Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-03
Du BUQuE, JUNE l. 1897.

Du BUQuE, JUNE l, 1887.
MY DEAR slR:---You express desire to be
furnished with all the information in relation
70 WISCONSIN. that may be able to afford.
ohouid an occasional extract from my desulto-
~ ana imperfect journal, prove in any way
acceptable to you, shall consider my time
Wen spent In transcribing it. Ihave lately re-
turned from trip to Blue River, the country
In the neighborhood of which stream, has re.
Gently been proved to contain immense miner.
al resources.
Due River Is beautifully clear and swift
current, Attending fine water power for the
various furnaces being erected upon it, and
emptles into the Wisconsin several miles a.
Dove the mouth ofthc latter stream,
GU are probably aware that the whole of
.nat portion OF Wisconsin bounded south by
t l state OF Illinois, ~cs: ~ the mississippi
River, north by the Wisconsin and Fox Riv-
eFs, IS surveyed, and subject to entry. There
besng as yet no good HoTELs near Blue River,
we provided ourselves with all the necessary
appliances for ''camping outs Having char
tered light two-horse wagon, wherein werc
deposited our provisions, blankets, &C., we
started 'on our travels" In crossing the Ms
slsslppi from Du Buque to the Illinois shore,
we enjoyed most charming view, embracing
at glance our thriving town. the Sioux Bat.
tie Ground. Du Buqne's Grave, the river
blufis.--some sloping gracefully down to the
waters edge, carpeted with green-.-adorned
with various flowers, and surmounted with
wide spreading oaks---whilst others, present.
Ing perpendicular face of time-worn rock.
require but little strecth of imagination TO
seem like battlements frowning Defiance UPON
all beneath, wi numerous other objects Of
interest.
From the ferry-landing on the east side the
river, the road passes about two miles through
Illinois, when it crosses her northern bounda.
ry into Wisconsin. A little farther on we
passed Menominee Creek.--a pretty little
stream, with hero and there few cedars along
Its margin, contrasting their dark green foil.
age with tho lighter hucs Of other trees.
here for smelling ''miporal'' or lead ore. II
is Of the kind denominated reuerberutory.-..ho'
generally called (but as conceive improper.
ly3 Cupola. A reverberatory furnace requires
that the stack, or chimney, should be of con-
siderable length, in order to produce sufficient
draft to create the necessary heat. In situa-
atoms where proper materials and competent
workmen are avaiable-.-the stack of furnace
is built uerticuly but in the instance now re-
ferred to, as in others have noticed--.a plan
equally effective, and more readily adopted to
the resources Of a new country---has been in
troduced, which is simply this:---A situation
being selected at the foot Of a hill, or bank.
sloping at about As deg. the furnace is there
constructed-.the stack being built in trench,
running up the hill the requisite distance, and
terminating in a vertical chimney of compare.
lively triaing elevation. The expense ofcon.
structing . reverberating furnace is thus con.
siderably less than when the other mode is a.
dopted.
Leaving tho Menomineo, the road passes no,
far from Sinsinawa Mound, at the foot of
which stands the residence of our highly es.
teemcd delegate to Congress, Gen. JOKES. |
Having gone some distance beyond the Me- !
nominee 'diggings," we halted for the night.
The spot selected for our camping ground,
was romantically situated at the bottom of a
deep ravine. havinga beautifully clear stream
OF spring water passing through it, and being
well furnished with timber, our first care was
to kindle an ample fire, which was soon effect.
ed, with the aid Of box ofs'Patent Lucifers,
which, woodsman now no more
thinks OF leaving home than he formerly did
the primitive appliances of flint, steel,
and spunk, (patents for making fire! what
shall we have next!) l. did not require long
to boil our coffee and roast some slices of We
nison which might have tickled-the palate oil
a London Alderman, and upon which, with
the ct ceteras, we continued to make an excel.
lent supper. The blankets e. Buffalo robes
were soon afterwards put in requisition, and
with our feet towards the fre---you will please
imagine US (ti]l you hear from me again. en-
joying as sound a sleep as if lodged on a bed
of royal down in the most splendid palace up-
on earth. Ever yours,
WISCONSINIAN.