VIEWS OF LOUISIANA. 
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with sure prospect of profits. They are not yet incommoded ba¬ 
ilie intrusion of the water, owing to the height of their situation?.- 
The situation of this village is pleasant, there are some hand¬ 
some dwellings; the inhabitants, about twenty families, turn 
their attention to agriculture. The surrounding country, ab 
though broken in many parts, yet affords a great deal of fine 
land: the soil, as is general throughout the mine tract, is of a 
deep red, and supposed to be principally produced by the de¬ 
composition of pyrites, which are known to be a manure. Col. 
Perry shewed me a field in which wheat had been sown for 
twelve successive years, and no apparent diminution in the pro¬ 
duce, 
JVew Diggings, about two miles east of the Mine a Burton 5 
they were opened about the year 1806: and from the fame which 
they acquired, drew the miners from nearly all the other mines. 
It is thought, that during the year, in which these were work¬ 
ed, more lead was made, than has been since, in any one year 
throughout the mines. For two or three years past, until the 
present season, these diggings were almost neglected. They 
are now wrought by several gentlemen with hired hands and 
slaves. They Work in a few pits that had already been sunk to 
a considerable depth, but had been relinquished on account of 
the water; this difficulty has been obviated by machinery.— 
There are several farms around it. 
Mine Arnault: north of the Mine a Burton about six miles,- 
is situated Upon a branch of the Mineral Fork, a large creek.— 
It has hot been wrought for many years, blit a new discovery 
made within a short distance of it, is very flattering. The ad¬ 
jacent country consists of rugged hills,and one might almost fan¬ 
cy himself in the Allegany mountains. 
Elliott's Diggings , Old Mines, and the mines of Belle Eon* 
tairte, may be considered under the same head : in half a day one 
may easily visit them all. Flliot’s diggings have been worked 
for several years, by the proprietors, and to advantage. The old 
mines, for three or four years have been entirely neglected: the 
land is good, and there is a little settlement of twenty or thirty 
industrious people who cultivate it. These mines are from six 
to twelve miles from the Mine a Burton. Brown's Diggings, are 
