Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-04-13
For the Tribune.
Indications Continued.

Lyell, that lead and copper are among the very
ancient Of metals that therefore they may be
iylv looked for other things being favorable In
the older, which l. 70 say, ia the order OF super
pasiti ion, the lowermost rocks
Ifweate told OF lis being a law Of crystalliza-
ton az observed in laboratories, that there Is
tendency in the crystallizing mass to make to-
wards the light; and if, when electricity is
mentioned as having been, not unikely, the
immediate fixing cause of the capitalization IN
our mineral veins, TIE xndeuey OF that 10 keep
to the surface OF bodies IS cited. n - faach
cuunter-ndics,icn Of deep mineral deposits
hcgcabouts-we are rrovid vIgbthts answer;
tiue was when the Lower Maguesian was sur
face rock I.aac. long a-o II vas, iaJeed bat
not 50 long as 10 preclude lis being receptacle
q lead, and copper.
Those difficulties being obyia;ed. Come NE TO
= question. OF the ether hand. are our subjacent
eks old; and have they had volcanic eonmu-
uIea ioa Nth older sin
LIS here that oar miners have a. along call
ed for evidence. and aot 50 far as Ne are inform
ed, until new, that important light has been
thrown upon this point by he 50 highly ius;ruc-
tive reports Of the late Dr.. Percival, have their
uisgivi.gs been allayed. To tie superficial OBJ
server Of tie lead district there seems TO be no.
thing hereabouts to deuote with certainty up
/ leaval, al any time. Tae sur q soil Is remark
I ably free froIa anything having the semblance
/ Of & volcanic pro;ectile. What iints there
IN it are either float, upon tie surface, strew-
ed in sheets, intejeeted perhaps IA fluid form
into The seams which they occGPE, and after
wards become concerted, but not dropped helt
er-skelter like scoIiee and the surface rcck IS
for the most part, Saving the exceptions which
PerciFal his pointed out, al certain centres Of
elevation y horizontal or much the same as that
The = ouads, our qaas, mountains, are as We
may .ssure ourselves. but Outlay ers-survivins
remnants Of bed 81 lime rock, once filling the
space over our heads, which, else, has been
ab-aded down to the present general level. Yet
are there Lot wanting, here and there, marks of
disturbance Of the strata. And these 50 slr Is
we know, it was left TO Percival to locate and
scrltinize; discerning them to hold special
Typographical relation 10 certain ranges of prim-
airy and me,amorPhie rocks, to the northeast
ward.
according to Perci,al our main bodies Of min
era ia place to Be dong The crest of a old roI-
'''@ - u ''O o-
IN '7- ocNs- the primary and metamorpLIc
ore = me norm ana east 70 vino"
INC '''ii.'i AXIS Vi Tue heAu DlstFlct-eN-
'eholns rom Inc Nissi>sIPPi river at Dubuque to
= a'''', i''"L-ei' nat 50
- ,'1' i'','7e u r i'ii" Sh''
metamorphic rocks close underneath US
making part Oft the same group with those.
-'i'o'- s'le ie'c''"i' Y u. rep 7.
-, - 40 ,'oi ePei'' 'H''' Tue
0'-' '''" = '-ie"S' u
'''9 a. ies1l's . my "O-
-, 'Ie - !,e''i
,torc, 10 lf,,o of n, - - =,
10y '''''-e''.-' '','-
- - 81" ''''
The esterziv. -
I -. -, :
tho mineral 49,. -, - -
s,cr, r,..r-. r,,,r-.l, - - VI
2
+ '1' 4''u anu copper
, O'''''i' 3's'''9'i'P Win 'He
-, an = = 1s8 '"L' We OF Inc lead
WINE eo5'"Pnlca'iy hlSh' compared
WIN -n' country 10 the soulh' and west as vel
an mat 70 me north are geolosically low
Si'''-,-i'5' 'He e'"I basins OF Him
49, - INIT Is TO say
I, ie'eii' "epo7''' liiah are
!, We iooN o"' over 'heh Tor nun
- 'He'e AoI evidence OF up
hea'"' mere
5-''i' tue mark oi disturbance of the strata
winch We notice abound more and more We
- y, Us mere IN 'ho Iecatonie
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