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r Tay-j resort to the legislature.' dure.”,ry cir-” Had 11. as alis pro-s beennmc.~' public P, with ir men, onestly ject, to u'.y and of his sayingFrom tlio Milwoukoo Nowj*.. • •. •• • »* %Iron lw Dodge and Wn»l»l»ft«ii Coun-tlc«-Jamn G. PerctvRla Report. *;nt, resin illus-l1 ic the n’s self,ues its an arii-1t willthat an cd it.— •ed ass, sre ordi-uninspi-for theNVc alluded r few days since tb .a report of the State Geologist, relating to the large and valuable deposit of iron ore at Iron Bidge, with the.romuvk that; we should give it a more extended notice soon. Wo have read the paper with great interest, and are fully cori-j vinced that thcro is, ‘-slumbering . at ouvr threshold, ono of the most important.elements of wealth which exists within fchoboundaries of the State. Thw body of ore extends over an area equal to about a mile and a quarter square,. and at an: average depth of about fifteen feet, which it is obvious will bo inexhaustible for many centuries. It is said to smelt with a smaller am punt of fuel by about 25 per .cent, Than any ore known in the United States, and works withU®’ Goods fc II. I). Holt, Av Harper Co., Robinson,’ G. J E.Pf Smith,Coinly Co., \ A Church, Mad keo. v •• • ■■raph is ind it is ltaneous jmber of t prepor-ougbt to ges thatYLoa are of using pay tho i he was to do, he i friends, that the ul worthportions of the State, the prcilominent timber being oak and maple, or sugar tree, which aro found to produce'coal of the first quality and in such abundance as will admit of no scarcity for thirty yearn to come, and from which a supply of coal can bo drawn for even a much longer time at reasonable cost. Before the surrounding forests will be exhausted, some substitute will doubtless ^be lbuhd to supply tho place of charcoal, end thus the supply of mineral be made available from these mines for centuries.There arc but few deposits of iron to an equal extent in the.United States, and none ol those which have been discovered can be made 80 productive at so small cost as this at Iron Ridgo. . The iron from the .IronHeath’s ■ C ohandize and t Union; R. It., I Heath’s Co.,, J. Ardroii, 1 Sawyer, 1 clics I box; Geo. 1* chest; -W S Sta bll.; E Iloodmi cs; A Levy, 2 ! N Mower, 1 cl T Cohoqn, 3 bi William, 1 bo: 19 boxes tobacOh! wheu niy fiIn some thick, wooHid from the vulg Upon JJiw sloping «W'bori* I he pnri -11In gmfofal errors • Sweet, lnuooyrluf BlyndeU his song ( Mellowed his pipe The eglanUut} rnn. Assumed a dye iu: Vied with iU; foliu Or.Jiws: Oh Mb Seemed too. too mMountains ofMissouri and Luke Superior, is , J1:id not impartedquarried and smelted with .a much greater expenditure of labor and capital, and the iron resulting, is of no better quality when obtained.-- The I:Oti Ridge mines are in the immediate vicinity of the most beautiful and productive agricultural region/of the State, whence supplies of provisions, labor, and all that is uoedful can be drawn at the cheapest rates, ami in the most abundant‘quantities. Tho ore from the mines of Lake Superior and Missouri delivered at tho furnace will cost some three dollars per ton, or about sixpaid into to woven dollars for the imount of orerequir-i Ail j/i iwnlrn *» liMi nT Yvi.lt;y irnn * \i-ntlo 1 lift flYftthis was on which i:\rgcs of liccrs, ofwnlmag.haractcr-kIs; II is nest vir--correctly nk opern-a moral y* skilled lino thati cd to make a ton of pig iron ; while, the ore at Iron Itidge is obtained with such facility that it can bo delivered from the mines to the furnaces erected at tho foot of the ledges for ten cents per tun ! or a sufficient amount of ore to make a tun of- pig iron, can -be delivered at tho furnace for tweuty-five cents. t Such a Tact, is iinparallcd in the. history of mining, but it is believed to be a sober reality at. iron Ridge.- ; * • -Thus the vast expenditures required; for working tho .Lake Superior mines, .remote from settlement and in an inhospitable region where labor and provisions must always beToo exquisite to UThoro ia a c A rent tor v And -whileTlio sculi oCl 0(1 Vg tod *I u heavoii’:The sun is A transien The snul, hexpensive, arc, n* a great measure.,a vo ided,or greatly reduce.cl, which; in the large operations of a heavy.iron establishment, would amount to a saving of thousands, and’ perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Journal We look upon this as one of the most valua-1 blc treasures of bur State, generally superiorFor time nl And. if \\ There no Which ion Tlio path • Of him wWher.ojC Nursodi Dcnci rs th On thc-tWhere ;irO Irving t Look Jn.th MarriedAfter. Hi 3
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Daily Argus and Democrat
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Thu, May 24, 1855
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