New-York tribune., 1872-09-13

ore is sold 30 the smeters st average OF sio Pc
ing rich by hs aborS, cannot undertake o worthy
So it IS certainly case where th9 sOV9r 90 on down
Of his hire and of something more. Let Us gO on d
tho ladder. Between the Upper Galena te of Gint
the Lower Galena limestone l tnere ls a. ieSd ore 40
when caps what called pipe veins OF ao cr naTt
called because shaped like pipes ana ~ ,li ~ fbera ara
s ycn9 or sheets Of lead which
for mining, not being true VEINS theso ~ .to, ny
Wy wy SnpPVa fnero0tb and at q depth OF about
800 feet from the surface near Dubuque IN to tha
,S nf zinc ore. ybs is principally Callmine, mixed
with more less bac6 jack or suiphuIet Ol LhC'
in some places than is represented IN the dagram In
fact the rock below this the Upper OF ~, te'Jd
IN previous SSstoDe the Professor who there
baraDcued the excursion party abOnt ~ having Deeh
misinformed. Below this is the Lower Magnetism Lime
stone which IS the principal ea9Oealng rD05 g beneats
that, Granite. Below the grante-wel we never to 5h
ton 1t IN polite society but we are none VI Us ei'O
ready to step of that round OF the ladder'
DUBUQUE ROAD AND WHAT IT LID TO-
The road from tho mines the furnace was positively
alarming. never before realized ono OF the dangers
which cold lead may OCCASION 1t has worn thaE ROAD
into rus deep that the body of owwheeed Vehico
would be stranded upon it. While the highToaus
around Dubuque very good the byroads whioh arc
almost as much travelled more or less hao'e 70 si
verso critlcsm and the hills very steep ana tno
mine-boles frequent But the horse Of Dubuque is equ
10 the OCCASION lie thrusts his hOOs INTO the Gay h
surprising ease. The believers in ransmuttotn VI Sp &
ofss may safely prophesy that the oeomoOSGu u aP bo
fnrnisRed with reverted claws. The smetlng-
furnace and its appliances wer9, {" satbTnan R,ar
age The ore is roughly mingled with wOOu anu stt 0i
coal and the whole mass burned togethoI upon W J Of
wood which supplies four or nNe shiltS. "a 9',ctiI,
of cord burns 80 pigs when oOeS NOT @ or shiIn as
bn bE WoTE The Weld Of the first is from 65 60 70
IelG tn
furnace OF similar construction Dut ~ a."
Sac fnrnace about 2 por Of lead got out OF the
a but the total product OF lead not qulte 20 peI eon'
| of the original ore.
SEVERAL HUNDRED PIGS IN CHIMNEY
The whole process consists in burning or Yolatihzns
the sulphur and running the melted lead into moids. 10
my inquiry whether any OF the lead won't up the chin
ncy with the blast, workman replied that IN England
tho chuneys TO such furnaces were laid against the
side Of hill and were perhaps half mile long, and that
| the condensed lead taken out Of such chimney
amounted 10 several hundred pigs per annum NOW tno
mortar 0l 6pS tpot i ioofed as if ready TO tumble
pieces and wanted to ask why similar result It % no
occur with the half-mie English chimney ana Iet On1
the pigs But 1t was hot place where we were st1nu o
| ing and did MT want to risk making u hOIer. OIy
| three men were employed on the premises oi,
/ as IL was stated, 81 two men and washer,
| Tho "men" get 81 IS per day; the "son0I sonDds
cheap Messrs Brunskn & Co, the proprietorS, say
they are now getting about per e%L tOT tnel dacr
lead The three four furnaces about DuD1qu9 @ IJ
OF nearly the same capacity as this one ana an hnu en- m
ployment most Of the year. The Dlast Is optnei ~ ~
water-power though small steam engine Is & reaII ~
case of need Nothing could be simpler than the DaSt
machinery it was really odd IN s slipmT,Iy pS ~
water-whee by means OF eogs, comm & oO Tho
an upright shaft in the middle OF drum cam on @ 4
shaft alternately as ~ passed ana pcosed as many
pairs OF bellows, arranged around the VI VI
the drum The six pairs Of bellows all blew into pipe
which surrounded the drum the wind finding an ultl-
mate outlet only the forge. Let me assure the reader
tbat the machine looks far more complicated IN thlS
| description than it dl in that ancient woodshed'
TIE LUCK OF TIE LEAD MINER
1t is doubtless true here as Ia most mining regions III
the United States that If all the labor expended below
the surface had been employed in outivating the SOIL
the total profit would have been greater But as large
rort,on of those who arc lured by the speculative
nossbites of mining into hard work would otherwise
ever have worked hard enough to keep themselves out
Of public nsttutcns-the almshouse prison. or salary
under Grant-the commonwealth Is on the whole the
| ssSnTt fIe country are dug by out OF EN-
ployment, usually during the Winter The rSht 10 nllhe
sb01ld YOU own real in around Dubuque, you
may fnd some vaTant boring hole IN II at any tle
and pay1ng IL he nnds anything thId or NJ Ol MS
proceeds TO the OF the mining right Ihere arc
sometimes great finds few years ago young M INA man
for foundation he struck ore, ana lnnedlaeIg odeu
in three four friends TO enable mn TO buy tne sur
ward made rstelass cellar, at an expense oi an & a
dtiona 500 for labor IN e6Gavang %c ne
is a citizen Of tins place. and was mmseu the nero VI
'-'' A WESTERN nERMIT-ToM KELLY's CAVE.
There is a shade Of connected with another
! lead cave which visited. There poor old Tom Kelly
lived ana died poor, though rich. Tom was an uncdu
Gated Irisbman and when he had discovered his cave
kent the fact 10 himself He smeted his own ore and
carried his lead down to the river bank secretly until
he had hidden the bank about $4,000 worth Of lead
This he shipped went with it down the river, reshiD
ming it AZ New-Oreans and going with it to New York,
where he sold it, taking his pay IN g0d GefDaps the
gold was heavier than tue lead AT all events poor
| Tom sat down with his mOney-bag5 10 rest, ana
| as be was dirtylooking Old fellow, some
\ boys collected around him and began poklpg tun
| al him. A great fear seized Tom-a fear for his
mo ney bags. He snatched them up and started to
run for the dock where his boat was lying Inc DOYs
followed, hootlng Tom stumbled ana he Ie' @ U9 d Ua 9ne
knife and stabbed the boy through the heart At tho
| trial which ensued IL shown that Tom Kelly was
/ moro than half orazed, and he was acquitted, nut
kept in confinement as lunatc. Here his instincts
| as a miner stood him in good stead he bur
| rowed out and escaped Before long, Tom was at
work his mine again. but he was now more secretive
than ever He built himself stone house, where each
/ window embrasuIe pointing out OF which was
fixed a loaded musket. and the only man who got
enough into Toms confidence TO examine the house.
says that there also fixed musket enhadDg the
| doorway. He told this person that he was having
house made for himself that he thought would be
much In general II was but little, and only
TO children that Tom ever spoke. And there came
day. two years ago. when Tom found II necessary
to prepare 70 20 10 house where he IS likely to
be permanently safe. Two brothers, almost as un
cOuth Pom himself, came lowering about the
diving man. He asked the priest 10 bring
lawyer; aud when this was effected said: A." II you
will send them out' pointing 10 MS DrOthefs, u
Will tell ALL But the brothers would not 10 out OF
the house, and Tom died 5 mute he had lived. APP
pcatiOn the proper authorities in recovered
Tom's gold which he had been too much frightened to
apply for after ms escape The brothers left not
the bOuse upon another and they found about
S3G 0o in gold hidden I'm and around it, Out of Toms
cave they took In addition, IL Is believed q value
OF not less than 100000 Tney divided their treasures
as they found gold or sold ore by dealing out coin
bills as they cards at poker, one 10 each alter
nately What there is left of Tom Kely's real estate
looks ike the debris OF an earthquake.