, 1864-05-31
MINING PROSPECTS,
The Waldw1tk Mining and Smelling Company.

The mineral interests Of the West arc rapidly
being developed, and the day ts not far distant
when miners Will and work at home equally profit
able with that Of ll.bo end Colorado. Michigan
is astir from the peninsula to Detroit, with ne~
mlLcs Of go11, lead and copper, and Wisconsin Is
not far behind. The Waldw1ck lead mines In the
Etst1 State arc beginning to attract public notice
by their 1ncjpient richness and future wealth,
plainly Indicated by infaible signs As new niue,
destined to play no unimportant part in the pres.
en-! and future resources Of 1hat State Ii IL worth
special notice and we present few fuc1s gathered
from IeliaG1c sources.
Tie lands Of The company, containing $40 acres,
eost OF Aireral i'oint md one hundred and eighty
miles from Chicago. The ranges run east and
weet aid lorna creyice openings and far openings,
has been 1ornd. The ore IS 1he snl p6urets, and
lend Ip. ',..,s has neen done g yet exes2t
more tim i,5o,U0o pounds have been
raised. 10th north and eouth OF this
range several discoveries OF lead orc have been
made indicating s1ch vesns, bot they hare beeu
hnt lii:ie worked Is the mineral IL nude: wstcr-
This The Compans propose to obstase By The coa-
1t IL believed they caD be constructed In Ninety
days. 1t . cost not c@ceedln. ltrce thousand dol
lerr. 1t is estimated Thai, as soon ns the waller
he PIT 1t Wors ;aEins out LEAD ore, IN shafss q T.
ready sunk, and that they could average four hun
| drCd rounds OF ore per day 10 the hand, making
atheu, sddfsn trcas,e Or x a ssven
cents pcr Found, OF S5GU per dag. This wonld
be, calhng twenty-five days 4 month, Sl4,, 90
da
Iet proat d si50,o0o, Of thirty per cent. per
unnum on tho capital stock OF ioe company. At
this 1ate of working Il would take at least three
years to exhaust the mineral already discovered,
leaving ont Of this calcuason all new discoveries
that, in sill probability. viii be made wei all
deposte In the fat openings, below the crevice
openings.
John Mu1ieh, Esq, mining engineer, end IN ad-
mitaelc srthos,ty. has Surveyed and examined
The scoloeieal Position Of your minc Is one OF
tie Iuuet favorable for extensive mining:
now being worked IN about the middle Of
will lave to Traverse in their downward COURSE i
p7tat Irnny iect OF the lower portion together with
shs hlas and oi1a Limestone some Of re- richest ;
on Jour land are rs rich as reported. land can
find no reason to Goubt Its tIuth3 you may eafely
calculafc a FerT r1ch az well as very extensive
nine It il impossible to enbody in report ike
this all the important Information gathered BY a
euryty OF euch mineral lands; but, permit me to
and hs 1ss VII
Into tie wafer; indeed, the nature. character and
poeiiion Of The veins as well as the rock through
which hey are passing, 70 to confirm The state;
paDy, arr eu5stant1ated BY the af1dArits of
ola citizens Of. Wisconsin living in the vlcin-
OF Wsldwick- who is . practical miner, and
has worked on the Graham ranSr. testides that
from past results md tnfailihle Indications on the
surface he is confident that the mine, when drain
ed, will form one p1 the best ever worked In the
Upper Miseleaippl country Aessrt. Graham d
q ,hs ss%s M ~ dowa aso testify to dhs e e1
when tie nine s diaanss. III sestinoay Poinss
drained ihey viii make handsome return upon
mineral
The Company. which is reeula.ly incorporated,
Legislature. MnIch 30. 1851 is represented by the
following officers: President, John Dracken; Sec
Superintendent, md Mine Agent. WIN 4. Pesrce:
Directors, John Bsaclen, Wm- T. Henry, YIN a.
Pcarre. Henry Lenahan, Joel c. Squires- The Chi
Building, who viii give a] information respecting
the value Of the stock and al particulars relative
10 the character and operation OF the mine. VIC
is.eoo shares here-e t1n9eaetion winch va think
will be eaei1y effected. We have examined sam.
pies Of the ore and judge 1t to be Of the very best
and iuns in clear veins, free OF alloy. In these
duye OF investment, a lead mine 10 good property,
and especially one which promises as handsomely
as this.
ES1KcomoRArED Soc1ET1Eb- MENuERs Pho
IEcTn 8r CounT OF CuAscKBT.-On Saturday
leAt Judge Williams gave m opinion in the Cir
cult Court Of Cook County, which Ia important 81
affecting unineorporated societies. :.
In sult Of Leon Strauss rs. the Chicago Work
iDgmeus' Association, the court had issued an In.
junction restraining the said Association or any
members thereof from interfering with the rights
OF Leon strauss, the complainant, whom his fellow
worluen had sought to exclude from their meet
iner.
The defendants 1nadc notion to Dissolve the in
junction and dismlss the bill for want Of equity on
The ground that no court Of law had jnr1aulctiou
o o4sz voluntary societ,ee not incorp grated under
aay aaT cr net OF the Legislature. aud also the
e!onnd that but few Of Tie members Of the associ-
3atrn IN we're made parties 10 the snit.
lne notion Was argued in September, 1861 and
saaee ts .1as nme uanl Saturday. the Court held the
iu1 Lila or!nion tent ste.as IT, Judge Williams Ia g!v;
examination Of the SUBJECT, and fhc nuthortties
s itncs i was The opinion coaf
Individual against individual parttss. alihoueS
members of ~ unlncotpo!atod society.
p-ppezty belonging TO him aod dateadAnts as \ cs1