712 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LEAD REGION. 



Catehall Diggings. N. W. qr. Sec. 30, T. 1, R. 2 E. These diggings have in 

 former years produced large quantities of ore; exactly how much could not be ascer- 

 tained. After lying idle for some years, work was resumed on them in 1870, by S. and 

 C. Vickers, J. and T. Peacock and John Henry. They were worked for a year with a 

 horse-pump, and after that with a steam-pump, the former having been insufficient to 

 remove the water. There are here two north and south ranges crossed by several east 

 and west ranges, which produced blende and lead ore. The pump-shaft is located on 

 one of these crossings, and is 48 feet deep. A series of levels was run from here to the 

 New Diggings ridge by which it was ascertained that the top of the ridge was on a level 

 with the bottom of the shaft; which shows that the openings existing at this place are 

 above those at New Diggings, and probably near the middle of the Galena limestone. 

 The Catehall diggings ceased being worked in January, 1873. The pump and engine 

 still remain on the ground. The product during the three years of working is said to 

 have been two million pounds. 



Howe & Alderson. S. E. qr. Sec. 15, T. 1, R. 1 E. This ground is situated a short 

 distance north of the Democrat furnace, and belongs to the Leakley estate. The 

 range was discovered and worked about 1847, and work was resumed on it by the pres- 

 ent parties about fourteen years since (1862). The general course of the range is east 

 and west; the extent of the drifts is from 300 to 400 feet, in the course of which five 

 flat openings and one crevice opening have been found. The flat openings are not far 

 above the Blue limestone. There are eight shafts going down to the openings, from 30 

 to 80 feet deep. The ore is generally small with wash-dirt, but little large or " chunk- 

 mineral " is found. The diggings are entirely free from water. During the past four- 

 teen years they have produced about 1,000,000 pounds. Work was suspended here 

 about January 1, 1876. 



John Rain & Co. S. E. qr. Sec. 31, T. 1, R. 1 E. The land is owned by Messrs. 

 Hodge & Scales and the Field estate. The course of the range is N. 5 E. It is known 

 as the Raspberry range, from the name of the man who discovered it in 1849, and some- 

 times as the Dinsell range. The workings are all in the first of the New Diggings 

 opening, although the second has also been reached. There are five shafts down to the 

 opening, and about 500 feet of drift. The opening is quite variable in size, and is 

 sometimes as much as thirty feet wide. The ore occurs as wash-dirt, although large 

 pieces are occasionally found. The diggings have been worked for lead ore during the 

 last seven years, since which time Messrs. Rain & Co. have taken out as follows: 1871, 

 50,000 pounds; 1872, 100,000; 1873, 75,000; 1874, 75,000. The product for 1875-6 was 

 not learned, but the mine is now productive. 



Diggings on the Leakley Estate. 



Robbins & Bros. Four men have been employed here during the last year, work- 

 ing an east and west range with a horse pump. The amount raised is not known, but 

 it is understood that the ground yields enough ore to pay good wages. 



Hall & Rain. S. E. qr. Sec. 23, T. 1, R. 1 E. This is a new east and west range 

 on the Leakley estate, discovered in 1873. The ore occurs in a crevice opening from 40 

 to 45 feet below the surface. Four shafts have been sunk in it, and one drift run a dis- 

 tance of 400 feet. About 119,000 pounds have been produced since they were discovered. 

 Work was suspended this year (1876). 



E. Ashworth Diggings. S. E. qr. Sac. 24, T. 1, R. 1 E. This is an east and west 

 range on the Leakley estate, discovered in the fall of 1873. The workings at this place 

 are confined by water to the first opening, which is here crossed by numerous quartering 1 

 swithers from four to six feet apart. The crossings are the most productive parts of the 

 opening, and the ore frequently comes up to the surface clay. At the time they wero 

 visited, June, 1874, five shafts had been sunk about 35 feet deep; one of the drifts was 



