Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-06
EBEETROMANCY

Is lRe name appitou Wy oOh O'ioi 10
Bracken, of this county, to new dis
covery made by him, whereby the exact
position of Lodes Of Lead and Copper
Ore are detefmined--particularly here
in the magnetism limestone formation
1t is discovery of greater Importance
and pregnant with greater consequences
than any that has been given TO the world
in this age of discovery.
Gen. Bracken has been resident OF
these lead mines over a quarter OF
century, during which time ne has
been more or less engaged in mining
Some years since he became convert to
the theory of the formation of mineralsby
the agency Of electricity; acting upon
this idea he undertook to investigate the
subject, and after an expenditure OF
much time and labor, has perfected
system by which the above results are
arrived at.
1t is we'll known fact to all CONVEX
SAINT with mining, that there is regular
system in the formation of all lodes that
run in an east and west direction, and
that these lodes are invariably cut off,
weakened, or in the language of the mi
ner, heaved by bars or barren spots
where no mineral is found. His theory,
is, that these lodes, the magnetic cur
rents in which are found to be contin-
uous and unbroken, are crossed at right
angles by currents running north and
south. These latter he calls the male,
and those that traverse them the female,
which they impregnate, and thereby
form the lode.
In the numerous diggings examinedby
him, by trayersing the ground in the di-
rection of the lode he finds the currents
of electricity making in parallel lines,
and at equal distances, until he reaches
the bar--here it ceases, and the lode is
found to be exhausted, weakened, or il
has heaved north or south OF lis former
course. In no instance has he failed to
detect aud point beyond tie bar where
the lode again forms. For the purpose
Of testing his theory he has examined
numerous diggings throughout the mines
and takes great pleasure in examining
ground, particularly when the miner is
at fault as TO the direction as to which
his lode lies. On visiting such ground
he first determines the position Of the
bar, the proceeding north or south in
line parallel 10 them, he determines,
by what he terms electric affinity, the
exact position of the lode beneath. In
many instances in this vicinity, where
the spot on the surface was indicated,
beneath which he stated The lode would
be found, exploration has actually deter
mined il to be so.
From the facts already developed by
his theory, Gen. B. is of opinion that
all the great north and south sheets Of
mineral that have heretofore been dis
covered & worked in these mines are SIM
ply feeders to great east and west lodes,
and he thinks this opinion will be con-
tirmed by the operation of the Missis-
sippi Mining Company, who are now
sinking an engine shaft near this village,
on ground that has here tofore been W or
ked for the numerous north and south
sheets of mineral that have been found
upon it. This ground he has examined,
and he says that from its electric indi-
cations it promises to be the heaviest de-
post of ore ever discovered in this Vi
cinity. 1t is his intention at an early
day to examine the diggings of the A
merican Mining Company, near The Sin
sinawa mound, and any other shaft which
ii may be proposed hereafter to sink to
the under strata of magnetism limestone.
Gen. B. believes that this theory is APP
plicable to the copper formations at
Lake Superior, and the quartz forma-
tions Of California. He contemplates
visiting the former region the ensuing
summer. Should his opinion be confir-
med as to the formation of the copper
veins there, he will then visit Califor-
MIA.
In the meantime he will call the atten-
'ion Of Congress to the subject, not for
The purpose of procuring a pecuniary re-
ward for his discovery, but simply re-
questing them to authorize the Presi-
dent to select number of the most
scientific men in the country 10 investi-
gate she subject and perpetuate the dis
covery.-[Pick and Cad.
Gen. B. has since Published notice in the
Ga,ena GG2etie, from which we extract as fol-
lows:
feel certain that The announcement of my
discovery will startle the world from its pro-
priety and that there will be thousands of
skapu 5. because at the first blush it would APP
pear Impossible, that by walking over the sur
face of The earth, could determine the exact
spot beneath which deposites of ores viii be
found But when you reflect that there are
many minerals and metals that have power
ful affinity for each other, which am convin-
ced is caused by electricity, because by it,
determine the locality of the deposit below
have not yet discovered any mode by which
The depth of the lode can be determined. 9TH
er than by known strata of rocks that underlie
the country; bat feel assured that have o.
pened vast and untrodden field for science
and you can fancy what are TO be its results
hereafter on the monetary and commercial af-
fairs of the world
Respectfully. Yours, &C.,
CHARLES BRAcKEN.
UNAccoUNTABLE IN SPAN1ARp.-It
Is rumord that Gen. Pezula, the new Cap
tain General of Cuba. has declined re-.