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two rising 710 and 793 feet above the surroimdlng 

 valleys. The last one is the larger of the two and 

 consists of two separate peaks. The eastern base is 

 washed by the St. Francois river. 



Still farther to the southward from the point of 

 vantage named are other hills which appear as an 

 irregular row trending east and west. The western- 

 most is Finley mountain, a large peak covering 

 nearly six square miles and reaching from the Iron 

 Mountain Eailroad on the east almost to Black river 

 on the west. It rises 725 feet above tlie valley, and 

 may be regarded as one of the largest prominences of 

 the region. To the east is Clark mountain, the 

 highest and the grandest hill in the whole area. It is 

 conical in form and rises majestically to a height of 

 843 feet above its base. It may be seen from every 

 prominent peak south of Iron mountain, and appears 

 to rise so high above the surrounding hills that it 

 almost seems higher than any of those to the north. 

 Looking in that direction from Clark mountain, the 

 whole country for a distance of thirty miles is vis- 

 ible, from Black river to Knob Lick. The interval 

 between the two points rises as a wall upon the land- 

 scape. High Top and Shut-in mountains appear to 

 the northwest. Shepherd mountain to the north. 

 Black and Blue mountains to the northeast, with 

 numberless intervening hills of almost equal height 

 and nearly equal prominence. 



One more district deserves special mention in this 

 connection. It is along the St. Francois river below 

 the Silver mines. The hills close in on each side, but 

 usually allowing a valley wide enough to contain ex- 

 tensive farms, first on one side of the stream and then 

 on the other, while at other places it narrows to a 

 width scarcely sufficient to admit the passage of the 

 river. The hills are very large. On the west bank 

 are Black, King, Gray and Mud Lick mountains, 

 with less prominent ones between. On the east bank 

 are peaks which rise fully as high. 



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c. Drainage. 



(Here follows ten lines quite dissimilar from any- 

 thing in the manuscript. ) 



( Exact location given. ) 



Beyond this there is the large hill with its three 

 southern projections 



( ' Prominent spurs. ' ) 



"^ * *. This hill in turn stretches away to the 

 southeast, almost connecting with a row of similar 

 hills on the east bank of Crain Pond creek, and from 

 thence to Gray's mountain, immediately east of 

 Brunot. 



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If from the point of view before mentioned, or 

 better, from a prominent point in the row of hills 

 just located, one continues looking southward across 

 a piece of relfftively low land occupied by many 

 batchy chert hills, six miles or more away, one will 

 see a second row of hills trending east and west and 

 reaching from near Black River to the St. Francois. 

 Beginning on the west we find Mann mountain *. 



(Exact lociition given. ) 

 To the southeast in Section 11 is Eubel Mountain, 

 another large porphyry hill. Passing eastward still 

 * * *" McFadden's mountain is met with, 

 and beyond it to the southeast Aley mountain and 

 Mud_ Lick mountain, two large and high porphyry 

 hills which measure respectively 710 and 793 feet 

 above the surrounding valleys. Mud Lick mountain 

 is the larger of the two and consists of two separate 

 peaks. 



(Three lines omitted. ) 

 It's eastern base is washed by the St. Francois river. 



Looking still farther southward other hills can be 

 seen which, with a little imagination, will appear in 

 an irregular row trending east and west. The west- 

 ernmost one is Finley mountain, a magniiicent hill 

 covering nearly six square miles and reaching from 

 the Iron mountain Railway on the east almost to 

 Black River on the west. It rises 725 feet above the 

 valley, and when compared with the hills in the 

 Pilot Knob region, is one of the largest. Passing 

 eastward from Finley mountain and disregarding the 

 smaller hills, one reaches Clark mountain, the highest 

 and grandest hill in the whole Archaean area. It is 

 circular in form, and * "* *. (Exact loca- 

 tion given. ) Its summit rises in magnificent grandeur 

 to a height of 843 feet above the valley. It can be 

 seen from every prominent peak south of Iron Moun- 

 tain, and seems to rise so high above the surrounding 

 hills that one thinks surely it is higher than any of 

 those to the north. But, in turn, when standing 

 on the summit of Clark mountain and looking to the 

 north the whole country thirty miles away, from 

 Black river to Knob Lick, seems to rise like a wall, 

 or mountain chain, it is so much higher than the in- 



