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Amount of Ore. 
The amount of ore which has been obtained from this area 
cannot be determined with exactness, but the following ta- 
ble, compiled from different sources, is a close approxima- 
tion. The Galena area has been the richest in the entire 
field. For years it produced nearly one-half of all ore in the 
entire district. But as it is much more limited in geographic 
extent than the Missouri districts, recently it has given up 
its high rank in the scale of production, and now produces 
little more than one-tenth of the entire output of the south- 
western district. 
OUTPUT OF ZINC AND LEAD ORES, GALENA DISTRICT, KANSAS. 
From January 1, 1886, to December 31, 1903, inclusive. Data since 1895 from the Engineering 
and Mining Journal; others from Mr. Russell Elliott, Galena. 
ZINC ORE. LEAD ORE. 
Total 
YEAR. Average Average value of 
ons price Tons = output. 
(2000 Ibs.) | per ton, | Y™"* | (2000 Ibs.) | per ton Nyatuc: 
60 % ore. = 
1886..... 31,768.00 $18 50 $587,708 00 2,962.14 $59 00 $174,766 38 $762,474 38 
UIC ooo 32,795.00 19 00 623,105 00 3,073.19 52 50 161,499 98 784,604 98 
1888..... 33,391.00 21 00 701,211 00 2,624.00 31 00 81,3844 00 782,555 00 
1889..... 32,950.00 24 00 790,800 00 3,992.50 46 00 183,655 00 974,455 00 
USD). . 660 21,675.00 23 00 498,525 00 4,173.96 42, 28 176,176 28 674,701 28 
IE. o660 20,641.00 Al sil 454,102 00 3,602.21 50 32 182,271 83 636,373 83 
WRB. ooo 23,811.00 20 00 476,237 78 7,188.17 42, 00 301,903 14 778,140 92 
1893 Rn 25,028 .00 18 85 471,789 00 5,189.59 38 00 195,314 42 667,103 42 
18 4 28,670.00 17 10 490,257 00 5,817.49 33 64 195,794 56 686,051 66 
US Sono 41,232.00 19 68 812,792 00 12,537.64 38 56 482,548 75 1,295,340 75 
IEINB., co00 62,232.00 22 51 | 1,401,307 83 14,061.58 32 04 450,529 90 1,851,837 73 
UE. oooc 59,457.00 5 Il || ILA CRG83 O2! 15,184.68 50 20 762,469 96 2,255,183 00 
1898..... 74,852.00 26 64 | 1,994,280 55 7,918.28 42, 04 352,798 45 2,347,029 00 
1899..... 64,708.48 38 54 | 2,313,831 00 6,723 .40 52 62 354,311 00 2,668,142 00 
1900..... 46,501.35 30 28 | 1,288,237 13 4,938.44 48 80 240,995 87 1,479,233 00 
IOI. cooc 33,997.80 | 27 95 797,844 37 5,288.19 46 94 245,880 63 1,048,725 00 
IGWB. 6s06 31,225.30 32 00 898,184 23 4,126.61 46 44 191,689 77 1,089,824 00 
IGWB, 000 26,620.92 35 05 878,942 83 3,139.45 53 87 169,122 17 1,048,065 00 
Totals,! 691,529.85 $24 48 1$16,921,767 76 | 112,444.52 $44 79 | $4,903,022 19 | $21,324,789 95 
It is difficult to determine what portion of the Galena area 
has been most productive. Originally it was Short creek 
valley, near the discovery shaft; then it was the eighty acres 
belonging to the South Side Mining and Milling Company ; 
then the center of activity shifted south to the Maggie Taylor 
ground, in the southeast part of Galena; then it shifted to 
the southwest, on and near the Mastin land; and again, for 
a brief period, to the North Empire valley district. Of this 
entire number, the land of the South Side Mining and Mill- 
