Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-21
A RICH DISTRICT.

Just make memorandum of the
fact that that the Beetown mining
district Immediately southeast Of
this village within the next two
years will be the richest ore pro-
ducing district in Southwest Wis
consin, outside of the immediate
vicinity of Platteville. On the
Kirschbaum farm five miles south
east Of this place the B. & B. drill
in the fourth hole last week pene-
trated twelve feet of extremely
rich disseminated ore. All four
holes have told the same story of
handsome deposits of both lead and
blackjack. The company will have
Will Stark drill one more hole, and
then they will begin the work of
development-digging shafts and
tunnels. The drill has revealed
enough ore to keep the miners busy
for many years.
The pump in the Knotwell shaft
near Beetown disabled when the
workers were in very rich vein of
jack at the 60-foot level, which the
drill entirely failed to discover.
The drill findings were at 100 feet,
SO the new discovery was great
surprise. Offers of $500 have been
made for shares in this mine since
this discovery, but there are none
for sale at that figure
The Muscalunge Prospecting &
Mining Co, who have thoroughly
proved 26O acres at Muscalunge and
Beetown, finding splendid deposits
of ore, have been capitalized at
$4,000, and just completed the sale
of 20, 900 shares for $4,000, most of
the sales being made in West Grant.
This money will be used to develop
the NINE, a shaft already being
down rs feet. Equally good are the
| r spects of the Blackburn, Eagle
and three or four other propositions
IN the near vicinity OF Beetown,
which will be mentioned more fully
in future editions.
LOCALS.
There will be a dance here on
Thanksgiving.
The remodeled Hoskins house has
been replastered.
Our merchants were ''j1mping
sidewise" Saturday-trade fine.
DR.. Sala has a new team of nice
ponies, purchased from Net Greer.
Fred Riece has transformed the
old bowling alley into a paint shop.
The ice dam south of town is now
rebuilt. We hear that Carvill Bros.
will handle the ice this year.
Visitors to our town crossed the
street in the mud again Saturday.
How long must this continue?
Several from this vicinity attend
ed the marriage of Frank Dagen-
hardt and Miss Florence Fry at Mt.
Hope last Tuesday.
Mrs. Wyatt, president of the
state assembly, visited the local
lodge of Rebekahs Thursday and in
structed them in the secret work.
Mrs. P. Taylor of WYalusing,
daughter of Chss. Chapman and
wife, went to Dubuque Sunday to
have an operation at the hospital.
Edward Barr has sold his farm in
Glen Haven township to Chas.
Rohringer. Mr.. Barr and good wife
will now remove to some town and
retire from active labor.
Stock shipments are now heavy.
This vicinity should feel prosperous
as soon as the pay for stock has
been banked. Our farmers are
getting independent.
The burning of the Lyons, or
Leamy, school house west of town
removes an old landmark, from
which many good and useful citi-
zens went forth into the world.
Lynn narrower has a sale on
Saturday, and he will soon go to
Garrison, N. D. Our folks will re-
greet the departure of Lynn and his
estimable wife. But the west is
calling the young people.
The Lyceum Ladies' Quartette will
be the next attraction of the lee
ture course. They will appear here
on Wednesday, Dec. 5. A great
musical treat at cheap price of
admission. Let all attend and help
out the high school fund.
While at the county board meet
ing last week A. J. Frazier, chair
man of this village, assisted by Mr.
Helms Of Platteville, prepared lot
of valuable county information,
which will be printed in the pampL-
let of the board proceedings and q
copy placed on every school in the
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