The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
rom The MiIwankee J0urn i of 0mmrrce.
WISCONSIN GOLD Fl Ids.
RECENT DISCO VERIES OF GOLD
BEiA ARING SIVA ZIP LANDS IN
BNRNETT COUNTY,
FINANCIAL EXCITEMENT IN OSHKOSH - GREEN
LAKE COUNTY Observation-Disclosures COM
MENCED AND PROJECTED IN BURNETT
CoUNTY--MoRE MILLIONS OF WEALTH
FOR SETTLERS IN THE NOBLE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.

New resources are constantly un-
folding themselves In Wisconsin to
rhe attention a ike of the Oldest res
idrnls and the newest visitors.
There is certainly no other single
state that presents So many inviting
fields of operation to industry AMI
capital The innumerable railway
enl, rpriSes of WIScon>in-wiich the
panic has hardly been able to i'm
pede in any pcrccptible degree
are opening a vast area of splendid
pine and hard woods, growing on n
sol which has only to be cleared to
become eli igible for farming purpo-
>es. Marathon county has soil
which produces SO bushels of wheat
to the acre. Wisconsin outrank> all
other states in the quality of its
wheat, pork and leather. The low
er counties of he state are under
laid with lead mines OF grelt value.
The northern portion has iron of the
several varieties in abundance.
Wisconsin Is. IN short, the greatest
timber producing, wheat producing,
ore producing, hop producing cram
berry producing state in the north
west. Concerning the resources of
the state III the item OF cranberricS,
we find an interesting announce
ment in the Polk County Press.
In the month of June, 1872, while
we were coming up the st. CroiX
river ou the steamer \, HE Kent, we
chanced to meet Our old friend, Da-
vid L. Boswell, of Menommie and
Barron county fame, Ofcourse we
were glad to see Dave, whom we
had considered as one lost, for some
years. While on board he intro
duced Us to Mr. A. Bugbee, OF Osh
k"sfl, former army friend of his,
who informed lis that he was on an
exploring expedition up the st. Croix
waters, looking for pine timber land
Proceeding up the St Croix river
or his explorations, he passed into
Burnett county, where he found its
thousands OF broad acres of marsh
land spread out before him, rich
with the luscious cranberry, and on
ly awaiting Development and i'm
provement to bring immense riches
to the men who should engage in
the business, and employment and
plenty of money to the settlers of
the county.
Mr. Bugbee is an old resident of
Oshkosh, has lived for long Time
near the large cranberry marshes in
Green Lake county After looking
around for Il short time he returned
to Oshkosh and formed companies
with ample capital, and late III the
tall of 1872 returned to Burnett
county. he companies formed to
operate in Burnett c"unty are Til
ton, Ru>seli, Badger & Bartlett; /;
Irving, Morgan X Stevenson; Clark,
Forbe~, Griffin IL Roberts; Tilton,
Badger & Bugbee; anI Mr.. Gill.
These gentlemen are al residents of
Oshkosh They have bought from
the state altogether 5000 acres IN
burnett County, at 70 cents per
acre. Mr.. Bngbee is of the opinion
that there is at least 10 900 acres of
rauberry marsh in township 80,
ranges II and Is IN Burnett county.
After purchasing their land they
commenced 10 dutch it, and during
the season just closed have dug ten
miles OF ditch, six feet wide. and
one foot deep. Next year they will
dig the ditch another foot in depth,
making it two feet deep.
They have erected about one mile
of small sod dams with three feet
head To flow the marshes with wa
ter, aS care must be taken not TO
dam too suddenly aud put on too
much water atone time.
During tie year o72 about 40
600 ,rrel> Were shipped from the
Berlin marshes in Green La Ike coun-
ty. These gentlemen haze picked
about 5000 bushels from the Bur