Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-04
Mining in Grant County
Success among Miners ard the cause

Towns, we are led 70 assert without
doubt that the Z present yield Of lead e.
quals that Of any time in the past, even
1.-The days preceding the drain of our mi
ming population for California. The pres :
ent stock of miners are steadier men,
with far less of The gaming and drinking
practices than those Of former times; con-
seque atty, a much larger part Of mining
proceeds is saved and usefully invested
We also remark that large part Of the
|present itfiners are those who lately left
their neighboring farms for the miners,
and are steady, temperate and Industrious
lrnen. Such considerations no doubt ac-
count for the present unprecedented snc-
cess among miners, and the extraordinary
number of leads lately discovered.
In the Southeast towns of Grant Co.,
where the heaviest deposits of ore are
known to exist, lodes yielding 100000 to
500, OOOfbs are numerous, while small
patches of II 1000 and upwards are found
Ion every hand. We learn that the
jamestown and FairpIay miners are near
lv all doing making $l,Oo to 200
per day, with equal prospects that the
wheel of fortune will bring something bet
ter at every turn. How striking the re-
semblance in every feature between the
mine and the fairly coniu tie lottery -
The only exception in the resemblance is
that every miner is certain to draw some
thing, while the buyer of lottery tickets
runs at best four chances in five of drawing
nothing. We might give. another; the
capital stock for successful mining costs J.
most nothing, while the larger the invest
ment in lottery tickets, the less the win
nings. To any working man who fancies
games of chance, mining will furnish him
that mental stimulus SO essential to his
| Happiness, besides richer income to his
purse than any other honest employment
in the country. The field Of romance,
trotlden in the way from poverty to wealth,
! is ever gfeeft in the imagination Of the mi
ner; he may imagine great fortune and by
fail hful work suddenly realise even more
:han his dreams ever Swallowed FORTH
| Such is true Of no other laborious business,
and scarcely ever comes 70 pass with the
Speculation.
To young, working men, the mine is a
refuge in these dismal times which no 9TH
er resort equals in inducements. Hun
Jreds of you, in whom not thought ever
existed TO live idly or by crime, are out of
employment, and the end ofyour resources
'eo. .. h.>al, ae,yonr>alvas into part
nersl ips-two and two, seek out some
good mining spot in jamestown, Hazel
Green, Potosi or elsewhere and dig, dig,
till YOU make sufficient raise to buy q
wife; we may as we'll say, rife to-, for
v hat is man without money among wo-
nen Yes, when you make raise of
money, choice home will he yours and
YOU will be the preferred gentleman a
mone the ladies.
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though others suit masculine readers bet
/ Ter, Cooley is unrivalled for ladies' being
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Phffadelphia.
CHEAP.-At the November Session Of
thePierce County Board Of Supervisors, the
salary of their District Attorney was cut
down TO $4,000 per year.
Bugs, Bats, Reaches, Insects, &c.
What the Press say:
We know, by actual experience, that
"Costar's' preparation for Rats, Reaches,
Bed. Bugs, and Insects generally, are com
plete and perfect exterminators. Where
|"Costaf's Exterminators" have been used,
they never have failed to perform all that