, 1860-01-17
! [CoIres:ondence Of tic Prrs and Tribune.

HA& <ssHE 0F<S~.3E NFA4 ~10EANs - fk
- Unsf-<s4 Of Leading ,To.c@ss..nodtdra-
-itton Of Railroad Tariff NEEDED, Etc.
'(cone.:ondence Of the Prr.s and Tdtune1
MINERAL ro1xr, wis., Jan. 10, lseo.
Fr{u. my impression Of this as q mineral
country was quite surprised to find it also so,
perfectly adapted to agriculture. THIS, (lowa
county, md The adjoining counties Of Lafayette
and Grant, unlike the billy region around Ga
inte1sperscd with 4 fair amount Of timber and
numerous clear streams of water, many: Of
which present good sites for watcrpower prlyi-
teses; aud as there is but one Touring mill at
Mineral roint and no other within ten miles,
there; is quite an opening here aud demand for
an. enterprise of that character.
Mineral Point is aourishing town and lying
AS it does in the heart of lead, copper and zinc
mining district, surrounded with au excellent
farming country, it only needs easy and direct
communication with the rest Of mankind to
make il one Of the largest inland cities Of The
West. This want has been greatly supplied b5
tie completion Of the Mineral Point Railroad
fron Warren to this city,a distance Of thirty
two miles This road is n natural extension Of
tl.e Illinois Central and the Ga1ena and Chicago
Union Railroads, northwest from Warren mud
Frecpert, and it has already diverted 10 Chicago
large trade which before went to Milwaukee
or Gatena When this road is extended on
through to In Crosse, as il undoubtedly will bc
in q fe,y years, i: will develop much larger
trade for Chica 20 and open up the most direct
routu between your city and tie State Of Mime
80. 'e ; A' 80 A'(' |''0 '''''>~ VI - '''~
oo'N'a
Mineral Point possesses d very healthy and
n1easant 1ocalion unon several ranees Of bluffs.
80 80. ..,,,,,a ~ ar ,.h;.h ,ra
ana lae!F 'nter'enlns Valleys, I'll Vi WHICH, atc
tho repositories Of Lead aud Copper ores, from
~,
Inc CITY proper contains IN area Of t"o square
miles, and 4 population exceeding 1900. In
romantic md picturesuue beauty. exulcrance
of trcss ,,l .,,r,,,,ar, ,ood ..bnrchez schoo,a
VI .tesS a1u sufu'osfs' eooa e'ofe',eS, s'uoo's
and other public buildings, 1t Is exce4led by ic"
cities in The West. Mineral I'oint has been the
co,n,v sr,t of Inv, conntv s;ncc ;ts orcon;,a,
~ ' ss"' ', .4 oo' s'As~ H"'
"oa IN ''2', oa1 al p'eSen' .ne 'o"n VI ooose'
VIE, H. INNING Town containing s'ooo 'noao'.
!ahts' ana s'oa.eo e's"' nlcs norm oi A1hefal
to4ns' IS s'foosls ton account VI us geogsaph-
'ca! 1oea''oh'} eo'nre'ans lot Inc county sea1,
anu "i'u PtosPee' - success na''ps 'ne a'a
oi III. t.le no9'nefn towns WHICH aFe 'oca'eu On
tne nlll"oukee sl1ss'ss1ppt 1ianroao' ana on
'ne 'seohsih h'Ecr, Of which latter towns
Arena. AEoea and Aelcna are the principal.
Ihese places are each about twenty-five miles
from Mineral Portland are all smart business
to,vns AZ Hc,a,, ia tocated tho v3scon1;,
81. ,,.
onot lower anu baf lcaa faetoFy, AenrJ i.
George, proprietor, The towns of Arena and
Ayoca, an account of dcductiou ,nf frc;oht
W. ,,;,,-.,,taa +, r,;-o;,.;,;. .p.;,-sa,
''aoe o5 Tue 'n9"auSee A'ss'ss'pFl 1Sa''roao'
on grain from thence to Ai'waaEee, hare been
enables, to co,nnete succe.sfnl}y for the crain
+,,,,, r,f ,,;s .an,tr >, n-;t,,, f,xr 1,;,o.
tfnoe o1 'a1s county 70 even "11nln q lc" miles
Of Mineral Point. This is matter which our
Railroads from here Ia Chicaco ouoht calmly to
+,1o ;nto oore;dar,t;o, I.s', o~e = f,.,5 :,
'.As INV e''e'pe' "'ou' A4seo oi7 % 'oauo ~
aonndanc0 most anywhere IN the vicinity OF
Mincral Point md on- the prpirics through the
country. tx 1;cc;n, from TN n s;xtv fAet z;nc
orc IS also iouna IN as great abundance thou
sands Of tons Of which hare been thrown upon
the turfacc; to clear the Way for working the
lead. But the time will come when this orc
will be considered of as much Importance as
tue Lead ore. JUDGED furnace for smelling
Ziuc ore has been recently established a. this
place, and is now doing good service. Copper
ores have as Jet been found in large quantities
only in the vicinity. of this city. Upon this
point the Mineral Point Directory for ls5e'eo,
SAYS:
1.-The priucipal varieties are, tue su]nAuret