The following is copied from a page printed October 15, 1874, in the magazine MINES, METALS, AND ARTS. It was recently given to me by Ann Delashmit Buckley.

The washed clean mineral passes through the screen into the hopper into a box beneath the jig, is ready for the furnace.
The coarse mineral falling on the floor near the wash trunk is put into the latter and washed in the common way.

A CAMERON PUMP, 12 inches stroke, sucks the water from the race and supplies all parts of the works.

A NO. 5 STURTEVANT FAN of Todd & Co., St. Louis, a cornmill and Elliot's cornsheller, a saw, &C., complete the main division of the works.

THE AIR FURNACE Built by EMELAUER, is of the same pattern as that of the Ohio and Missouri Lead Company near Potosi. Dimensions given in Vol. 1, No. 26 of MINES, METALS, AND ARTS. I is at present only used for smelting smittum.

ECONOMY is proven by the small number of hands which do all the furnace work as, I smelter, 1 engineer, and 1 backhand.

FUEL. There are two coal sheds. The charcoal is made of oak on the Palmer lands, and costs seven cents delivered at the furnace.

MINERAL RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS OF LEAD. Palmer received over 90,000 lbs. of mineral. From an examination of returns I perceive that, with the exception of a few months during the crisis, the receipts have been rapidly increasing from month to month. Some of the best miners are now sinking for deeper runs opening good prospects, temporarily affecting incoming receipts. I feel sure that they will come up with totals of 100,00 to 200,000 lbs. per month within the next quarter. The prospects, the work and management warrant it. The total shipments of pig lead from January 73, to August of the present year, amounted to 13,170 pigs, of which some 500 pigs of slag lead, the rest soft Missouri No. 1 The latter are branded "Palmer", the former "Courtois", and weigh, respectively, 85 and 74 lbs.

OTHER ITEMS. I am assured that the proprietor of this tract will leave nothing undone to prove the character of mineral deposits below the hitherto average depth of gophering in this county. I am convinced that the present condition of affairs pays expenses and a fair interest on the cost of the property to its present owner. This surplus, by the latter's orders, is devoted to prospecting purposes until more permanent prospects in single shafts shall have been developed.
The property includes, besides the furnace, the superintendent's house, office, the hotel, livery, store, warehouse, carpenter and blacksmith shops, 2 patent forges in the mines, a Cosmopolitan church, school house, barns and other outbuildings besides 85 dwellings for farmers and miners. Farmers commence mining after crops are laid by; miners who get their house free of rent with garden spot must give their whole time to mining on this tract or quit. They have fuel for the chopping and hauling. Miners receive powder and fuse free of charge when they sink through solid rock with no lead to pay. The superintendent further, supports energetic miners by taking one-third or one-half interest in sinking deep shafts. In such cases, the share of interest is equal in both expense and earnings. Miners get for mineral one-half the price of pig lead in St. Louis markets, minus the expense of hauling to Potosi which is $2.50 per gross thousand.

THE VILLAGE Is occupied by 21 tenants. The village store is kept by J. Block & Co. and under the management of Mr. Schwartz. It does a large trade in general merchandise for miles around. The total population on the Palmer tract is estimated at 300.

RAILROAD PROSPECTS. A railroad from Salem to Potosi via Palmer is being agitated. It would open a valuable mining region of lead, iron, and lumber.