Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-16

tirclv without success fer the color " is found
IA every brook aud river, which has the effect
I" excite the greed for gain sufficiently to keep
thetn trani,iny, starving. and suffering 10 the
liu,it OF human endurance IL is a vivid real
cation of the poets idea = Gold, many hunted
sweat and blsd for gold.
Upon careful enquiry ] make cut thirteen
paying" leads. Averaging four paying
Chains to the lead within reach of the mills or
wi,hia the miles square, (un,sid. OF this
there are no mills In operation a cord Of quartz
from these claim. will yield Si5a The mills
will crush frotn ono 10 three cords per day.
cauno, place the amount of quartz
raised from each of these claims per day ~
than half 4 cord, the miners labor
der all the ordinary difficulties, such faults,
cap-rocks, masses of sui pheraie, dc. This give.
employ neni 10 about ;wo hundred miners
Allowing four men 70 be mining cpon claim,
Two owners and two miners hired, at four dol
lars each per day. and the mills paying seven
sy-hve dollars per cord the total prof. TO the
claim owners will be tweuty-three dollars per
day or thereabol. which is fair If it
will continue for any length of time Rccol-
lsct this is considering those claims which yield
quartz which yields fair return at the mills
You can make your deductions. but IL viii
readily be thai if the mills, being exposed
Ia sesare competition. manage to divide these
twenty-six cords of quartz between one hum
dred mills Al least where would the profits
upon the capital be when the books come To be
footed Up.
Thu. IS The state Of things at present
I 4: -. y, ~ &
future development. no say. but many
are conso,ed BY the supposition that deep mi
.ing i'll show more things il earth at least.
thar is dreamed Of in PHILOSOPHY. Thi. has
not beeu proved as yet in ,hcory-thoush some
shafts which have been sunk 10 depth of
hundred feet have paid better al that depth
than above it, thorgh no. continuously. All
leads as well as gulches spotted" On one
side of 4 mountain, or ridge, lead may he ilch
while on the other i may be barren, and It's
quality may alternate from richness to barren
every ten feet from tie surface down.
lead is a creyice between upturned. aud nearly
perpendicular layers Of granite, filled with de-
composed Or crushed quartz This quarts has
undergone, IN places, especially the sur
face, Al oxidation apparently, leaving a resi-
dunn Of clay and SAM. This J ieids the richest
r~iurns, simply because the gold has been Sc,
free. and IS lmperisil able. Further the gr..'u-
n decay, md abrasion of the rocks has allowed
tho heavier particles, such gold 10 se..le
dow and retain ITS place IN the c~eviccs. aud
IS not prescriptions 10 suppose that system
oil siuicing and toming" has been carried on
by nature for Thousand of ages The direction
vi these cTeylces IS IL a general y. y Easterly
and 5. 5. Westerly course which is the direc-
'i"n Of the principal fracture of all the granite
rs Ia as | have examined, from the snow to the
mountains but IN following them nothing def
inite can be relied upon and 4 compass is en-
sreiy useless hen tile approximate course can
be traced by the eye.
reports come IN every day Of valuable dis
coserIes IN various directions and distances.
but experience has taught US to keep cool, and
place but little faith in wind ! have conrer-
sed With many men from tie vicinity Of tie
South Park, and the head waters of the Arkan-
sas snd Colorado. The story is the same old
one One hundred men are not clearing ex
penses, where ten satisfied 10 s;ay aud work
Considerable excitement has been raised lately
by the reported discovery Of extensive silver
SS - ''NtA 44' Al ttle west SllG OF South Park
he inain questions which exercise the minds
81 The people hare, and those who discovered
Them with regard 10 them. is al st Whether
The niIues are extensive as reported %
neither the ore will pay and 3D. Whether
Il IS s4lver orc at all Chemists have made ou-
'ious aud conflicting reports upon he ANALYSIS.
Those DO are determined that everything .4aly
succeed.repoft according TO the desire Of The dr.
coFerers, and those who consider truth better
than much f.Ee gold Cor silver break heir cru-
c.b'es. However, whether there are ANY true
analytical chemists in Denver or nos remains I,
hs proved Whether they make practice of
reporting according 70 he kopes Of applicants
should not like say Since The commence
neni OF operations by the quartz mills the CITY
OF Denver has undergone great agony Not
outstanding tic desperate efforts Of The real
estate nlen, property has suffered fearful fall
ing oil n price, sud since the ships If the ssos
ocean have begun 70 land their carcoes IN he
mines. without even stopping to buy a glass OF
Whiskey, the hopes Of being the great pos. Of
entry Tor the mountains have expired
he agricultural resources OF the country are
limited 70 the wafer courses. and spots which
can be irrigated by bitches or springs On the
Platte valley. here the land feels the Influence
- The moisture from the bed Of the river. ali
vegetation common to Wisconsin can he grown
~ profession The sul is sandy and QUICK
Hr>'Ing upon bed " gravel aud sand. the
water has access 10 It for mule or more. in Ma
c.. and renders II peculiarly adapted 10 We
eiables and cerlals. Fine fields ot wheat corn
aud potatoes have been grown this season. and
the best Of melons. cucumtcr,. &c. burden the
tables
But the vegetation OF the upl,ud, IS sufficient
proof without trial. that labor upon Them would
he entirely vain. Notlurg but pants which
can withstand drouth Of three or four months
grow there. Cactus branch Gags. mountain
eF-s~, dwarf sag tc j. al that dresses ill.,,
desoia;e landscape with >emblance If ,l,-
'ling. and makes Il resemble Wisconsin, mai
nee here nothing but the most re.inoas
I'Aes grow. surely corn aud apple. could NOT
he expected yet there are tracts Of the mos,
icf'iie s"'' all along the foo; of the mountains
DIT 70 Tie wants OF raan they must remain IN
s'ai1ing unsA the mountains wear down 10 The
p'ains. and the sen changes Is place.
Some wfiter, sreue lha, far growing and
stock raising country tile hase of The mountain
he Hal