the distance is not over 2 1/2 miles. Dear Mr. Schiller spring there are other springs more salty than in and around which that is much wet ground. It will pay to dig around these places also under in all probability there are other animals mined here. I would recommend that explore him be undertaken. One month with with 2 men will cost including all expenses about $200. Another month can be put in if necessary at the rate of from $75 to $100 per week. See if Merrill wants a cone stone crucible about 20 inches in diameter circular, having with a crude central hole of 3 or about four inches is diameter. Returned to Sweet Springs at 3 P.M. Rainy this afternoon and evening.