LEE COUNTY. 139 



Plenty of muck beds and half formed peat deposits of mud exist in 

 the sloughs and swamps. These might be made valuable as fertilizers 

 and amendments to the soil ; but in the present state of prairie agricul- 

 ture they are not in demand for this purpose. Good beds of peat ought 

 to, and do probably exist in the swamps ; but none fit to work have at- 

 tracted attention, so far as I know. 



Nuggets of copper are found in the drift clay, but are rather matters 

 of curiosity than of economical value. Pieces of galena have been 

 found in the rocks in the north-western part of the county ; but no val- 

 uable deposits of this metal probably exist in the Galena rocks of Lee 

 county. 



The agricultural and horticultural resources of the county are about 

 the same as those of the surrounding counties, and have been fully des- 

 cribed in the reports upon some of these counties. 



