40 GEOLOGICAL REPORT. 



Moore's Shaft, in the S.E. qr. Sec. 9, T. 26, R. 19. Some 

 lead lias been raised, and all the indications are good. 



Goose Diggings are a short distance north-west of the last 

 locality a fine prospect of float mineral. 



Shawnee Diggings, in N.W. of N.E. qr. Sec. 17, T. 26, R. 

 19, on Shawnee creek ; several shafts have been sunk and a few 

 hundred pounds of galena taken out from the middle of the 

 2d Magnesian Limestone. 



The Mines of Price, Bray $ Co., in the S.E. qr. of Sec. 9, T. 

 26, R. 19, are the most important examined in this county. 

 About thirty shafts have been sunk and some drifting done. 

 Lead was found in all of them. The Lead was found in the 

 clay, and in a crevice in the limestone. 20,000 pounds of 

 galena was taken from one shaft only ten feet deep. The 

 whole amount raised, up to June, 1857, was about 170,000 

 pounds. Since then the yield has been still more encourag- 

 ing. These mines promise a very large yield of excellent ore. 

 The systematic mining pursued cannot fail to give the most 

 desirable results. 



Mr. C. D. Bray, of this company, has a Blast Furnace on 

 Bull creek, in Sec. 6, T. 26, R. 19. 



In Webster county, lead has been discovered in several lo- 

 calities. The most important is Harver's mine, on Lost creek, 

 in Sec. 25, T. 27, R. 10. 



ABSTRACT FROM DR. SHUMARD'S REPORT. 



" Crawford County. The 3d Magnesian Limestone in por- 

 tions of this county is highly galeniferous. It is frequently 

 characterized by vertical fissures and caverns, some of them of 

 considerable size. 



"Lead Mines, Mineral Hill, Sec. 32, T. 40, R. 2 W., exam- 

 ined by Mr. Englemann. The hill extends from N.E. of Sec. 

 32 to the N.E. of Sec. 33. The formation here is the 3d Mag- 

 nesian Limestone, which is covered with a thick deposit of red 

 clay. The whole side of the hill is marked with shallow dig- 

 gings, from which immense quantities of ore have been obtained. 

 These mines have been known for more than twenty years 

 upwards of 1,000,000 pounds of ore has been raised here, and 



