746 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LEAD REGION. 



HAZEL GREEX DISTRICT. 



This district embraces all of the mines in the vicinity of the village of Hazen Green, 

 and, indeed, all the ore produced between the Sinsinawa river and the Coon branch of 

 the Galena river. 



The furnace is a new blast-furnace of one hearth, and a capacity of 100 pigs (of 70 

 pounds each), in twenty-four hours. It is owned and operated by Messrs. Crawford, 

 Mills & Co., who furnished the following statement from their books. It is situated on 

 the Hard Scrabble branch, about a mile southeast of the village of Hazel Green. 



Pounds of Lead Pounds of Lead 



Year. Ore smelted. Year. Ore smelted. 



1862 2,027,047 1870 1,223,250 



1863 1,262,640 1871.... 1,230,917 



1864 837,597 1872 1,278,524 



1865 753,821 1873 1,046,626 



1866 797,421 1874 830,174 



1867 1,334,640 1875 735,395 



1868 1,541,670 1876, to October 1st 723,193 



1869 1,315,970 



Total from January 1,1862 to October 1, 1876 16,938,885 



NEW DIGGINGS DISTRICT. 



This district embraces the diggings in the vicinity of the village; all east of the Coon 

 branch of Galena river as far as T. 1, R. 2 E., and the mines in the vicinity of Benton. 



The furnace is a blast of two hearths, and is known as the Democrat furnace. It is 

 situated about two miles north of New Diggings. It was worked from 1864 to 1869 by 

 Mr. Geo. Wilde, of Dubuque, and since then has been worked by T. G. Stevens & Co. 



Pounds of Lead Pounds of Lead 



Year. Ore smelted. Year. Ore smelted. 



1862 1,050,000 1870 2,200,000 



1863 1,200,000 1871 1,700,000 



1864 1,125,000 1872 1,650,000 



1865 1,200,000 1873 1,128,000 



1866 1,100,000 1874 1,200,000 



1867 1,150,000 1875 1,200,000 



1868 1,200,000 1876, to October 1st.... 1,300,000 



1869 1,100,000 



Total from January 1, 1862, to October 1, 1876 19,503,00) 



In addition to this, there was smelted at the Jefferson furnace, by T. G. Stephens & 

 Co., as follows: 



Pounds of Ore Pounds of Ore 



Year. smelted. Year. smelted. 



1862 1,098,938 1866 1,073,415 



1863 1,326,193 1867 1,050,597 



1864 1,112.095 1868 1,429,158 



1865 1,078,609 1869 1,515,323 



Total 9,684,333 



The furnace used was a Drummond, with a capacity of 7,000 Ibs. per twenty-four hours. 



