Wisconsin and Missouri Lead Region. 5i|. 



757 

 45,000,000 



3785,000 34,065,000 



3028 70 



34065,000 miners' share of ore. 23,845,500 lead. 

 3 



10935,000 smelters' share of ore. 



70 3000)715,365,00 value. 



7j654,500 $238 45 each miner 



3 receives annually. 



50)229,635,00 value. 



$4,592 70 each smelter receives after paying for his ore. 



To ascertain the other expenses of each furnace in making its 

 share of the 31,500,000 lbs. of lead, we divide this amount by the 

 number of furnaces, by the pounds to the pig, and the number 

 of pigs that may be made in a day, to get the number of days, 

 as 31,500,000-^50-^70-^60 = 150. 



The daily expenses, according to the two estimates of the blast 

 furnaces, deducting the price of ore, is as follows : 



$4,008 00 $3,525 00 



By this estimate each furnace receives an annual profit of from 

 $584 70 to $1,067 70, and this by 150 full days' work, with no 

 allowance for the loss incurred by the remaining idle days ; and 

 each miner receives annually $238 45. 



As these are deductions from estimates given in a very glow- 

 ing account of the lead business, the result is not likely to be too 

 unfavorable of it taken as a whole ; and the conclusion must 

 follow that the chances are against any one furnace doing a good 



