Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-06-14
IaIlnN Mines,

State rivalry is working wonders Of
wealth. Iron and coal in PENNSYLVANIA.
copper in Missouri; salt in Indiana lead
in Illinois; tin in Nevada; silver in Ari-
zona; emery in Connecticut: pearls in
New Jersey gold in California: oil in
Virginia and Ohio; wine I'm Deseret cof,
fee in Louisiana and some Of ali these
things found in dozen different states.
" ith innumcrable other riches living loose
everywhere, do not sum the whole dc7verv
on land. Nor does the wealth of the forest
or the product Of the fisheries comprehend
our natural resources and every day adds
to the great in entorv
The people of Connecticut, anxious of
excclling their famed product of nutmegs.
tin ware and motions" have entered the
competition, and in the town of Windsor
.2und mine of talOw hv that system of
analogy which fed our wells Of oil from
submerged seas of whales it is supposed
that pre- Adamite beeves lie thick under
Windsor, contributing their fat to the fat
ness Of the land Con James 4. Harvev's
land. says the Hartford Times, 81 is
spring, on the waters Of which. when
tranquil, rises a coat OF tallow about three
eighths cf an inch in thickness 1t resem-
bIcs, and win burn like mutton tallow-
Near by this spring, Jumps of clear tai
low have been dug" 1t has long been
known that sea wax, or tallow, rs well as
oil, IS imhGdded in the earth: but it was
IN small amounts. Here is an undeveIop-
ed mine, said to furnish n better LIGHT
than petroleum. and omit less disagree
able smell HerOdotus grows more pro-
bable daily; nor, in view of current reeci-
ations, is it quite safe to scof at Monbod~
do or Munckauson. We cannot long for
discoveries of wealth. Labor only is need
!ui to gather and exchange what we luye
The progress grows more elementary, dai-
ly. too. We first fonnd the material fer
exchanges. Now We are finding the crude
article
That progress continued which has led
from coal to oil. and from iron to tallow.
should soon lead from roast beef and truf
tieS, to pate de foie 0ras and malmsev IN
one quater, and boots and breeches in an
other This IS plethora of wealth; hut
after the tallow we shall cape at nothing
REMARRABLE DREAM a strange dream
occurred to an acquaintance Of the wTi =
ter. The gentleman was, nt the time, at
Pixies Peak, where he followed Il Q pro-
/ fessions Of mining and undertaking. He
dreamed that as he went to his mine, he
met the devil He was alarmed. and anx-
/ iously inquired whether he was the Of icct
Of this visit. The devil replied, No :"
( but that he had come for such one lir-
+ ing below. Having transacted his bus
mess and returned, the dreamer again
met Satan, who informed him that he had
( obtained the object of his errand. and
then disappeared, leaving the dreamer to
+ awake in a very unpleasant sta5e Of mind.
Early in the morning, our acquaintance
=
the person mentioned IN the dream Upon
examination, 1t appeared that the latter
had died between twelve and one o'clock
about the time OF the dream. The stranrest
part of the story II. that the person who
died was taken suddenly and unex Dected-
" !, so that the matter could not have
been previously on the mind OF tbs
dreamer. The gentleman who narrates
the dream is so worthy OF credit that We
place full reliance upon his statement
EdAcotionql Monthly