5*6 TERRITORIES OF THE 



Burton, about forty miles west of St. Genevieve, may be considered 

 the centre of those which are profitably worked. 



These mines have been known for a great many years ; for the dis- 

 covery would be made, as soon as the country could be traversed; 

 the ore being visible in the ravines washed by rains, and in the beds 

 of rivulets. 



The following is an estimate from the best information we can 

 procure, of the annual produce of the different mines, and of the 

 number of persons engaged in them ; without counting smelters, 

 blacksmiths, and others. 



Mine a Burton, 

 New Diggings, 

 Perry's Diggings, ~) 

 Mine Liberty, &c. 3 

 Elliott's Diggings, 

 Mines of Belle Fontaine, 

 Bryan's Diggings, . 

 Richwoods, 

 Mine a La Motte, . 

 Fourciie Couitois, . 

 Mine a Robins, and > 

 Mine a Joe \ 



lbs. lead. 



hands 



5o;ooo 



15 



200,000 



40 



60,000 



50 



100,000 



20 



300,000 



50 



600,000 



70 



75,000 



30 



100,000 



40 



1 0,000 



15 



30,000 



20 



1,525,000 350 



From this some estimate may be formed of the produce of these 

 mines. When they come to be extensively worked, there is not a 

 doubt but that they will be able to supply the United States, not only 

 with a sufficient quantity for home consumption, but also with an 

 immense surplus for commerce. 



Resources, agriculture, manufactures, trade. ...Nature has 

 been more bountiful to this territory, than perhaps to any part of the 

 western country. It possesses all the advantages of the states of 

 Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with many which they have not. 

 Proximity to the great mart of the west, will enable the produce of 

 this territory to be the first in arriving, and consequently to bring 

 the highest prices. 



The agriculture of this territory will be very similar to that of 

 Kentucky, except, that south of the 35° of latitude, cotton may be 

 grown to advantage, and nearly as high as the Missouri, for home 

 consumption. The soil, or climate, of no part of the United States, 

 is better adapted to the growth of wheat, rye, barley, and every spe- 

 cies of grain. Rice and indigo may be cultivated in many parts of 

 it : and no part of the western country surpasses it for the culture of 

 tobacco, hemp, and flax. Except the fig, orange, and a few other 

 fruits, every species known in any part of the United States is culti- 

 vated to advantage. There are no where finer apples, peaches, 

 pears, cherries, plums, quinces, grapes, melons, &c. 



The manufactures which might be established are various and 

 important. The immense quantity and cheapness of lead, naturally 

 point out this country as the proper one for the different manufactures 

 of that mineral ; sheet lead, shot, red and white lead, &c. The 



