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freight and passengers; and in the past year 3,500,000 bushels 
of wheat, 25,000 hogs, 3,000 head of fat cattle, 2,000,000 lbs. 
of dried hides, besides other smaller items, were shipped east- 
wardly; and 30,000 tons of merchandise came westerly; pas¬ 
sengers both ways corresponding with the freight. 
And besides this depot, there are two others in the county 
which ship to the east at least 500,000 bushels of wheat, and 
to which merchandise is brought and sold, not included in the 
above amounts. It may be estimated, therefore, that the pro¬ 
duce of the county is equal in value to §1,000,000. The 
aggregate sales of goods, including groceries, amounts to over 
§500,000 per annum. 
Of tiie Mines of the county and our mineral resources, W. 
E. Parish, Esq., makes the report hereto annexed. Being 
owner of part of the mineral lands, and having paid particular 
attention to the subject, his statement may be relied upon as 
correct. He writes as follows: 
“ It is impossible to giye a correct idea of the amount of 
mineral of the different kinds to be found in the county. Lead, 
copper and iron have been found in different localities since 
1843. No heavy “ leads” have been opened, but the specimens 
found are of the richest quality; and miners who have exam¬ 
ined the grounds are of opinion that there are heavy deposits 
in the ground that would require but a small amount of capital 
to reach. The appearance of the country is very similar to 
the lead regions of Galena, Dubuque and Mineral Poiut, and 
there is no reason to doubt that in a few' years rich “ leads” 
will be opened here. 
“In two different locations, covering an extent of from five 
to eight thousand acres each, an excavation can hardly be 
made without finding copper ore of a good quality. Of one 
of these localities Prof. David Dale Ow T en gives us an interest¬ 
ing and encouraging account in his work on the Geology of 
Iowa and Wisconsin, to which the reader is referred. * * * 
The mine lies well for drainage, and the ore is of a kind 
easily reduced in a furnace, and yields so good a percentage 
of copper, (about twenty per cent) that it would be well worth 
