The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-13 00:00:00

Missouri Mines.

The rich mines of useful (and perhaps precious) metals in
Missouri have often been referred to in general terms, yet
in a very indefinite manner, and for this reason, not one-
tenth of the richest mines are yet known, or even disco-
vered, and to-day there are thousands of acres of good
mineral lands offered for sale at a merely nominal price,
in which will be found rich mines enough to make large
fortunes, yet neither the seller nor buyer know any thing
of these facts.

Added to her vast mineral and agricultural wealth,
mild climate, noble rivers, and central position, all most
inviting to the industrious immigrant, we ha vo good
reason to believe that largo paying wells of petroleum
will be found in Missouri.
Before anything was known of this rich source of
national wealth, we travelled from Warsaw to Oseola,
Missouri, and were there strongly and forcibly impressed
with the strangely irregular hills along our border, they
from their great irregularity having the appearance of
being formed by some great convulsion of nature. Since
the discovery of oil a recollection of them was brought
back by articles in Forney's Press, describing the oil
regions of West Virginia. The description then given
was precisely similar to the country along the Osage and
in St. Louis county. Hence it is fair to infer that oil
will be found there, and in paying quantities.
Though some good indications of oil have been dis-
covered in North Missouri, in our mind the largest and
best wells will be found south of the Missouri River.

Little of practical scientific information has been pub-
lished
touching the origin or formation of this new and
necessary source of wealth ; only this much is certainly
known, that when petroleum is found, three essential ele-
ments to its formation or production have previously
xisted there—namely, coal, salt, and lime. How these
ombine in the deep laboratory of nature to form this neces-
sary and valuable oil is not explained in any article we
have read or heard of, and, if kno Al, the-explanation is most
carefully kept secret. Hence science has done absolutely
nothingpblaalelus ahsitnaetiihlryee,driigreinct.ion of locating these deposits and ex-
The yield of oil at this time is not less than 12,000
than lessens. lavni
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use is also discovered for it, until it is now used for
many and various
foreign and home demand PurtbP:;; for otherand
consumption
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rapidly increasing. For
the duty of the State authorsiteiersea
by
it is, in our opinion,
to
institute,
reall and every proper
inquiries, &c.,
and and legitimate means,
en-
courage such explorations and inas to lead
to the discovery of this rich and valuable
wealth. Any sum which the State
mayseoxuprce
endoftoState
en-
courage such discoveries will soon be repaid by taxes
arising from the greatly increased value of the lands.
Again, the counties to whom was given (most unwisely
and improperly) large tracts of so-called swamp lands
should be required, as some small return for said gift
or grant, to have carefully prepared topographical and
geological surveys of their respective counties made,
and by some practical man, not, as heretofore, by
a theorist, dealing in splendid generalities and carefully
avoiding definite practical information.
Missouri has suffered much too long, and it is full time
every effort was made to place and keep her in that posi-
tion for which nature intended her, and of which slavery
and compromise so very long deprived her. There is ono
other article essential to the prosperity of St. Louis, that
is anthracite coal ; it is believed it can and will be found
in what is known as the Ozark Ridge, or Mountains. Its
early discovery ought to b 3 encouraged ; its ore would
greatly lesson the cost of iron castings.
Finally, we trust the coming Legislature will so far for-
get political squabbles as to give some time to the true
i 1 interests of Missouri and her greatly needed material
prosperity.—Nissouri Democrat.

A frightful attack of neuralgia in the face and
mouth cured by a tew doses of MORP3ON.S PILLS, the vege-
table universal medicine of the British College of Health,
Euston-road, London, after other means had failed. Sold
by the hygeian agents and all medicine vendors.