Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-12-30
A New cI Dorado.

70 A New cI Dorado.
$ s A fascinating story Of the disco
d cry of r.ch gold mines in the mort
y, ern portion of Wisconsin, given
a Milwaukee kilograms and press T.
a ports, has set the fevered imagin:
V ton of gold hunters ablaze. TT
: story as told is that about the fir
: of November, two men entered til
{ banking Office of w. L. Cande,
Milwaukee, and produced som
> gold bearing quartz, and offered j
for sale, Being informed by tn
banker that he would have it essay
ed for them if they desired, tn,
dust was left at the bank by thu
parties sent to New York, and &
valuation returned of sl,700 pei
ton, which was sufficiently large to
invest the case with good degree
of interest. Shortly after one of
men went to the banking office and
asked rather diflidently if any re-
port had been received. The re-
suit of the essay was then given
him, when with rapturous interest
stimulated by the good news, he
told the banker in an animated
though guarded manner, that the
quartz was found by himself and
partner in certain city in North
ern Wisconsin, while engaged in
digging a cellar; that they both
had experience in mining, and
knew that the quartz was that of
goli, but were unable to test its
value. The other man, on getting
the news and results OF their mi.
ming discoveries from his partner.
also besought the banker in short
time, and desired a repetition of
the story Of the result of the essay,
told him direct from Mr.. Candee,
the banker. After receiving the
favorable report, he seemed more
disposed to talk about the new dis
covery than his partner, and init.
mated that they had aquircd title
to $50 acres in the northern border.
which was filled with quastz q,
rich If not richer, than the quartz
essayed. In reply to intimation:
of the possible discovery of thu
rich lead, they expressed no fear.
so long as the snow remained OF
the ground, and said they SHOULD
not develope their rich discoveries
until spring. They to all appear
ances, were not imposing upon the
credulity Of the banker, nor would
they divulge by the slightest ink
ling, the vincinity wherein theii
discovery was located, any farther
than to say sup north"
Parties who claimed to be wcl
informed fix the place of this i'm
portant discovery on the nortl
boundary Of the State, in Oconto
IL is known that little over a year
ago some persons in that
region brought in ores bearing
; strong indications of gold. A
second lot was brought in and ar
; assay obtained, but the result wa.
; never made public.
The prospecting parties immed.
; lately afterwards secured several
tracts of land lying in what is sup.
posed to be the place where the
ores were found. 1t is said tina,
these lands lie on the divide be-
tween Boise Brule river and Pine
river, which would bring it in the
neighborhood of the forty-second
tier OF towns north and probably
between ranges ten and eighteen
east. This location corresponds
with an intimation which has been
made by the biologists, that there
is a lead of rocks with gold-bear-
ing characteristics extending from
the upper peninsula OF Michigan
through the northern portion of
Wisconsin toward the Mississippi
river. r
While these discoveries have
brought out al the gold hunters.
IT IS not believed that any extensive
gold region can be found yielding
such fruitful returns as indicated
10y the specimens produced by the
Two men in question. Ii is more
than probable they have selected
some OF the best specimens thew
could lind with n view 10 crente
furore and dispose of some
millions Of acres of land M fah,