Bozeman Mine (Jones Mine), Tate, Pickens County, Georgia, USAi

Regional Level Types
Bozeman Mine (Jones Mine)	Mine
Tate	Village
Pickens County	County
Georgia	State
USA	Country

This mine is located two miles (airline) S. 45° W. of Dug Gap and three miles (airline) S. 60° E. of Tate on the property of Mrs. Rozella Jones. The mine is three-quarters of a mile southwest of Federal School, and one mile west of Fourmile Creek. There has been mining at; this locality at various times for the past fifty years on Lot 181, District 4, Section 2.

The pegmatite strikes N. 60° E. Toward the northeast, a 35-foot shaft was made upon the pegmatite by W. H. Bozeman and J. S. Wood. A 20-foot shaft with a short drift at the bottom toward the pegmatite was made by Pitman in 1941 near the southwestern end of the works. The mine was leased, and development work was done in the summer of 1942 by Frank English, Spruce Pine, North Carolina and Mr. E. M. Clapp, Atlanta, Georgia. English sunk a shaft to the pegmatite about half way between the two shafts mentioned above. At the bottom of this shaft, he made an inclined drift which follows the pegmatite along the dip for a distance of about 25 feet; another drift about 15 feet long extends northeast from the bottom of the shaft along the strike of the pegmatite. The pegmatite is at least five feet thick and may be as wide as 7-8 feet locally. It strikes N. 60° E., dipping 40° SE. It is accompanied by a persistent quartz lead in the form of lenses. The fragments of milky to smoky quartz, abundant on the dumps, contain books of mica and black tourmaline. Beryl is reported from this locality. The country rock is weathered biotite gneiss which strikes N. 30° E. and dips 20° SE. Biotite books as large as 2 by 2 inches occur in the pegmatite.

The mica is hard and of light rum color. Some of the books are clear and free of spots, but other books are sheeted and sold as "electric" mica. A twelve-pound book of the latter type was exhibited by Mr. English which would cut pattern mica 3 by 5 inches. At the present writing, November 18, 1942, the mine is not being worked, but Mr. English believes that there is sufficient mica and mica of suitable quality to justify the continuation of mining. English and Clapp sold recently at old prices 841 pounds of clear mica for $308.00. Of this amount 745 pounds were punch; 58 pounds, 1 1/2 by 2 inches; and 17 pounds; 2 by 3 inches. Sold also was 730 pounds of black or "electric" mica which brought $111.71. Of this amount 627 pounds were punch; 78 pounds, 2 by 2 inches; 18 pounds, 2 by 3 inches; 3 pounds, 3 by 3 inches; and 4 1/2 pounds, 3 by 5 inches. These figures represent about two weeks work.