MINES HIGHLAND DISTRICT. 723 



paint, however, was derived from the upper bed of the St. Peters sandstone, which was 

 crushed and washed; the red coloring- matter being readily dissolved out by the water, 

 from which it afterwards settled on being allowed to stand. The colors after being 

 burned and ground were ready for the market. As many as fifteen different shades of 

 red and yellow were manufactured. Several tons of paint were placed in market, and 

 it was claimed to be a good and durable article. It is unfortunate that the manufacture 

 could not have continued longer, and its qualities been more definitely ascertained and 

 generally known. 



HIGHLAND DISTRICT. 



Tlie diggings of the Highland district are all situated within a short distance of each 

 other, and about a quarter of a mile north of the village. They are all in the Brown 

 rock, the lower openings never have been proved. Most of the diggings are on what is 

 known as the Drybone Hollow range. The names of parties mining, and the present 

 condition of their diggings, are as follows: 



Samuel Hinderleiter & Sons. On the S. W. qr. of Sec. 28, T. 7, R. 1 E., on the 

 Drybone Hollow range. This is an east and west range from one-quarter to one-half 

 mile long, and from two to three hundred feet wide. It was discovered in 1846, and 

 worked entirely for lead ore. It is now divided into small lots of which Mr. Hinderlei- 

 ter's is one. The work is chiefly confined to going through the old diggings and taking 

 out the Smithsonite left by former miners, no blende being found. The shafts are 

 about twenty-five feet deep, which brings them to the top opening, three feet in height. 

 The ore is found in a flat sheet, about a foot thick, with ocher and clay above and be- 

 low it. But little water is found here. The annual product of this lot is about thirty 

 tons of Smithsonite. 



3Iulligan & Francis. These parties have diggings in all respects similar to those 

 already described, on a lot about 150 feet northwest of the preceding. 



Maguire, Kennedy & Co. S. E. qr. Sec. 28, T. 7, R. 1 E. This is also on the Dry- 

 bone Hollow range. The shafts here are from sixty to seventy- five feet deep, according 

 to the surface of the ground. The workings are in the Brown-rock opening, which is 

 here about eight feet high. The lead ore is found in a flat sheet in the bottom of the 

 opening, underlaid by pipe clay. 



The blende was discovered in the spring of 1874, and is much mixed with rock. The 

 ore has. to be crushed, washed and separated. Water is removed from the diggings by 

 means of a windmill and small pump, and is afterwards utilized to wash ore. The an- 

 nual product is as follows : Lead ore, 200 pounds ; blende, 100 tons : drybone 50 tons. 



Blackney, Donahue & Co. This ground is owned by Dr. Stanley of Highland, and 

 is a part of the same range as the preceding, and situated but a short distance north- 

 east of them. The range here makes two well-defined openings separated by a cap- 

 rock. It is irregular in shape, and about sixty or seventy feet wide, with little water. 



The following is a section of their principal shaft. 



Feet. 



Galena limestone 60 



First opening 9 



Cap rock ... 2 



Second opening 4 



The ore is found in flat sheets, and is Smithsonite, blende, and lead, the former being 

 rather impure. The present parties have been working here for the last seven years. 

 The annual product has been as follows: Lead ore, 11,000 pounds; Smithsonite, 35 tons; 

 blende, 35 tons. The ground here seems to be pretty much worked out, the product 

 being chiefly derived from the old workings. 



