. . " 1 - j . . . .- '. 1 . ' -.,... - ' , . ...... . . - . . ' 1 . " li Mat ox.i. x PUBUSHEO irEiuLT) BY Al,LM4tfD LZ-, TUESDAY, DECEMBER il, JS04. rvu HO.. A 14. 1 " ; :V,,J DOCUMENT No. III. Accompanying a Message from the Presi dent of tbc United Stated Nwyember 5th, . 18Q4. , . . , ; . Jl summary description of the Lead Mines in Upper Louisiana : also an utimats of their product for three jeart past, . - : "Continued from our last. 6. Mine la Pute, Innate on ajriver of: that name, about t wo miles from its junc. lion with Grand river, and eighteen miles . S. . from tbe Mine a Burton, was , 4ifcoeted in October i70t by an Amer ricanpbut the injullicJoritv the ferifers at Grand fiver, in the affair of Vbc M ine a MaMtey rfifcouraged thofe concerned. iu , she d1f?o5(er y from makiftgUiy :geeal at-"-tempts to open and improve It. In " 1800 thirty then land pounds wetglvfof mineral vras drawn from the mine by .two Ameri cans ; obtained near the Cur face. The mineral a flumes the appearance of regular veins, and there is nut a doubt ,but this mine will be very productive,. A filver colored fofiil is round at chis nine, but not in fmh quantuiet as at the Mini? a Burton. : Thenioe, at prefent, is unc cupied lor the .reafons before G.etttioned, and villi remain fo until a more favoiable moment, , ' J . ' The land carriage from the mine to St. -Genevieve, i abont 20 miles. Te mine may b cojifnlcred as the property vf the public. - 1. Mine a Joe on Grand river, about 4 miles horn the, Mine a la Plate, and '.14 luuth-eaft of the Minfta Buxton, was dif. covered by Meifrs: Balcer and Ally, Amer ican fetilcrsai Grand river, in September 1801, but was taken from them 1802, by one of thofe afti of injurtice, not uncom mon in abfolme government?. While Mzftrs: Baker and. Ally' were fuffered to work the mine, they obtained mineral in abundance: but fince it bat been in the Jiands ol lite prefent .holders, it has pro ; duced but little. . Thla aainfis fiid to be priv4t property, which renders if difficult to afcertain 4tl extent awl rkhnef ; but im ciicamiUncea it Is tvppefed not to b Vfry eienfie The ueral ia found in pieces ot ft veral hundred founds tvigbt pure and Xolid. . , I. Mine i LUyVvTOf mtnels fitua ed fix mile weft of the mine a Joe, and 36 fouth fbuth-eatt vf the Mine a Burton. .! wasifcwveredabovlthe year 170C, and ears the name of its dilcvcfcr. The mine his nut been much 1 wrought, .and rom what I can Icarr, ver produced an lar.e quantity ot mineral. : :lt is 00 1 iu much repute, and afprelent is tinocru .pied. , . .... .' . , . 9. Mine a la fott is ijtuted oa the waters of. 1 he river St. - Francis, fix miles from the main river, and thirty fouth fWth. vrctt 6f Si. Genevieve; was discovered by Mr. Ranaiitt, about the year .1721 or 14, ho made anxp'oratioat bat hndinx no silver ore? he abandoned it.. ,; About the year 1721. a roan by the name o4 a la Molt. opened and wrought the mine, aftef whom Jt is called. . . Mine a la Molt differs in every rcforlr futn tbc minci un Grand riWr and Us vicinity. The fituHion U low t 'he water bad ind unhelathy. Tb4 miner l is found ia regular veins, from two lv tour tcct folid. r ive of thofe veins pe ifeeen opened and wroa&h. They are irund wf Wrt fur or hvc feel of the fur- late, with . a declination, ot about forty. , iiic drgtccs, kut cannot h . rained lvpcr loo account ot water) than twenty. nve feet, and o That -deph nly in the dry Jeafun. The mineral is At a fine flcil A'tinj fa id to contain fifty ounces of filvrr. to a tun tf lead, acd it LUMjlfhatgrd with Julurr.' 'NotwiiJ'ftandiog the Frcmh Inhabitants tiihit country have, fJlowrd shtiupirg btifiiitf towards of, 60 yean, 4rt Ty lav4Kt advanced in the art of jmctfuig a Urp beyond their ancencrr. The methods hy putfue bfcfpesk their .ifpjifiniiMioraiKc. At 1 he Mine a la" Muii differs from thofe already deTail erf, la doctihcn iimkIc i f fii.el'ing. ' The 61II prucrft is by deputing the rtiintral in a .ie t .Ugit af cr ihe manner, fra (hells jrebotM to lime; the piles being (el on. tiretnJ confMirtcd, it qust'ity of lead ptudatved Is ive per ceo t. tt is then put into a fa f pact of flo, fmh at belote defuribed; Irom ihit procefi, if well at. itrtd"d, is tfwlurd fifieen percent, more. After ihia fetond burning, they confider arye rj!rl ia a proper Qate for fmclting. Therefore, calkding It from the alhet, ibey sgiln put it into the furnace, atran. Red with log at'bottura and Cdcr, and trtakean i4 of' fmclling. 1 10m the fait proctfl Uif CtntrvoifobtAlmJ iboi fjftaen per cent, makfngthirty-five per cent, thereateft quantity obtained. . 4 At Mine a 1 Mott is alio found, n bsds, what themijtiera call gravel mineral becaufe" it is found intermixed wiilt the foil, like fine gravel in-partlcics from the aire of a piis head to that of a hickory nut. This juiueul, after an imperfeft walhing, is put into a furnace, where it is buffered to melt into a dig, no attempt being made to crea'e a ttuMlity ot the metal from tle droll. It is tnen put in to a furnace, not .unlike a miller's hopper with, a grate at bottom underneath a fire 1. ;.?.. . 11,... 15 tigntea, anu coaunucu umuuc h are alt melted: andipirial fluxido.cffed-. Ttti ik ot $aitdnn prodiicsa- bout two hunarcii aua miy poumis or ieaa to a thoufa'nd of mineral. NotwittUtand, ing the inmenleiofs in fmelting, the riefc- nej -oi me mines, anu iuc iui.h ipcuw;. in obtaining the mincral,; leaves an adon iflting profit to the projprictors. I found by experiments that the mineral, in the hands of -Ikiiful foielters, will produce fixty, and fome of the veins feventy' psr cent. About the year 173840, die Mine a la Mott was conftdtred at public property, and the people in general wer allowed io'woYk at itj at that time it fffrnilhed almolt all the lead exported from- the Illinois. Butjoon after the diicovery and opening of the Mine a Burton, the mine a :a ivioti was in a mcaiuic abandoned ; the mineral at the mine "a Burtpn being much calier melted. The Mine a la Mutt is at ihis time-flaimeirair private property, in corftqaence of which the inhabitants "in general are denied the a'fo evident. Mine a V .Bnr'jn intUidir g fevetal' privilege of working ; theretoiet!'e annu- al quantity of lead i grea'ly reddced.i For the year t8 2 at d 1S03, the quantity f lead made at the Mine a la Mott, did not exceed two' hundred thoufand pound weight.' although, about thin y men were employed from four to fix months in cacrs year. It is evident Mat nuy mew, unuer a proper manager, with a good fmeiting furnace, might pcoduce five or fix hundred thoufand pound weight oi lead per ai- It is Ucul tXky wlut part of the mine it private property, but from the bett information about fify or fixty acres have been grruUd at di'TT'-rent times. inevmme, anwougn not ioc.iejuiB ai the Mine a Bur on, is tuppofed to com prcheml a much larger boundary than what is granted to individuals, and may be of confequery 10 the public. The river Si. Frauds will not admit tfnavia. lion iorag hundred miles below the mines therefore the produce oi the mines mutt be tranf ported by land to St. Genevieve, which is the nearrQ o water carriage. TiS Mine a Gcrtore, on the waters of the river St. Francis, eighteen tn't'cs north of the Mine a la Molt, it alfoa difmve. rv of ttanaulr. ho made an exploremciit m w v i in 174c; but not finding filver 01c, the ; lrinuH4l objeft of hit rcfrarchet, he aban doned ii At er which it was wrought by a Mr. Aura and 'others, until the Mine a Burton wai dTcovcreii, when it wasaghi abandoned. The old diggings are v- lend re, but the quantity of lead produced, 1 have not been able lo afcetuin. h is faid o be eeual to ary uf ihe m'nes j.iuhc country. Tbecomman.'.ar.t of New Biur. bon, has a cunccflio'i f a league in fuper hcelcumprchendmg the mines BView. Ol? Mines Gr.ftiiver GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Within 'wtlve mamht pall, fever a I JiUoveiut luve been tnsde near ihe Mine a Burton. V .futile lead mines have been liktwifo. difevMC red about two hundred mites up the river Mvtrimsk : fuatc of the minus'i I have fern, whiih is of a good quality. 1.1 iboit, tic cuuu'ry tor twtlte , or filtecn mi'cs round ihe Xlmea Burton. rxhibiis Hrong appcarsnces ot mineral. In all ihe fault creeks mineral is found waCbed down from the hi It, and it is nut uncommon to find in the disughts leading o creeks and riven, and In gul'.ics made by fpring rains, mineral, in piccct Irom ten tu fitty pound weight, brought down by the torrents t Sotnehundtedi have been col eclcd in thte way. No country ytt know farnilhes greater indica'ions ofan ineahauftiblc quantity of lead mineral, and fv cafily obtaiued. One motive to render the mining by lined ' generally ad. vai'iageous, i, that every farmer maybe a Mtincr, and when unemployed on hit farm, may, by "a few wee kt labour, al mol ai his own d.r, dig at much mine ral as wjjl furnifh his familv with sllim ported attKKi. Front a view of the lead minei in UpfKt LouiGsoa, it may be fee a that poiltlng is wiciint but a lacreafe of pupulatiajtti aumttil ihtlf produce 10 J a futprifiog decree. ' It is ..there are valuable djftoveries ' yet to be made, " it may therefore be maitr of consideration with the government; whe ther the donation of four acres io fuperfice to the Hifcoveiers of mioes, would not bi advantageous ip kbe conunned. . The SpantfiS government has alfo -allowed the 'inbabti.a;nts.to work on public;, lands free from any Jcind o( tax. AfoiXinuarioiiof fhi privilege 4 ill etihauft both; the miiei and irtiVVvvi'hoiit ', the leatl ad vintager! to the public.; Oa thecMher havi At t hea jr rimpo'IitVon Vs' ' impo(e4, ' Ht madif: courage the mining bufiifefY j yet, f th; ui.n nim i.il nun IHV pitN U0Ct: I h ajtj an;4eMiis t.rVa'frVh'wetimtfa his 4.T;, J. mmarctt aod4isperAimpint; mtyjtfln , ford to pay '.4rmaU , ik6o;v', The couutVy.aboutllie mineajt broken " but wit moiintatnotis and furihcs.the v belt of land fof foliivatron, and ttr earns of water fnfitcicnt tyr all kids- of. water works. . prand river rifesten mile fixwh wcit of ikv ' Aline a Burton, and in its C imc fofms neatly .thiee part 6f a cir c e round the mines and loft its.namc in the Fouche Rana-ult, which is liaviable to thev Milfiifippi : they tnite Jeo 'rnil north M itw Mine a Burton.' anit is.'reV makable, tlu,t in lorming this .circle, , its didance from the' mint j docs vot , exceed fourteen miles in arty' bue plice..' Ji alfu furm ihe both land and wat:r, of a fupei ,rior quality, fufficient tor cigui '.ot nine huttdred familici'. ;.. j .. Thus fiiuaic'l, the lime caruu be far diitatvl, when this country will fnrnilh Jead (ufi cicitt, not only for hcVnfump lion of the Uhiifcd Siates, but all ll urope if ,4t)oderatt:flcouratrtneht iV 1 vij' by government, and protection aaltui the Q fage Indians, who car!y p'.uuder jine1 iii. habitants " The minei on'the Waters f. the St., Francis,' are capable of, furniihing great quantities of fead. The Mine a la Motr baa been (tiled the Gold Mutw', at dtferip live of It 'wealth'; and if under proper ma nageonent' would vcity the fcrva--tion. " .. ; .- " ' I'iom. ibe annexed eifuat it vfill. be4 found, th&t the grofa prodnce of all tlie i4inc now 'occupied ainoums ' iV'tiiii'ty. lix thoufatul five hundred dollars. The hote ruimhcr ot workmen employed, including miner, fmeltera, wood-cut etx ad cartels, hr.s not excerdt-d one hurd:cJ aid fifty men, of whivh iiaimbcV one hun. drtd and tw.;uy a:.y be fuppofed to trk tdur moi.iiis, and the renuintn taiily the year round Fr.nlLi calculation, it will tx found that each man emplojed in the. bu finds avciagck tWiy'hrce dollar's per month. Tuihis maybe a.hled the ncr:f',.l va lue ti one hu drcd a.nl twenty ihnfiiid potntds weight, ma-.ufjctun'l at lite Mine a B'Hton into that a"nd Ulce')!, wtjith ii).ks the tkiort va'uatio.t forty thou I mJ and one htm Ired doiiars pT anntiin, the average produce tor tmtc )Cars pail, adir.titiitg one ihmif.tid men ' be cm ph.yctl the year rutmd, at ihe dijf.rent mine t o known, and ihe quantify ;f IcaJ piodiued 10 be in pioporiim o whit is now obtained by one hundred and bf'y men, a fuppolitioa b) ro mean cxtrava ant, the proceeds are found to amount to tut hundred thoufand dollsis and up. wards. This calculation, ptihipt, by fume, may be deemed incredible, but ihi tkhesaitd eitcntot ilic oiiui julli'y ihe calculation. valuation will .be iConS.rably augmented on lie fame quantity had. . Tie ftlltAving tablfwiil fltty iht pre fat ptpulaiiirt the Mint a hut tn and iis vicinity. " '. , .d 4 '..V. 1 "t e.ta' t in June, 1797, wrn 1 jfimaveti y family to the Mine a Burton, the whoht iflima'.i f th pnJuce lU Jtvcral Mine a Burton 55,ooo lot. mineral, elli.na. ltd to produce 66 23 is 166,666 23 lbs. leacfat dols. 5 ,, 18,33333 1 o which add dolls. 30 tort 1 20,000 lbs. manu. faclotcd) to each iho j. fand it lfio co 21,93333 01T Minei 2eo,cco lb. mineral, edimaicd 10 produce 66 2-3, i 133,333 13 Ibt lead st du.ls. 5, per cwi. is 6,6 C 6 7 Mine 1 la Mott aco,c- 0 lbs. letd at dolls. 5, per cvri. It 10, coo 00 Suppofc at all tht other mires 30.000 Jbi. Uad, at"t!ulli. ji U l,00 co Tot si amount Jollf. . 40.100 When the marutaflore of hii sod rtd lead U put Into opcrailoo, tU cxpvit number of . ii,fcui)ia,A'' fcliltd on Gianti rver and us watery 3,iJ exceed tityY rtiiee orioue ytbfa n4il'ng of eigtti .fiiiiliefc'.-v-..--.-Sl' ' .u:,t .v; ';.;,.1, . j N B; Some (aletranfailinns, by orMef of the governor .of St-. ,iVoiits,.;.Jf ialidj wi'd ootnely change the tituiuon'of ttuj public property within , ten i.tiles of ihj Mine Burton. Surveys of all 'he taMda . worihy tt ' notice, hive been tr ade aeiih "aft ii)tch(idn! to ijiclutii'cveryrpoi. 'of IS. 1, 4 fuppofed ai'coma'n mineral, TlielcJ'uj vey amoujit, to tltirtv r fQriy jtfaoulai'.d acres, and 'have been m ice except in few inltaiicis,fiwe il:c bU ot the prefcua fnom1i..i. ... - .. ...... ' N - l , The above oMxrvstioats'-and eilimatra arc as accurate as; the nature or thint wcuui admit, andthe thortnsfs of tjme tiaVt hJd coiJtc); iniormatiorrv A 11 oa which are fuborj. ted with rcfpecl.4' "' ' , ' . V MOSES AUSTIN.1- .Fvbruary 13, 1S04' ' ' ' ' BICKNESSIN NKW-OR LEAKS. ' Ao extract of a letter from Netv-Orlens, da ' . mi. O.U ..f li'... ' ' It is with mdcscribablertCjret thatT itjl cotnot ilcd tocnir.niUKicatc the most distres sing intelligence of the death of the Lady of Governor Claiborne, and alio uf her amiible hulc daughter.' They both died on the eve ning of the iith ult. wilhiu a few hour of each other. Mr. Claiborne clitd of the com-' plktedaitase, vhkh hat so n afllicted her.. Miss Teauiesttec urKfievtiunably ilicd of a moat mali gnwit yellnw-iotr with which kbewasUck about' five lst. They we both buried the day before yesterday iu the same grave, and at tbe aiunc time amidst eve ry rxprcks'ton of tbe noa nr.ivrrul brart-Telt or row of citry class afiC ticacripUojo pf cjij, atna. The funeral sraa at Uncled by a vast ccrw course of yu.ple, a numerous collection t f la die, which in tbe prtKesncn that uat form. el ere preceded lr al tbe magiktrkte and piil)liclniKttnrieiol thecity, foreign 1 CT.teri and cfTiccrt of the United Si..tes. troiH d 'inilitia, l.tl of horo Itemed tr.il.,n. fp - y- ing their last re'prctto Uur n cmcty c.f l r nhowus uini eiily loved and cstcinud, n.4 of e vim int ty rery cerrmotdal of grief, their lamentation at il.U pl distreir.g cVthUo-"" 'ihe lo.ftl.c (ioveinur 1 gteat tnlrrai,aitd bis aRltcticiia iivot scvirt. Uit it jrivts rtta tiappuKtv to aay that he soj poits his ius tlon vtith a fortitude and equanimity of rvind worthy of him. He has itic ti-tiv1atiuii in a Mtpcrior f&rcs, that ro penon who knew Mrs. I laiborne for 1 tit glc l imr, t;s rrt feel and pmpaihizr with l.'m in tl.'.t mr t sc vere mistoitunc Sccitty htie U deeply acn sille of the irrt pcnblc loss hUh it has stis tained. I will venture tossy, that no worr art was ever in this country mote highly Ulcud and rttteud, and no one ever in her situ a. lion tontuch the t heme cftinivi rial tulofium. All who knew her were her fiicnds axd sh had not anti.emy. t - Ycm can srwrcely hate sn Idea ef lit drradful rsvsyet which the disease of this, . climttc has n ar!e hcretU present srs4.n. It i ittpposed that two-thirds of all thou who h sve srrivtd here the prettnl tear Isv fallen victims. At prefent we trv permkud tu hope that our calamiitea arc tt sn cm!, aa no newctkci have octurrtd for ttrsc svma da vs." I he bntile dljosltion fWlwecn our Court and that f bpain, appears to ee In a certain drgrve. ronipromled. The Spitith rninis, Ur M. D'Attdusga. I as returned to town, af ler etritling his fmily to the cnait. Tba t.on. Mr. Wtlltslry,Teport tays.ls Vurrplaca Mr. Frtrv at the C'uutt of Madrid. Cap. fto ke , of the ship Drttty, arrived at New.York. frtim Datavis, intntna, that tht produce of the !1ml tf Javt, waa eitrwta ftsrtlv high $ whkltwatthcicrf aetm , Ur 01 vels Ittving iUi.(f, fa oitea jrr lo obUiu vargvit. - ----- " ... ( jt : J A- A - ,v is: ' IS "11 v. V t 1 71 7 n ' t: l ' 'I 'I 'i

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