By Stephen Saalman
A rich silver mine has recently come to light in Harrison Township, Spencer County, IN. The deposit of ore is said to occupy an extensive belt, beginning in Martin County and running southeast into Dubois, the northern part of Spencer, Perry and on into Crawford County.
The Evansville Journal says the ore has been known for a long time, but it's value had not been determined until recently. The ore in St. Meinrad is found in the hill called Monte Casino, situated northeast of town and on which is to be erected the new college.
Specimens of the Spencer ore have been taken to St. Louis by Mr. Herman Beckman of Ferdinand, Dubois County, to be assayed and the result is awaited with great expectations and considerable hope.
St. Meinrad is also rich in a superior quality of what is known as semi-black coal, the vein being from five to six and a half feet in thickness, and the quality of the coal is pronounced by ex-state geologist Cox to be superior to the best New Castle coal of New England, suitable for smelting purposes and capable of making the best quality of coke. Thus it will be observed that we have another evidence of the immense mineral wealth of the counties composing the southwestern area of Indiana. (February 4, 1888 Cannelton Enquirer)
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