Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-31

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l itwould have been his pride and pleasure to have
! filed. W ~. N n. G. JONES.
/ Do Buour, August 81, 1885,
LEAD MINERAL.
/ We have again and again reverted to the vast
mineral r.sourcessof Du Buque county. Its
topic on which we are pleased to dilate; and
we believe that greater interest in our lead
mines will ere long be awakened. Several
| large veins Of lead ore have been discovered
within few weeks near onf young and flour
ishing town. One, two miles northwest of
the village, by the Messps O'Mara. These
! fortunate gentlemen have now two rich sleads'
In daiiy operation. A new vein Of ore was
found a few days since on Mr.. David Slcator' .
lot, fifty yards south Of his old slead'; and a
smaller range has been discovered in the same
neighborhood, on Messrs. Wooten and Herds
lot. The Sleator 'lead,' supposed to have been
exhausted, has again been struck, cast BY
O'Ferral, Cox & Co., and west by Messrs.
Gillhams. A lot on the Little Maquoketa,
known blythe name of the sCave Lot con-
times to yield large quantities of ore. The
vein rms east and west, and is said to be of
unprecedented width.
The mines in the neighborhood of Galena,
H., and in Iowa coanty Of this territory, are
as productive as ever. The mineral resources
OF the northwest, together with its agricultu-
raj facilities, must render it one of the most
wealthy portions Of the world; and Illinois,
and the States hereafter to be formed of Wis
consin, must become three of the richest and
most populous members Of the Union.
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CORRECTION.
The communication published last week in
reply to "a Toter," should have been signed
R. G. ENOX, instead Of r. G. ENORE.
We will here take occasion to remark, that
proper names should always be written very
plain. When other words are written care
lessly, they can usually be known by the con-
text, but proper names can only be guessed
at il every letter is not distinct.
Messrs. Editors:-In perusing your
columns oflast week, / observed ashort
communication, signed "a VorER.' L
am very sorry that any man, and espe-
cially a voter, should be so much sur
prised at seeing the names Of few per-
sons announced in our public journal
as candidates for the Legislative As
sembly Of Wisconsin. ani sure that
he could not have been raised in the
west. He must have been educated
where the people were in the habit of
getting some privileged characters to
tell them whom they must support.
The people not knowing any thing ex-
cept what these demagogues may have
told them. No; Isay he could not
have been brought up at the vest
There is too much intelligence and in
dependence among our pioneer men, to
be duped in this way They are not
in the habit Of choosing and acting by
proxy. No, they act for themselves,
and think themselves competent to
choose for themselves also. They glo-
.ry in their liberty, and are unwilling
to trample it under foot. They boast
Of their living in democratical gov
eminent, where the people are the So
ivereign and ruling power. But, gem
stlemen, the trouble is not in the candi-
dates announcing their names, but in
their having it done before he and his
coaajutors could get prepared-they |
wishing and waiting to add another
clause to their circulars like this: 1Bc-
ing solicited BY many, Tor a few, as the
case may be) l consented" &c. He
waited to be solicited, and he found
none to call him forth. So he imaginesi
that merit and worth slumber with him
in retirement. And finally, he tries
the dernier resorf. and that is. to adver-