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Show To Extract Sliver From Lead. Platteville, Wis., Oct. 15. A new mining industry is about to be started at Shullsburg, in the adjoining county of Lafayette that of extracting silver from the lead ores found in this locality. local-ity. Several prominent capitalists are backing the enterprise, and steps are being taken to secure the necessary machinery. It is claimed by experts that the oHfc found in Grant and Lafayette La-fayette counties, Wis., and in certain parts of Jo Da'vies county, 111., contain a sufficient quantity of silver to warrant its extraction as a matter of profit, and there is little doubt that the practicability practica-bility of the idea will be thoroughly tested during the coming winter. |