The amount of mineral raised in the diggings
belonging to Potosi, including Rod Dog, Up
per, Pin Hook and Snake, is estimated at four
million pounds, and the number of bands etn
pHyed exceeds 800
One of the best ferries on the Mississippi,
crosses the river between this place and
We'd’s landing, kept by Mr Hiram Weld a
native of the old Bay Slate—and a very wor
thy man—who has sped about 21 years of his
life in the valley of the “Father of Waters.
There is a grist mill and a carding machine
on Gran: river about 6 miles from this place,
and there is also a saw mill on the Little
Platte only three miles from the village.
The land in the immediate vicinity cf Poto-'
si, is very broken and hilly; but there is a good [
farming country within three or four miles of ■
this village. The soil in the timber land is •
light colored clay, impregnated with a dark j
sand loam and averaging 18 inches in depth.— |
On the prairies the soil is a dark sand loam of;
two feet deep- The limber principally con-'
sista of white, black, red, burr and pin oak; i
ash, sugar maple, white and red elm, lind and
black walnut.
Average produce—wheat 30, oats 50, Corn
50, and ;otatoes 300 busbe's per acre; The*
climate is salubrious, water pete and abundant-1
Wild frui', wild fowl and wild deer nlentifel. I
When sells for 50 cents, oats 31 cents, corn
37 and potatoes 25 cents per bushel.
Four thousand pounds of beef is consumed
in the village every week.
