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in small boxes or cars from the basin or well, by a horse power, into the finishing house; the same power, by various machinery is employed in drying the shot in a cylender over an oven; from the oven the shot is carried into the polishing barrel, and thence the various sizes are passed over the several inclined floors for separation, and taken to the separating sieves; after which the several sizes are weighed, bagged, and put into kegs; a steamboat can lie at the door of the finishing house for the purpose of taking the commodity to market." From the Tower the view of the valley of the Wisconsin is described as very finely extending a great distance. The river is seen winding through the rich flat lands of the valley, which is bordered on both sides by high hills, with here and there rocky cliffs separated by well wooded coves or vales. Besides the [business] operations at the shot tower there is much other business done at Helena, in the shipment of pig lead and the recipt of lumber from the upper Wisconsin to supply the surrounding country.

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