboutN. 30° W. On the west side lies a readily traceable line ofcroppings, which has, however, onl}^ been superficially openedat one point, in the northwest corner of section i, by theColumbia tunnel; the material taken out of this tunnel pros-pects ver\ fairly in cinnabar. Most of the work has been doneon the northeast side of the rhjolite dike; on this side thecroppings are not very plain, and scattered. In one tunnel anore body has be
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