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PUBUSHEO irEiuLT) BY Al,LM4tfD LZ-, TUESDAY, DECEMBER il, JS04.
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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
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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.
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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. " '. ,
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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
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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. -
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