306 STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
there “ smelted/’ whereby the pure lead is separated from the 
foreign substances. There are four lead furnaces in the 
county, all actively at work, each of which smelts from one to 
three millions of pounds of lead ore per year. 1,000 pounds 
of lead ore, when smelted, produce about 700 pounds of pure 
lead, and the price of the latter generally varies from five to 
six dollars per hundred. A number of valuable u lodes/’ or 
heavy deposits of mineral, are now working in the county, and 
the mines bid fair to resume, before long, their ancient pros¬ 
perity. One company, James Davenport & Co., at Shullsburg, 
have taken out from one “ lode” during 1860, about 1,200,000 
pounds of ore, valued at $39,000. This “ lode ” is one of the 
largest ever discovered in the North-west, and will probably 
require five years, some say twenty years, to work it out. The 
aggregate amount of mineral raised in the whole county, dur¬ 
ing 1860, is about 9,538,000 pounds, valued at $305,000. 
Enough has already been done and developed to prove the 
mineral resources of La Fayette County, to be unexcelled by 
any in the State, and of a richness to sustain and reward the 
miner for ages. Let the traveler and the seeker of a home, 
visit this county. Let them survey the extreme beauty of its 
natural features ; the many evidences of its agricultural wealth 
and industrial progress ; nor fail to explore the mines, where, 
far down beneath the surface, unexpected wonders will greet 
them, and amply reward the trouble of a long journey. 
INDUSTRY OF MANITOWOC COUNTY. 
BY CHAS. ESSLINGEK, OF MANITOWOC. 
This county is situated in the north-east part of the State, 
adjoined by Kewaunee and Brown on the north, Calumet on the 
west, Sheboygan on the south, and Lake Michigan on the east, 
and lies on about 44° 36' of north latitude. The climate in 
winter is cold and bracing ; seldom intensely cold but for from 
24 to 48 hours at one time. In summer the air is cooled by 
