LEATON, (Staffordshire) not far from Wolverhampton, where, in a field that bel. to Mr. Townley, lead-ore is dug in a
yellowish stone, with cawk and spar, which the workmen distingish into round-ore, small-ore, and smithum, and which is
sold to the potters at Burslem for 6 or 7 l. a ton.