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Show Magnetite Hills. In tho neighborhood ot Halclano nnd Koapmulden, 10 miles from Ixmr-enco Ixmr-enco Marquis, In South Africa, largo doposlts of magnesltc, said to bo equal to tho best Grecian article, have been found. Tho volns nro of varied width, In many places being moro than 10 feet In Ihlcknera, but tho central hill near what Is known as Salt Creek appears to bo ono 'vast deposit nbout 2,000 feet long by 200 feet wide, nnd upwards of 300 feet high. According to tho estimate mndo by tlio consulting engineer, tho deposits depos-its of magnostto nt this particular point exceed a million tons. The top-ogrnphlcal top-ogrnphlcal position of tho msgneslta bills Is such that tho doposlts can be quarried nt a Tcry low cosL |