| Show IRON WEALTH or OF an assistant aill of the missouri MiSS OUTi geological survey gives in volume 1 I of their report r t an ai estimate of the iron ore in the celeb celebrated rated iron region of that state as an follows iron I 1 mountain feet engh bi gh covering acre sone mass of ore weighing ir g tons average yield at furnace f i n e pa 56 per cent or tons of pare iron pilot knob next in richness is estimated to contain tons ions of ore tons of oe pure iron these two deposits will furnish furn igli a bout about tons of iron the ore of which abich all lies abaye the natural surface of the hie country easily mined and furnishing the best of metal railroad Kail road iron irona 70 ica iba tc to the yard takes 1232 tons to the he mile and at all I 1 t the 1 a railroads in the united states mould take of that weight of rails about tons of brono iron or of the t deposit above spoken of this is ottly the ore above the surface god only knows what is below |
