696 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LEAD REGION. 



companies at work on them, the principal product being by individual parties in small 

 lots. Lead ore is usually found in this district in two piincip'al openings, known as the 

 12-foot opening and the 65-foot opening. The first is named from the height of the 

 openmg which usually averages about 12 feet. The second derives its name from 65 

 feet of unproductive rock which separate it from the fiirst. 



The following parties are now or have recently been mining near Beetown : 



Brown Bros. & Birch. These diggings are situated in the Hull Hollow, about 

 three-quarters of a mile south of the village. They were discovered in 1860 by Walters 

 & Roberts, and were first worked in the twelve foot opening. 



There are tlu-ee parallel east and west ranges situated about nme feet apart. They 

 produce lead ore which is found in flat openings 43^ feet high and 4J^ feet wide, lying 

 about 7 feet above the 65-foot opening. The ore has been traced by a level 300 feet 

 west from the discovery shaft. The depth at the working shaft is 60 feet; the greatest 

 depth on the ridge wLll be 160 feet. Work was commenced in the winter of 1875-C, 

 since which time the product has been 35,000 pounds. The prospects are considered 

 good. 



Wilcox Diggings. N. hf. of S. E. qr. of Sec. 32, T. 4, R. 4, W. This ground has 

 been recently bought by Messrs. Henry, Ross, Gundry & Toay, of Mineral Point, by 

 whom it is now operated under the name of the Beetown Mine. 



Work was commenced here by Mr. Wilcox in 1868. A level has been run in tho 

 ground 500 feet, underlying a flat sheet of blende and Smithsonite, which is in places 36 

 inches tliick. The sheet has been found to extend 80 feet north and south, and 130 feet 

 east and west; its extreme lunits are not yet known. On its south side, some copper 

 ore has been found. The sheet Ues in the upper pipe clay opening. 



About 22 feet above the sheet of zinc ores is one of Smithsonite and lead ore, 150 feet 

 wide, whose length is unknown. It hes in flat and pitching sheets in the greenrock 

 opening. 



The ground has produced lead ore to the value of $3,500; also, 45 tons of Smithsonite 

 and 175 tons of blende. Four men are now employed here, and it is intended to work 

 the mine to its fuU extent. Fig. 12 shows the position of the present workings. 



Fig. 12. 



ITorki in the \ ^W^M^I^M Sf \ ^■■- •>'"'" 



Plan or Workinob in thb Beetown Mine. 



Some mining has also been done during this year (1876) on Sec. 27, on tho east side 

 of Grant river. The parties are as follows: 



Josiah Crossly & Co. Produced about 8,000 pounds of lead ore in the operations of 

 one month. 



Crossly & Bass. Situated south of the preceding. Work was carried on for six 

 nionths, and stopped by the owner of the land; 20,000 pounds of lead ore were produced. 



Wilcox & Sons. These parties have been working about a month on a new east and 

 west range. The prospect is considered good. 



