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above proclamation of the President of The United
States, are believed TO contain the richest mines Of
lead that have yet been diseoysredi the ore yield
ing about eighty per cent. of pure metal Copper
also, has been found in this region IN considerable
quantities.


Great advantages are said to exist for the manu-
faeture Of lead in various forms, particularly into
shot, the river banks being elevated as 10 require
little or no expense in the erection Of lowers and
the ore, from its great purity, may be manufactured
into shot by the first smelIlBgs


The location of these mines being near the Mis-
ssspp river affords great facilities Of transporta-
lion, the average cost Of which ST Louis is about
fifteen cents per hundred pounds. The soil Is rep
resented being unusually fertlle, producing all the
small grains IN great abundance, and fnT6lshing ex
eellent range for cate--thus presenting equal in
dueements to the agrlCulturst and the MINER


The DUHUoUE mines IN fractional townships eigh-
y-eghi, eghy-nine, aud ninety, Of range two east,
situated on the banks OF the Mississippi consid-
cred the most important; the DURAEGo mines In
townships eighty-nine and ninety of range east,
are the next IN yalaei and the CArrEsE mines IN
fractional township eighty-eight of range three east,
also on the river, are the third. Other mines have
been discovered in this eglon and IL very proba-
bic that future explorations will bring To light others
rich and productive as any now known,


JAMES IA. PIPER,


Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Sept S, lS46-laW24w