Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-04-24
MINING III THE LOWER MAGNEsIAN ROCK
4 TUMHUG

A probably interested appropriations
and practical state spendthrift writes to the
Madison Journal over the Indian generc
wisconsin" asshort columnssof very dIsin-
terestcd avarice fayoring an appropriation
by the State Of $4,000 year for three
years-the money to be sunk as follows
an indefinite but very small per cent there.
of to be used in sinking hole down to the
lower magnetism lime rock, supposed te
lie three or four hundred feet below the
81 rface Of terre .frnaa; ;--the remainder o.
the money to sink into the boltomless
pockets of such .as never succeed--at any
thing 30 well as the State udders. The
pretended object of wisconsin" is to ex
pertinent upon ''the theory Of deep mining
established By oar biologists, to be either
true or talse,"-just to find out whether
these biologists are right or wrong in the
ory, nothing more. Wisconsin says truly
that all biologists agree lin theory thai
large bodies of mineral exist in the lower
bed of magnetism lime stone: but what
does their theory amount to! We an
swer, just enough to bring them large sal
aries. The lawyer sells his theories, in
tellectual wares and clients after the same
manner; they are well paid for prospect
ing" and well know that by promising
rich results from their labors, the legisla-
ture and even private companies will con-
tinue to employ them. Their theoretic
explorations and revelations of wealth
hidden treasure, several hundred feet be-
low reach, is a most splendid ladder to the
State Treasury. They have taken good
care to bury their theoretic prize beneath
four hundred feet Of almost solid rock We
neering. Phrenologists, also for money,
tell Of rich aud wonderful developments
within the outer walls of the Uranium,
where It's even death to dig; their veneer
ing, though thinner, is quite as promising
and safe against in,ruders. Had geolo
gists ever believed it possible to penetrate
four hundred feet below the surface, pass
ing through scores of open assures filed
with water and these water channels con-
Meeting with the Mississippi, they never
would have hazayded opinions $50 freely
and theories so profusely, calculated to be-
tray capitalists. Already vast fortunes
have been swallowed in experimenting up
on this theory of biologists; the american
Mining Company spent $4,000 under
the direction of one of the most learned
biologists IN America in order to test this
theory. They broke up and abandoned
the work at depth of about $50 feet
1t is now proposed to seduce the State by
this everlasting theory and promise of
what is generally conceded by miners to
be below the reach of man and only &C
cessible by upheaval from the hand of Je
hovah. We hope the legislature will bury
the project in = grave only half as deep as
the lower lime rock.
We are believer in geology and have
battled to spread our faith in it, but not so
far as to tax the State in order to test
theory, which, if established, would only
prove the existence of a treasure almost as
inaccessible as heaven to the rich man,
there being an impossible gulf between.
We had much faith in the late DR.. PER,
cIvAL, and shall ever believe that he was
a man of pure motive; so also, of our
State geologist, Prof DANIELS, though a
far greater theorist and less practical than
PERcivAL. Prof. DANIELs spins theories
like the spider spins her webb, and, we
fear, for purposes similar. Were he to
spin less he would be deemed greater
man by his compeers in science. Many
begin to regard him as an intolerablc bore
upon the State Treasury and upon the
public credulity. We are more generous
and regard him as only too ardent in his
great profession. We do not know that
Prof DANIELS favors the project of 'Wis
consin, but if he does, we hope d. 9 al
lowance will be made for his natural pro-
fuseness and wildncss.
By the aid of Owens Geological Map
of Wisconsin, which lies before us, We are
enabled to refer wisconsin" to the naked
magnetism lime rocs, out-cropping along
the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers and
protfudiug from the earth two hundred
feet, surrounded with nothing but the
charming heavens and accessible by lad
der or balloon; let '.Wisconsin ask for an
appropriation from the State to aid in as
eending these magnificent lower magnetism
limestone bumps by the aid of ladder. bal
H.. III IL