New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-20

H.. ,l ;cb yyss IN m nged with the oies' % loi
,o.A;,slf In rs A. the ear Of ITS gieA'est yie'u
-, * we're 100 o1O Il. Of lead, S24VVV III
-. AMI a. 900 in gold IN 1851, the yield OF iraa
Iad d5r,psled 10 5000 u. Ii 7,'2 or Of SILVER.
II Tho roy, vear the wins became exhausted ana
,bo,oh str,Drous Efforts were mife 10 recover t'cm
.sbo. were rnslctessiul. aid tie mines wee ahar-
.oonod. They are now filed with wafer and eAuiey
deserted.
tee are some lead ores ia tie mountainous portions
Of Virginia and TenIese. Small quaiitiles Of ie'u
were ext,aet from these during the Revolutionary
war, but the quantity Was utterly insignificant ana Il Is
not IN the slightest degree probable that enough could
be founi were it all col cd with the greatest care
70 last their armies for three months campaign.
Were the Southrons manufacturing people and
especially if they had many large cities with extensive
~Sa,er~orks, they won d I've likely 10 have consider
ahie store Of lead in varions forms land, wnlcA
could be converted into bullets in their emergency bu'
ouch il no. tie case, and, under all these
ct becomes evident tnat the large forces they are
;ng into Missouri engaged ina struggle tno H4'ei'
results Of which are important to them as 'Ne
zion Of even Virginia itself.
But should they succeed in obtaining 'eli'poi"i!
control Of tho Missouri mines, and ihus OBTAIN SUI
6cent supply for their present necessiirS' NV! "'i &c
So,ea 90 look elsewleie for an amount buicleni 10
Do,-v an a protrscted war. The product Of lead IN
7.s;,; Iona since obtained It's maximum, and has for
,anv wears been diminishing rapidly, indicating m
,vb,r.,ion ut 10 remote period. 1t must he remen-
k,e5 tia; the galena from which the metal is here
cled is only found near tic suiface and that It Is
not possible to push tie digging TO depth limited only
by the increased expense.
Lead mining in Missouri began "a long ago as l'2o.
Tie ms regular furnaces, however, were erected in
1923. Ia 1871 the Shlbboleth Mine produced over
5000. 900 los Of eta In 1919 there were DO mines
in operation and tie production continued to increase
az to about $780, although cen find no record OF
che latest products From 1884 10 1857 the La Note
2nine yielded over million lbs. per annum and the
cotL p,oiuct of the mines of the from this time
SID 10 lS4j averaged about 5000 TINS annually. AT
about this last period rapid decline in the rate Of
production IAN VI III in 1852 it was but 900 tuns,
che La Note employ lug at this time but twenty men.
Since then the pIoouet been STEADILY dminshing
rnsuy OF the mines having been abandoned.
Filing TO procure lead in Missouri they wall no
doubt their attention 20 ARR ma, but H. as Prob
able it can be obtained there in needful quantities
IL TRANSPORTATION over the Plains by the means avail
able will enormously increase its cost ard re. der the
supp uncertain. Il they permitted 10 trade freely
with The Mexicans they will also be able to add 10
cber cany stock in this manner, and II therefore be-
Aooves our Government to that as many oiMcuues
as possible be inerTosed to prevent such commerce.
We are reioiced that the people Of Kentucky have
taken position which must speedily put an end 10
snv extensive smuggling in that quarter and wbeD
che new gunboas completed, 10 render the block
AIDE fully effective, it would to be possible TO
draw Gordon around the rebeous States which shall
entirely deprive them of an article without which war
Fove becomes impossible, and which amount of in
I1gtry or Ingenuity can supply. We hope, therefore,
n futherance of this end to hear long that the gal.
fan Se has been SO reinforced as to enable him to
evenee the lamented Lyon ard at the same tine flush
fbe work so well begun on Saturday last, by driving
ont ~ bordes of MeCulloch from Missouri soil.