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(September 16, 1905)

The lead deposits of southeastern Missouri carry galena disseminated in certain strata of magnesian limestone. Their greater dimensions are generally horizontal, but with outlines extremely irregular. The large orebodies consist usually of a series of smaller bodies disposed parallel to one another. These smaller members may coalesce, but are generally separated from one another by a varying thickness of lean ore or barren rock. The vertical and lateral dimensions of an orebody may be determined with a fair degree of accuracy by diamond drilling, and a map may be constructed from the information so obtained. Such a map (on which are plotted the surface contours) makes it possible to determine closely the proper location of the shaft, or shafts, considering also the surface and underground drainage and tramming.

The first shafts in the district were sunk at Bonne Terre, where the deposits lie comparatively near the surface. The early practice at this point was to sink a number of small one-compartment shafts. As the deposits were followed deeper, this gave way to the practice of putting down two-compartment shafts equipped much more completely than were the shallower shafts.