Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
For the Grant County Herald.
2 in the Lower Magnesium
Limestone.

e IN sEke Lower NhaBBeSt3SA
Limestone.
MEIit0r In Mr.. J, V. Phillips
.uoclive Report" published in
di Of Feb. 9th, find the fol-
rassage: "These rocks are cal
the miners the Upper Magnetism
TIN Hone. They include all the Produc-
'@Oi BIS yet proved, &c.
ICE have spent about eight months
FORAGE Nyear in mining III the loacer mag
iEaEa the limestone, propose TO contribute
HouGH- lie for the better understanding of
e,n; koogy of our region; which will
emeni to interest many of your readers !;
stric Juics w. possibly assist in directing the
ing, Pre- 65n Of adler observers to this por-
, 1ttSo a act the ead-bearing rock.
inc VI. scene of my operations was a To-
ursl Gas, called Hans Nagel," situated a.
furnish ree miles southwest Of Highland
\ mn NH t. Franklin,) Iowa County, the val
equal T. Mending a mile to east from the
biol, Bit. Bal Meridian. The high land a.
extremes ere consists of the upper magne-
al ,faen a De limestone, { Mr.. Phillips No. 4,
sowareog cntains fine ranges of lead ore, "a
! Drug hntIy mixed with the ores of zinc,
fused n sme as at Franklin and CentervlIe.
tbesS i?' this the sandstone appears in the
Nagel and adjoining valleys in per-
Eroar cliffs, giving the region wild
his rem. t1aantc aspest. | am sorry for
carog5 Fl having measured the thickness Of
ila seta kl.Dar stratum which might be east
Lebep,. ,mpIished; but | should judge it
ysiology Il i the neighborhood of fifty feet -
ID ID Diet; I'm he sandstone our lower nagne-
of sH! Emakes its appearGhce--also laid o.
Is PHYS. abrasion In many spots and show
Of cures self in lie shape Of odd-looking
h, aud knoles. This species of rock
Der sesscs considerable degree of hard
N ~iair contains some fossils, large pro-
Ter will Mon Of flint, sometimes as much as
ne dol Ee, feet thick, and numberless 'pock-
a. ~ iiIcd with clay and ochre. Per-
,ture NJ ~ hicallr ilissures are scarcer. A thin
:, Phila ler Of white gritty sandstone appears
lark Sc iar from the surface. In places
Ma. Hes are found partly filled with red
lie M sand oclre and some mineral.
ster; S. Ire cleaned out one Of them for fifty
I; ell, Gil SIDk-hoies are common and open
'iAoN' ae>c caves. They have evidently
ed formed by the ground thro' Chin
VEG in one instance have proved this.
-" -guIar perpendicular creyices have
ri discovered as yet nor have been
IDLY HE 10 discover any regular stratitica-
Inc me-. HN, unless the changes 10 flint and
], as Nat sh green soal CLAY be so called {:
n iron His alter subs lance is very abundant
! IJ - ,La Dr. les Of COPPER are found in small
a phy. Epe linens but no zinc ores have been
always pd with 10 my knowlede. --s,---
1t may I'll object Of search, the Irregular"
i Ss''n gskaa is found in the chunk form--on
rec DOL EAa surface, among the grass roots, and
all d. kM(ccGGts and soft places Ill the rock
ooo. kse chunks are frequently of large
4 as SG Eze, weighing several hundred, and e.
100 Eyer over 1000 pounds. There is no &C.
0,5o lea ion lur making "wa>h-dirt." The
0'S Enieral is of the purest and heaviest de-
0S Isa Ption; the smeters praise it. it al
S3N E@ys commands the highest price in the
,Da,, Insrket, and "pile" generally out
terins weighs the estimate. Many pieces con-
am ~ Of large, enticing- looking cubes, OF
9TH the description called ''cog- mineral. y
or. Wien found imbedded in the hard rock
III commonly formed or fused with flint.
The first discovery Of mineral III this
o., on Hans Nugel, which was follow
81 up with any degree Of energy, was
ley nadc about two years ago, by Mr.. Nous
~, Of Highland. think lie must have
Piled ont the most of his pile, without a
lien slndlass. Two or three more ranges
hvc been worked since but beliey e
/ f. place is nearly abandoned now
! The miners chief difficulty (aside
l From The hardness and impracricability
I 81 de rocky is the want of regularity in
Pc mineral ranges. The ranges of IT.
T Regularly scattered ore, above mention
II Ri bear about north and south or N. N.
s6sE p. and S. S. w. The little caveI spoke
III II, bears east and west. No indications
II signs" looked upon by miners as
iii Eaiers for prospecting in other parts OF
g mining country, can be relied on in
his rock, at least not at the depth hith-
Al Serto penetrated. The man Of the bed
XII licking patches is puzzled, bewildered-
VII picks up his FOOLS and turns his back OF
N this wild hollow, vowing that no cry about
n big shows" shall tempt him again &c
III blunt his pick on Hans Nagel. As tc
my profits of eight months Of as hard la
II Dor as ever put in, during ten years
mining, they consist of the experience
have here attempted 10 sketch and-a
pair of well calloused hands.
FE But here is field for the enterprising
E capitalist. Our assiduous and accom-.
lE pshed State Geologist, on the occasion
Of visit to Hans Nagel last summer
gave it as his opinion, that this stratum
was two hundred feet thick, if remem.
Der rightly. & have not sunk deeper
IL than 80 feet, and DO not think any one
else has II is evident to me that pal,
Of miners who mainly depend upon THEN
earnest endeavors, their former expert
ence, and ''streak of good luck" for
success, can do incomparably better by
confirming their searches TO the upper
strata of limestone. | must not forget
however, to mention one circumstance
which promises to be very favorable to
thorough mining in this rock. This IS,
That the lower magnetism seems TO pos