Wisconsin and Missouri Lead Region. 51 
757 
45,000,000 | 
8785,000 = 34,065,000 
3028 | | 70 
34065,000 miners’ share of ore. 23,845,500 lead. 
De 
-10935,000 smelters’ share of ore. . 
70 3000)715,365,00 value. _ 
7,654,500 $238 45 each miner 
3 receives annually. 
—_ 
50)229,635,00 value. 
$4,592 70 each smelter receives after paying for his ore. 
To ascertain the other expenses of each furnace in making its 
share of the 31,500,000 Ibs. of lead, we divide this amount by the 
number of hath; by the pond to the pig, and the number 
of pigs that may be made in a day, to get the number of days, 
as 31,500,000 50—70—60 = 150. 
The deity expenses, according to the two estimates of the blast 
furnaces, deducting the price of ore, is as follows: 
he 
_ $116. 72 $113 50 iene 
90 00 90 00 Paes iy 
———  — = * $4,592 70 $4,592 70 
“$2672 $23 50 4,008:00 3,525 00 
ye sas 150 © gr scite # 150 See 2 ig feo: 5 : “ te fis oe 
a «$584 TO. ~ ~~ G1,067'70 
1,336 00° 1.175 00 Oye meiamy ce seney go Tay x ' > 
2.672 2,350 
$4,008 00 $3,525 00 
By this estimate each furnace receives an annual om of from 
$584 70 to $1,067 70, and this by 150 full days’ work, with no 
allowance for the loss incurred by the remaining idle days ; and 
each miner receives annually $238 45. 
As these are deductions from estimates given in a very glow- 
ing account of the lead business, the result is not likely to be too 
unfavorable of it taken as as a whole ; and the conclusion must 
follow t gainst any one furnace doing a good 
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