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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Record of, Vol. v, 

 No. 3. July, 1874. 



Publishers. American Journal of Science and Arts. American Naturalist. 

 Forest and Stream. Gardener's Monthly. Gloucester Telegraph. Hardwicke'8 

 Science Gossip. Haverhill Gazette. Ipswich Chronicle. Lawrence American. 

 Lynn Reporter. Lynn Transcript. Medical and Surgical Reporter. Nation. 

 Nature. Peabody Press. Salem City Post. Salem Observer. 



The President, in introducing the exercises, took occa- 

 sion to refer to the memory of the lute Rev. Stillman 

 Barden,* who, on previous visits to Rockport had been 

 unremitting in his attentions. Mr. Barden had been the 

 minister of the Universalist Society of this place for sev- 

 eral years, and during his residence here had, by his in- 

 defatigable labors, contributed largely to our knowledge 

 of the mineralogical treasures found occasionally during 

 the excavations in the extensive quarries. 



Mr. Alfred Osgood, of Newburyport, read the fol- 

 lowing notes, concerning the 



"LEAD MINE" AT ROCKY HILL, WEST NEWBURY. 



In the early part of last year a farmer of Newbury, at 

 or near a place called "Rocky Hill," discovered a piece 

 of lead ore on the surface of the earth, and, incited by 

 records or traditions of former discoveries of the metal 

 in the same region, he purchased the lot of land, con- 

 taining twelve acres, and commenced digging, finding 

 pieces of the size of one pound and upwards to some of 

 two or three hundred pounds in weight, distributed among 

 the drift, which in this region consists largely of angular 

 fragments not much worn, and a loamy soil. The amount 

 of ore realized up to date being about three tons. The 

 dimensions of his pit are thirty feet by five and six feet 

 in depth ; the deposit of ore, however, was not more than 



* For a biographical and obituary sketch of Rev. Mr. Barden, by Rev. Mrs. P. 

 A. Hanaford, sec Historical Collections of Essex Institute, Vol. vii, page 213. 



