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Pell mine. — This property is located in see. 24, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., 

 on Threemile Creek, near St. Joseph Church. There is a well- 

 equipped hoisting plant and concentrating mill, not now in operation 

 and said to have been run but a short time. The shaft is reported 

 to be 95 feet deep and sunk on the vein, which apparently dips to 

 the east. The course of the vein seems to be about N. 20° to 30° E. 

 The dump pile consists mainly of limestone, with some sandstone. 

 The vein stuff evidently includes brecciated limestone, with calcite, 

 fluorite, galena, and blende acting as the cementing material. The 

 sulphides occur also in cracks in the limestone, and to some extent 

 disseminated in and replacing the rock. The stock pile shows some 

 fluorite of good grade, and a small amount of zinc carbonate with 

 occasional stains of malachite. The ore bins show a fairly clean 

 grade of rosin blende and some well-cleaned galena. Financial diffi- 

 culties and dissensions in the management are given as reasons for 

 the property being idle. 



Stevxirt mine. — This property, operated by the American Mines 

 Company, is located northwest of the Pell, in section 14. Several 

 small shafts have been sunk on a nearly vertical vein running N. 20° 

 E. between Cypress sandstone on the east and Ste, Genevieve lime- 

 stone on the west. This vein has been traced for about a half mile 

 along its course, and wdiere seen showed from 2 to 3 feet of purple 

 and white spar with small amounts of barite and. some small black 

 quartz crystals. 



Oxford and Watson mine. — This property is near the Stewart, in 

 SW. i NE. I and NW. \ SE. J- sec. 13. A small prospect shaft has 

 been sunk in the limestone, probably Ste. Genevieve, and near the 

 sandstone. It has developed the presence of a breccia of which the 

 fragments are limestone and the cementing material is mainly 

 calcite. A few crystals of blende and galena were observed, but no 

 considerable body of ore has l^een found. 



Cooh mine. — This is a small prospect shaft 70 feet deep about a 

 half mile northeast of the Oxford and AVatson. Tt is on the contact 

 between the sandstone and limestone and shows considerable calcite 

 and some fluorite in the north side of the shaft. At 56 feet the east 

 side of the shaft was entirely occupied by red clay. 



Parl'enson mine. — This property is a couple of miles southwest of 

 the Stewart and just across the line in Pope County (NE. ^ sec. 27, 

 T. 12 S., R. 7 E.). The country rock here is sandstone, presumably 

 belonging to the Cypress formation, and while there has evidently 

 been some faulting, it has not been enough to bring the limestone 

 to the surface. The property was not in operation when visited, 

 but the dump showed the presence in small quantity of fluorite, 

 blende, and barite. The course of the vein seemed to be N. 30° E. 



