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on the summit of Rocky hill on the bank of Pipe creek near its entrance into the Wisconsin. This hill has a perpendicular face next the creek and a gentle descent southward, and westward by which waggons may reach the summit. One hundred feet from the base of the rock, there is a ledge or landing place; and on this ledge rises the shot tower of frame, eighty feet to the roof; of course the depth from the top of the tower to the base of the rock is one hundred and eighty feet; a well or shaft has been sunk through the rock, which is of sandstone, one hundred feet, and a lateral drift or entrance, ninety feet in length, seven feet high and six feet wide, has been cut from the bank of the creek to the perpendicular shaft; a basin of seven feet deep is sunk below the surface of the entrance shaft; this basin is constantly supplied with water, into which the shot falls from the top of the tower, where the lead is melted and cast through the well or shaft. A small rail way is created within the lateral drift communicating with the well and extending to the finishing house, which is built on the bank of the creek, immediately opposite the entrance to the shaft. On this rail way the shot is carried