Blue-lead

(Min.) See GALENA. Bluę Lick Springs, a village and spa of Nicholas co., Kentucky, 70 m. N.E. of Frankfort. Blue Mountains. Sce APPAL A CHI AN MOUNTAINS. Also a range in Oregon, running almost parallel with the Coast Range, about 20 m. to the W., and extending from 46° N. Lat., S. to the Utah frontier. Blue Springs, in E. Tenne ee. Here, Oct. 10-14, 1863, an encounter took place bet. bodies of the Union and Confederate troops, in which the latter were defeated after 24 hours' fighting. [s. 100]