Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-08-05

The Public Surveys o. Grant Ceunty, represent
this division ofsas ianes as lying near the centre
and upon the west side 81 Township No four North,
Of Range three West
One momen, viii eeUe to explain its location ia
connection with tae leadn features IN the lopos-
raphy OF this and The adjoining counties upcn the
east. The relative directions OF the Mississippi.
and It's largesr tributary 10 this fegion--the Wis
consin--are such asto farm very direct and pfomi
nent summit level bstween the streams emptying
into thsn respectively. This is the most regulars
aud with one exception, Chat between ths waters
Of Lake Superior and the Mississippi,) the mos
extended summit, o. ''diyidon in this Territory
Il, commences in Town SIX, Range six, only few
miles from the junction ofsaid rivers, and makes
nearly an easteriy direction 10 Madison--a DIS
lance Of ninety rniles-when it turns more towards
The north aad becomes Of less Importance A
pong The more Important lateral ridges, generating
in this main summit, aad lunnIng an a nohhery
or soulhery direction, il thai between Piaue and
Grant rivers, terminating at Polosi, aaid msasus-
Ing about twenty miles. This divide in turn be-
comes the main trunk Of thousand smaller ones,
OF proportional size, making of at various angles
between two OF more branches OF one or the other
OF the last nenlioned rivers The only Oi this
third class OF ridges affecting the subject before s,
becomes FIRST apparent near This town, and ate.
westerly course OF eight miles, terminates in and
Jo.ns a part OF the cas-, bluff OF Giant river A
spur OF ihis last Iidge, running IA a sogtbeIly
direction, and ly.ng between Pigeon creek upot
the south aud one of its branches-upoa the north,
forms the location in question. This ridge, upon
its north side, is quite smoo.h, scarcely desatng
from inclined plain, when becomes more and
more inclined as we approach its point OF precip-
ilous termination. Inc souGh side is constantly
broken by sharp rayines, at unequal distances,
and il direction a, night angles with the creeK
The cas-, and wesi, OF mineral bearing ereuees ex
ist upon both sides 81 ihisrdse, butpnncipaly upch
the south side, aad the nead oil rs spuis
These mines wers opened IN tle sprlns o. 1895
are AL ut'on enlelsd Hand, heavily nmOered, and'
nave yislded, comparatively, large amour, OF
mineral in proportion to the iosce empioyed. They
lie upon the north margin Of Hurricane settlement
and ~ Q miles from bo,cs fraue, 10th ol WHEN
are agricultural districts Of superior class, aud
which, vii some others, viii hereafter receive
due share OF our auenuoh.
The veg etable mould at Pigeon is about eleven
inches Of ayatage deptn, ana the clay--erhbtacins
several distinct species, uniformly located, ana
mlSsd, excsp, nnnsdtaley over tascresiees, wisn
aiat-lnakes an asGTass9 depth OF aBouI lhn'sen.
ieet. Ihs msIaihlsrous rock Appeals mere 10 con-
tain less Of uagaesia ana lime, ana more OF silica
aud oxyde OF non THAI is common mos, Other
localities The Upper Mines.
The ereyices belong properly TO that class knosn
to miners uadsg the name OF Nat openings, in con-
sequence OF their inordinate width, which in this
instance varies from six tosoyonty ave feet, grad
ualy closing as their depth increases. They con-
tain, besides the sulphuret olleai and the peculiar
clay by which It IS accompanied, Very unusual
quantity oil Tale; species OF alkaimo-earthy
mineral, very similar varieties OF INCA, and
universally denominated t!g, by mnsrs. Its
principal ingredients ale slick, and magnesia--a
bout sixty parts OF the former, aud thirty OF the aI
Ter, IL not only exists in the crsyiees with OF
without mineraI, but is louad imbeddedin aud in
tetspsrsed through the rock, particularly those in
which the oxyde of mon prevails, giving them IA
peculiarly sparkling appearance.
The number OF miners at pressn, employed is
twenty-five