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What has been said of iron applies with equal force to the lead and 

 zinc deposits of Missouri. The famous "Joplin District" in southwest 

 Missouri is known the world over wherever lead and zinc stocks are put 

 upon the market for investment or speculation. Millions of dollars worth 

 of the product of these ores have been sold at home and abroad during 

 the past decade. During the recent Klondyke gold fever, actual figures 

 were produced to show that the yield in dollars and cents from the lead 

 and zinc mines of Missouri, for corresponding periods of two, three and 

 four years was greater than that from all the shining metal mined in 

 Alaska, 



The district in which lead mining has been carried on for the greatest 

 period, lies in southeastern Missouri, and the production in that part of 

 the State has been enormous for many years, from which profitable reve- 

 nues have been derived. 



Fully three-fourths of all the zinc used in the United States has been 

 mined in Missouri. This may be a startling statement to many, but to 

 those familiar with the facts it is known to be true. 



Down in the southwest corner of the State, in the vicinity of Joplin, 

 Webb City, Carthage and Aurora, the deposits of zinc appear to be .ex- 

 haustless. This section has been styled the "Klondyke of Missouri," but 

 unlike the famous gold bearing region in the ice bound fastness of Alaska 

 and British Columbia, it has attained an enduring reputation as one of 

 the greatest ore producing centers in the world. The mineral deposits 

 as stated, appear to be exhaustless, and though the mining industry is 

 l)ractically in its infancy, the products have been yielding annually eight 

 to ten million dollars. 



In comparison with the zinc, lead and iron deposits, those of copper 

 are limited and confined to a few districts. Yet it must be said that cop- 

 per mining in Missouri has never been put to a thorough test. 



The building stones of Missouri have attained a high reputation in 

 recent years and some of the large quarries are now known in every sec- 

 tion of the country. The granites, marbles, sandstones and limestones 

 arc of excellent quality, and have been tested thoroughly in many of the 

 handsome buildings and structures of this and adjoining states. The 

 granites have been pronounced by experts to be unexcelled by those of 

 Vermont, or of any other State in the Union. The granites are not only 

 solid and beautiful for buildings, but several of them have no equal in 

 the world for street paving piu^poscs. The red and grey species are par- 

 ticularly attractive, and furnish huge boulders, handsome and massive 

 pillars, polished slabs and stones, for every useful and ornamental pur- 

 pose in the architect's and builder's lines. 



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