Transactions . opping and float ore are black andof good appearance. According to analyses accompanying the reportof G. W. Maynard, who prospected the deposit in 1903, the representa- ERNEST F. BURCHARD 169 tive ore contains 35 to 41 per cent, of chromic oxide, to 15 per cent,of iron, to 5 per cent, of silica, 5 to per cent, of magnesia, and 25to 29 per cent, of alumina. The orebody contains small masses of porido-tite, which may reduce materially the quantity of ore available, as wellas seams of serpentine and of olivine. This deposit contains 10,000 toperhaps 20,000 tons. The wo
Transactions . opping and float ore are black andof good appearance. According to analyses accompanying the reportof G. W. Maynard, who prospected the deposit in 1903, the representa- ERNEST F. BURCHARD 169 tive ore contains 35 to 41 per cent, of chromic oxide, to 15 per cent,of iron, to 5 per cent, of silica, 5 to per cent, of magnesia, and 25to 29 per cent, of alumina. The orebody contains small masses of porido-tite, which may reduce materially the quantity of ore available, as wellas seams of serpentine and of olivine. This deposit contains 10,000 toperhaps 20,000 tons. The work of getting this ore to the coast involves a difficult problemin transportation. The gorge of Saltadero Creek is too narrow and wind-ing, and in places too steep, to permit the construction of any kind ofroad except at great expense, and even if a road could be built down tothe mouth of Yamaniguey River it is doubtful whether steamers of properdraft could enter Canete Bay. The only feasible plan appears to be. Fig. 8.—Boulders of chrome ore in Saltadero Creek 300 ft. vertically BELOW orebody ON PoTOSI CLAIM. that of constructing an aerial tramway, about 3 mi. ( km.) long, fromthe deposit over the mountain and down to a point on the coast 2 mi.( km.) southeast of Canete Bay, from which a cart road or light tram-way may be built 9 mi. (14 km.) southeastward to Taco Bay, where thereis fair anchorage for steamers. Constancia.—This claim is situated % mi. ( km.) south of NavasBay and 100 ft. (30 m.) above sea level. It is reported to be owned byTomas Gomez of Baracoa, Cuba, and is said to have been denouncedoriginally as iron ore. There is no road to the claim at present, but onecould easily be constructed. A small body of chrome ore outcrops on this claim. It appears to 170 CHROME-OHE DEPOSITS IN CUBA extend 50 ft. (15 m.) along the face of a gently sloping hill and has beenopened by a cut 25 ft. ( m.) long and 5>2 ft. ( m.) deep. A fewfloat boulders were no
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