the Lead Mines of Missouri, &. 71 
twenty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six. pounds per 
annum of pig lead, which the author supposes to be not 
Amon -eHaneous mineral productions I 
western regions, there are some that are interesting, and it 
will be seen from the author’s table of minerals (p. 177 
that the list is various. There are several caverns which 
produce nitrate of potash by the usual treatment, and Ash- 
ey’s Cove, about eighty miles from Potosi, is said to be 
one of stupendous size, and to “ afford native nitrate of pot- 
ash in beautiful white crystals.” 
mouth of the Ohio. {t is described as being of an excel- 
lent quality, and as containing flint in strata,* and some- 
times in nodules. : 
€ novaculite is mentioned as occurring on Wachitta, 
as described by Mr. Bringier in the present Number. 
Steatite exists in abundance at the Falls of St. Anthony, 
on the Mississippi, and is used by the Indians for pipes. 
The fluate of lime near Shawneetown, was described in 
the first. volume of this journal. ee ee 
Among other viinergle: Ne Schoolcraft mentions chaleed- 
ony in several varieties, earthy oxid of lead, native copper, 
alum, manganese, opalized and agatized wood, opal, jasper, 
coal, gypsum, native epsom salts, pumice stone, agate, onyx, 
burr mill stone, native iron, &c. for the localities and de- 
 Seriptions of which we must refer to the book itself. 
Those facts of Mr. Schoolcraft’s volume which relate to 
statistical and political topics do not come within the plan 
ofthese remarks ge ee 
, * May not this be hornstone in veins? 
