70 Wisconsin and Missouri Lead Region. 
‘The third locality is that known as “ Valleé’s diggings,” M. 
Nereé Valleé, of St. ‘Louis, having spent some time in working 
there, and owning a large share of the mine. It is on the north 
side of the Current river, not quite a mile from it, and-about seven 
miles N. N. E. from the old diggings on Jack’s Fork. Here too 
the ore is found at the junction of the red rock and the limestone, 
on the edge of a little ran which had washed out loose pieces of 
the ore, thus leading to the discovery. All that can be determin= 
ed of the quality of the ore here is, that there is a seam about 
four inches thick running horizontally under limestone strata into 
the hill; what its extent'is no one can tell, nor whether it leads 
to any rich veins. The ore is of a different quality from that at 
the old diggings, being more of a sulphuret, and this mixed with 
the blue carbonate as well as the green. It much resembles the 
ore from Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The red rock belongs toa 
different ridge from that at the old diggings, being farther east. 
In character, however, and in the changes the rock undergoes 
near the limestone, they are the same. Valleé became tired of 
the country and the business, and quitted both. He did eonside- 
rable work here, but too injudiciously to determine any thing 
concerning the capabilities of the mine. ‘Seat 
_ 'Phese repetitions of the ore encourage the prospect of this be« 
coming a copper mining country, and naturally lead the people 
there to leok for other veins of ore, which to some extent they 
have been successful in finding. Ihave seen ore said to have 
Operating greatly to its disadvantage. The lands are not yet in 
the market ; the titles to the mines are founded on old Spanish _ 
‘laims, f preémption. -These are in contest 
n tworparties as regards the old diggings, and their dispute’ 
is not likely to be soon settled. Then, whichever party is suc~ 
cessful, the mines will be valued at an exorbitant rate, as though 
they were already proved to be rich and petmanent. ‘Then, 
