92 GEOLOGICAL REPORT. 



(B.) 



GRAND Y LEAD MINES. 



It has been somewhat difficult to get a reliable statement of 

 the amount of lead made from the Granby Mines ; but from 

 the best information derived from the miners, the smelters, and 

 the present proprietors, Messrs. Blow & Kennett, the amount 

 of lead made can not be less than seven million or eight mil 

 lion pounds. I am indebted to Mr. Blow for the following 

 statement of the operations of the company : 



&quot;From the 1st February to 1st September, 20,000 pigs, aver 

 aging 80 J Ibs., have been smelted at Blow & Kennett s furnace 

 at Granby; the transportation of which by wagons, railroads, 

 and steamboats to St. Louis, has amounted to nearly twenty 

 thousand dollars. 



&quot;Five steam engines and over two hundred men are em 

 ployed by this firm in mining and smelting, while a much lar 

 ger number are engaged in mining other shafts on the Granby 

 section, all belonging to the Pacific Railroad, but under lease 

 to Blow & Kennett. 



&quot;The usual cost of lead per 100 Ibs., from the furnace to St. 

 Louis, is $1.25. The usual price of mineral is $16 free of rent, 

 or $14 and rent.&quot; 



