Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-24

has continued to the present time
(November, 1870. The annual prod
uct is about 10000 pounds. During
the last year and half they have
been worked with horse pump.
cambridge, Mundy & Maighn This
is qusrtering southwest and north
east range, about 100 yards north Of
the preceding. This range was never
worked previous to March, 1874. It
is now worked only in the winter sea-
sons. 1t has produced in all about
$4,000 pounds. The ore in these dig.
gings and the preceding 10 found ia
openings detached from the main
crevice.
Metcal, Harker & alexander. N.
W. Or. Sec. 8, T. 1, r. /, e. This
ground is situated on what is known
as the Swindler ridge. 1t derived its
name from the custom which formerly
existed among the miners OF cutting
through and breaking into each
others ground TO steal the ore, which
the complicated nature Of the OPEN
ings enabled them to do. This range
was struck in 1871, and has been
worked continuously ever since. The
depth 10 the top of the first opening is
fifty feet at this shaft, and on the
ridge generally, although the opening
is said to dip slightly to the west.
Some water is encountered on the
ridge, and the present parties have
found 1t necessary to work q two.
horse pump The production to No
vember l, 1875, has been 100000
pounds.
cambridge Daggings. Situated on
the E hf. of the N e. ar. of Sec. 4,
T. l, r. /, E. Work was commenced
here by Mr.. Thomas Bainbridge, Of
Benton, in the winter of 1874. In
May, 1875, an irregular deposit Of
lead and zinc ore was discovered
about fifty feet below the surface, hav.
ing course little west of south.
Three men are usually employed. Its
production has been % tons of Smith.
sonite and 5000 pounds Of lead ore.
Harvey's Diggings. Situated on
the same ground, and about $50 yds.
northwest of the preceding. Work
was begun here in the winter of 1876
s, and large fiat sheet of Smithson.
lite was discovered, which has been
worked over 200 feet IN diameter
without reaching unproductiveg ground.
1t is found about so feet below the
surface in the random or horizon of
the fiat flint openings. The ore is
found in flat sheets interstratified with
the formation. One hundred tons
have been produced.
McElroy Bros. Situated half mile
south of the village of Benton. This
is new discovery, made in the win
ter of 1856. An irregular fat sheet
of Smithsonite was found at depth
of SO feet below the surface, from
which in two months, Is tons of ore
were produced. Work was then dis
continued during the summer. The
above parties intend to work it again
in the winter.
Al. j. Williams & Co. Situated on
the S. w. or. of the S w. or. Of Sec.
8, 7. l, r. l, E. A large fat sheet
of lead ore and blende, about one
foot thick, was discovered in July,
1876, in the bed of Fever river, soon
after heavy food which took place
at that time. It lies on the upper
surface OF the Blue limestone, and on
account of its situation in the river,
but little has been done with it. Il is
an excellent prospect, and will doubt
less be remunerative, as soon as the
water can be removed.
McCdfery, Smith & Co. In the
middle of October, 1876, these par
ties commenced work, sinking shaft
on the west line of the forty of M. J.
Williams q Go. They found the
same sheet of ore as there described.
In the space of two weeks they had
developed fine prospect, and had
produced about one ton of ore.
Level Company. On the N. w. ar.
of Sec. 20, T. l, r. /, E., level is
now being run by Messrs. Stevens,
Mason, Miller, Robbins. Broderick,
Hoover, Thompson, Goldman and Far.
ley, who own and have leased one
hundred and thirty-five acres in Secs.
20, 81, % and 20. The level was
commenced in the spring ofls7O, and
has now reached a length of one thou
sand feet. It is being driven on a
flint opening near the top Of the
Brown rock, which is here about four-
teen feet above the Blue limestone.
The object of driving the level is to
unwater the Drummond range, which
runs east and west, and is supposed
to be a continuation of the Craw
range of Hazel Green, and the Maggie
range of New DIggings. 1t is Be.
lieved that when the level is complet-
ed it will unwater the Drummond
range to depth of forty feet below
the present water level. ~
The level now gives access to two
openings in working it, and had,
when visited, an inch sheet of lead
orei in the working forehead. 1t may
be remarked that these openings are
lower than any of tho Benton open.
ings, and seem to be identical with
those of the Buncome district. The
product has been up to the present
time 10000 pounds.
OTHER DIGGINGs.
There are also several isolated rang.
es lying between Hazel Green and
Benton, and not properly belonging
to either district. They are as fol-
lows:
Johns & Harvey. On the N. e. ar.
of Sec. 6, T. l, r. l, E. The range
was struck in 1853, and was worked
for some time with an engine pump.
and then abandoned. Work was re.
commenced by Messrs. Johns & Har-
vey, in 1869, and they are now work
ing on the natural water level, at a
depth of one hundred and ten feet be-
low the surface, in the middle portion
of the Galena limestone. The range
bears slightly north of west, and
makes ore in tumbling openings, mix
ed with clay and detached masses of
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