Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — LEAD FOUND IN MISSOURI. [ARTICLE]

LEAD FOUND IN MISSOURI.

Important Discovery of Ore Reported to Have Keen Made Near St. Joseph. A valuab'e vein of had ore was accidentally discovered about five miles east of St. Joseph, Mo. H. 15. Cornell, a farmer, was hunting along tho banks of a small creek, wht n he noticed a peculiarlooking mineral cropping out of a small ledge at the top of the bank. He made an examination and discovered what he believed to be lead ore A sample of it was brought to tho city, anti, having been tested, is pronouncod almost pure lead, the proportion of mineral being 94 per cent A large quantity of it has been sent to St Louis for assay, and if the report is favorable mining operations will be begun on an extensive scale. Mr. Cornoll, on a second examination of the ledge, discovered that there was apparently an almost inexhaustible supply of the mineral in sight He who thinks better of his neighbors than they deserve cannot be a bad man, for the standard by which his judgment is formed is the goodness of his own heart. It is the base only who believe all men base, or, in other words, like themsehes. A woman cannot be altogether unhappy when the woman she has Invited to supper asks her to write down her recipe for that cream pie.