The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-12-31

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!. give good account of him. He is no
i IN condition jist now to be held up by til
!, tail--he has had a hard run and is con
slderably SLED; but he'll do no NOR
i'a'7's--let all go home and let their poul
try out as in good times. You will no
s. be troubled by foxes for good spell t,
t come, and if you are, it's your own fault
? not mine And with that all Joined ii
three hearty cheers for iippecanoe an,
f Tyler too'--and thus ended one of tn,
greatest fox chases ever heard tell'd or
afore, and have only told very sma!
part ont.
\ Yours, fellow-citzens,
l J. DOWNING, Major, &c. &c.
IMPORTANT. Discovery OF LEAD.
We learn that a discovery has been
made IN the lead mines in the southern
part OF this State, of new description
of lead ore which is likely to work an
important revolution in the cost of the
article. In the southern mines there is
species of ore which abounds in i'm
mense quantities. called by miners, ssdry
bone mineral, there are several differ
ent descriptions o., it, but tue more com
mon is lIla. of a porous stone Of great
weight, lying on the surface or near to it.
Thls dry bone mineral has always been
esteemed to be of no value, and has in
most cases been greatly in the way of
the miners when opening new leads or
. digging for the blue mineral We I'M
derstand that this is especially the case in
the leads on the Mine La Note track.
A few months since, a German miner
came into the mines and showed the
value and manner Of working the dry
bone mineral, and such has been the sue
cess attending the working of it that it
now bids fair to supersede the shafts or
diggings for the blue mineral, entirely.
1t is generally found combined with
sand and earthly substances-is submitted
to process of washing and upon being
smelled in furnace Of peculiar construc-
ton, yields, III proportion to its cost, a
greater return than the blue mineral A
company concerned in the Mine La
Note Mines, have erected furnace
something after the fashion of the cupulo
furnaces, to which they apply blast by
steam. In this furnace, which is so small
that four persons can keep her supplied,
have in 45 days, Sundays included when
the furnace is not run, made rising oil
$4,000 pounds Of lead. There is no
expense in raising the mineral, and it is
furnished to the smelters at one dollar
and half a thousand, at which price il
is thought much cheaper than the blue
mineral at three dollars. The Company
we understand, calculate that they Car
manufacture at their furnace, this year
nearly four millions of lead, quantity
greatly exceeding the product of all the
mines in any previous year. If the ex
perimcnts continue as successful as they
have began, there cannot be a doubt tina
the ease with which this ore is procured
the facility with which it is smel,ed
must eventually make a great change in
! the article and its cost
I One of the most singular features o
! this matter is that the value of this ore
I should have remained so long unknown
;! We understand that millions of pounds 0
it have, at different times and places beer
: dug up and thrown aside as of no value
Biologists and scientific men have fire.
quently traversed the mining country
and particularly the Nine La Motto
track, and yet it remained for a common
: laborer to develope It's real worth.
gentleman who is familiar with the coun
:, try says that there is no power Of est
mating the quantity. This discovery de
velopcs another important fact, that thu
real value of the mineral deposi,es in thi
Y State is not yet half told in fact, w
have not began to see tythe Of their in
trinsic value.
; We further learn, that upon the Mine
; La Note track, miner has lately dis
! covered new vein Of copper ore, meas
urine about three feet in thickness. ant
which has been traced to considerable
: distance without any indication Of its Civ
ing out. On the contrary, every appear
: ancc is that it win improve as it pene
; trates deeper into the earth.
The above facts we have from a gen
tleman of our city, who has recently beef
in the vicinity of the mines.
Missouri Republican
ST. GENEVIEVE. "
The ST. Louis Republican contains
the speech of the Hon. John Scott de
, livered at the late Wing celebration a
St Geneyieve, Missouri, Mr. S. was De
: legate while that State was Territory
We cannot forbear selecting the last tw,
!, paragraphs Of his speech. They are a
, follows,:- n
But fellow-citizens, in the midst o
] all this feslivi,y and JOY do feel that a
a Missourians we have one cause of re
r greet and shame. Itknow what Lam go
l ing to say, and Lam about to say wha
do know. would nos by stating I'm
{; truth, forfeitwith this people, with whom
!. have passed thirty five years, what lit
: tie of standing and character | have lef
e from the whitening touch and inhuenc
S of Bentonian Jacksonism, for any earthl,