Economical Geology — Gold, Silver, etc.

Frequent reports have been circulated in relation to the discovery of precious metals and tin in Kansas, but investigation has always proved them incorrect. The exception may be made in relation to silver when combined with lead at the lead mines. There, even, it is not in paying quantities, being usually less than one ounce to the ton.

Our geological formations are entirely different from those producing gold or silver, except when combined with lead. All labor, therefore, hoping to discover valuable mines of these two precious metals, must be fruitless. Some "mines" of gold and silver have come under our observation which were "salted."