Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16

IRON RIDGE.
Description of the Mines There.


kee. The edltor Of the Ripon Free
Press has made tour to the mines and
we copy portion OF what he has to
ssay concerning them. 1t is interest
ing:
Iron Mouatan is situated about ten
miles from station on the northern
division of the Milwaukee 81 Sc. Paul
road, named Iron Ridge. This station
Is about IO miles northeast of Horizon
Dodge County. The railroad com
pany have built branch road up 10
the mines. Persons wishing to reach
the mountains can procure teams at
the station. Arrived at the mines, and
the visitor will sec small number of
low, inferior huts, In which the labor
efs reside; few TWO story buildings,
hotel, two saloons aud a country store.
The railroad and mining companies
have each an office here. Two kinds
OF ore COMMONLY called "hard and
: soft are shipped from here The
hard ore Is found in the lower mine
and until recently, has been exhumed
by the old process of digging into the
mountain aud running the ore out on
dumps. This vein OF ore is from Is
to 81 feet In thickness and is found
Immediately beneath heavy layer of
limestone rock averaging in thick ness
about Is feet. There has been laid in
the mines some i've or six miles of rail
and vast amount of ore has been
taken out; SO large is the quantity un-
der the mountaln that apparently thew
have only commenced digging. Until
about year ago, this ole was mined IN
the old way and the dumps run out
and emptied under the cars The
miners could then make iron So to ST
per day. bat now the ore is reached bv
stripping. instead of mining. Large
delrlcks are erected aud the surface
rock and earth are stripped" from the
ore Shovelers eau then get at the
ore easily and can be hired at 81 25
per day. The ore is Of reddish color
aud is strongly impresnated with an
oily substance. It is estimated that
about o0 per cent. Of the ore is dross.
Some apt mathematIcans have calcn-
lated how long it would take to exhaust
these mines. They say tGat 100 men
IN thousand years would not take cut
one-half the ore. One can form an
Idea OF the quantity Of ore when it is
known that the company own about so
acres OF hue ore, and that during the
whole time they have been worked. not
three acres have been removed. I4,ere
are two companies operating these
mines, the W iseonsin Iron con pany''
and the Northwestern Iron company''
>. j. Hargrave is president of the for
mer, |. ii. Bean Of the latter. The
Visions Company also own blast
furnace, with capacity of L 10 IL
tons per day. 1t present this furnace
IS idle owing to the dell sale of pig
iron. Potter law legislation Ii as nearly
choked the life out of all the iron
works in the State. The Northwestern
company mines are about three fourths
of mile beyond the first mentioned
The ore is principally soft and of. a SUI
perior quality. They are now working
about 70 men. By contract this com
rany Is to taxe out annually one hun
dred thousand tons, for which row
atty OF 6O cents ton is paid to Mr..
Bean. This little sum Will unaoubt-
edly prevent him ever being compelled
to ask aid Of the city in which be lives.
The celebrated Ninser's rain1 is made
here. 4 small mil with Just machin-
cry enough to drive Two runs OF stones
is all chat is needed. The ore is taken
and slfted and the best parts Of It sep
arated from the dross by heating
process, after which the !. eggs are
ground. Mr.. Isaac Winter is proprie-
tor of the mill. He has fortune in
the business. The ore costs him ST
per ton. He sells it for 500 per ton
and can easily make three car loads per
week, with the assistance of two men.
1t is safe to assume that there are men
Ia Wisconsin who would exchange
business with him. The rock here is
the best Ia the state for making lime.
Two kiins have been erected by Messrs
Hanchett q Poster, and large quanti-
ties of lime have been burned.
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CURIOUS STORY OF A BoY-VILLAIN.
Cambridge, Mo-, furnishes to the
world one Of the most precious young
villains of the period, and also one of
the best illustrations of parental for
giVeneSs. A boy named Pomeroy Beed-
ing, who was inclined to be wild, was
sent by his father from Cambridge to
Fayette to school, where he soon got
deeply in debt and became engaged to
girl, who broke previous engage
ment to accept his hand. Mr.. Beed-
ing Immediately took him home. and
the boy, having no money, formed
design to murder his fatier, mother
and brother-in law. SO as to get their