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the same price as by measure at the kiln." When shipped from Spring 

 Valley it generally goes west, to points along the Southern Minnesota rail- 

 road, and is known as Spring Valley white lime. 



Throughout the county, where the Trenton limestone appears, there 

 are other lime kilns that supply the local demand. The following were 

 noted: 



At Carimona, owned by William Benslow. Sec. 35, Carimona, by Mr. Rollins. 



At Forestville, by Frank Turner. Sec. 25, Canton, by Simon Houck. 



At Chatfleld, by Dennis Jacobs. 



The Shakopee is not used for making lime in Fillmore county, though 

 it is extensively burned in the lower Minnesota valley, at Mankato and at 

 Shakopee. The St. Lawrence limestone is somewhat employed for this 

 purpose, and affords a lime that is nearly white, and is said to weigh eighty 

 pounds per bushel of measure. At Lanesboro this lime sells at $1.25 per 

 barrel, or fifty cents per bushel, wood costing five or six dollars per cord. 

 Mr. Sherman's kiln holds about three hundred bushels and requires ten to 

 eleven cords of wood for thorough calcination, burning about forty-eight 

 hours. But little is shipped from here. The lime is about white and slacks 

 perfectly white. The following list embraces all known kilns that were 

 run from the St. Lawrence in 1874. 



At Lanesboro, by B. Sherman. At Rushford, by Jos. Otis. 



At Lanesboro, by Moses Greer. At Rushford, by Wm. Crampton. 



At Lanesboro, by Mr. Butler. 



Brick. There is no lack of materials for making common red brick. 

 In some places the surface of the drift clay is used, containing some fine 

 gravel, and at others the loess loam. Brick-making machinery was met 

 with in the survey of the county at the following points: 



Sec. 20, Spring Valley, J. W. Smith. Chatfleld, Wm. Stafford. 



Forestville, Michael Shields. Lanesboro, W. H. Roberts. 



Preston, Franklin Coleman. Rushford, Ole Tuff. 



Lanesboro, Thomas Dunsmore. Granger (formerly), Mr. Ferris. 



Gold and copper. In small quantities gold has been washed, by rude meth- 

 ods, from the drift at several points in the county. It was found on Hugh 

 Hague's land in gravel, K E. J sec. 26, Spring Valley, and at Yeariton's saw 

 mill, sec. 31, Jordan. There are accounts also of fragments of native cop- 

 per having been found in the drift. It is hardly necessary to say that 

 these discoveries do not indicate any valuable deposit of the kind in the 



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