INDUSTRY OF COUNTIES. 
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Sauk County is, geologically, a mineral region, but its natu¬ 
ral resources in this regard are but little developed; though 
iron ware of excellent quality and of great variety is made at 
the Ironton Iron Works, by Mr. Tower, from ore found in that 
vicinity. This and the Sauk City Iron Foundry speak well 
for our enterprise at this early day in the settlement of the 
county. 
Clay, of the kind from which stone-ware is made, is now 
wrought for that purpose at Garrisonville, in the vicinity of 
which are many indications of minerals. Potter’s clay and 
clay suitable for brick are found in many places through the 
county; likewise limestone of good quality for burnt lime. A 
limestone is found in the town of Bear Creek of great extent, 
and of sufficient fineness to be called marble. Stone suitable 
for building purposes or for fencing abounds in many places. 
The pillars of the court house were quarried one-half mile from 
the building, whence the stone for erecting the jail was 
taken. This quarry is inexhaustible. 
Few counties in the State, if any, have timber more equally 
spread over the surface than Sauk. Oak, in many of its vari¬ 
eties abounds, especially upon the hills ; and there is almost an 
inexhaustible body of timber upon the south side of the Bar- 
aboo river, consisting mainly of sugar maple, elm, basswood, 
oak, cherry, hickory, butternut and ironwood, all growing in 
majestic luxuriance and covering thickly a space of from five 
to ten miles wide across the middle of the county. 
The principal Rivers are: 1st, The Wisconsin, sweeping 
around on the north-east, south-east and south, and forming 
about one half of the entire outline boundary. This river is 
well known. 2d, The Baraboo river, entering the county near 
its north-west corner, sweeps meanderingly southward through 
its centre and passes out at its eastern side. It passes through, 
or largely cuts over, 50 government sections in its course 
through the county, furnishing abundance of mill power, es¬ 
pecially at its rapids, some two miles in length in the eastern 
part of the county, with a fall of about 50 feet. This river is 
the most important stream as a water power in the county, if 
