62 Notice of Mr. Schoolerafi’s View of 
captains of mines, such as are found in every mining — 
in pe would ‘supply the immediate demands of t 
The raining district, formerly called. the dead. mines. of 
Doan stana, is situated between the 37th and the 38th de- 
gree of north latitude, and between the 89th and 92nd degree 
of west longitude, covers three thousand one hundred and 
fifty square miles—it is from seventy to one hundred miles 
long by forty or forty-five wide, extending i in width from the 
Mississippi ‘south-west to the Fourche a Courtois, and in 
length from the head waters of St. Francis northerly to the 
Merrimack. 
Lead ore is found in almost every part of this district: 
Mr. Schoolcraft says, “ the general aspect of the country is 
sterile, though not mountainous : the lands lie rolling, like 
a body of water in gentle agitation: In anne laces the 
hills rise into abrupt cliffs, where. the great rock formations 
pe the Country SBA peceroi in pa rs the run into. eld 
* pla S53 a | highlan, : ide 
i “3 i d blossom ped lead, Iron ores and py pytites are 
also scattered over the surface of the ground, io occasion~ 
ally lead ore. Such is the general character of the mineral 
pe which are invariably covered s a stinted growth of 
“Walnut is also found on the hills, and and there is a. ridge of 
ell pine, not : ast andor six or ght miles wide, ran- 
lead—the mines lie generally east of it. 
the flinty as aspect or he the country is veiled by a 
growth of Brass, which § ive it a very ls 
have a cack alluvial soil, well. fitted oe: “eulti- 
ie limits will not allow us to mention the aor 
