New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-17
LEAD MINES OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN.


will speak now ofpartcuaf mines Hazel Green mines,
owned by Crawford Mills Co. arc II miles from Galena,
and along the southern border of Wisconsin They were
first worked in 1896 by white men, and by Indians long
before The beautiful village of Hazel Green 49, near and
the whole region, except in the dggRgs is covered with
wel improved farms. Here Of the best lodes were
opened Often as many as 500 Illinois miners were at
work at one time The rock is softer than elsewhere.
When foreign miners they made good wages inside
of the ranges dug by Americans. saw children working
over heaps Of dirt made 80 Yeas ago and whole ames
arc sunr0rted by this means The practice il bad for II
leads stealing mineral VIXEN brought to the umeso Dc
washed One successful miner told me that he believed
that much $4,000 worth Of mineral had Deeh s'ohh
In early DAYS the Hazel Green miners paid no attention
10 small discoveries they would get ont tewshnhIrea
pounds and they didnOt strike rich leads they left Their
work and went ELSEWHERE, and might have gathered
tuns AftcrwaTd IL all picked up. The pnee Was only
about one sixth what IL is at present .
Since 1915 foreigners have worked only IN the Ola
ranges and little has been done since lsOs UP 10 hs
time over 100 0O pounds hadbeen taken OUT the loss
in smelling is 80 per cent hence the net yield was ~ OO
COZ pounds The deepest mining - loo iseti ana ee
remans 30 feet through the magnetism qhe blusme
stone. It's 50 GO feet from the upper to the lower mag
uesan which Is 400 fo thickn this the missouri ead
is macd IL Is softer and more OPEN the upper mag
pesnn OF course thcy,are troubled with wutr-and the
Hazel Green mines haycnot been worked for this reason.
The owners already have driven an adt level over half
mile When below the level Of tho stgams steam pumps
must be resortcd to- when the English 40 years ago,
100 feet as only commencement.
NEW CALIFORNIA MINES.
These are eight miles from Gaena, at the foot Of high
bluff ana close 10 the Mississippi The Illinois Central
first was gadod mere but the workmen discovered nothing
In 1862 q fisherman went out one day t0prospect and
fonud creyice The land belongs TO o German widow,
and previously II was not thought worth cent an acre.
Repeatedly IL had been sold for taxes. Already dozen
good mines have boon opened each o. which pas YIELDED
nom 100000 TO 10000 pounds aud some Us mucn a.
De- ana has sold for &C. Two men often take out from
500 toll 900 pounds day. Most Of these mines have COM
menccd to Yield amer few days work. The bed rock
dips 10 the east; constant pumping is required ard the
mineral grows heavier as 10 goes down. They say VIII
BE- profitable 10 mine 100 feet deep.
ADAMS DIGGINGS.
These are five miles from GGlena, we're opened some
wears ago and after being worked 20 feet they seemed
haused pump, run by water was set ~ work. u runs
night aud day aud 100000 pounds have been taken
MARsDExs MINE.
Tbis is five miles from Gacna. A few years ago. far
mar In digging q ditch 10 clear SPRING struck hisSpade
on solid sheet VI the bottom Of the spring. shaft was
sunk through this ID feet when they 10 large Hat
openisg 10 icet wide containing solid sheet 10 to 10
inches thick Fifty feet below this was another opening
containing mineral and on three-oulths or an acre
about cOOO 900 pounds have been takenogt owen, N
his report of this region states that se Gaena mines do
NOT pomse cnduanccb he n0acton 81 fire inc
the rocks but in this mine II IS abundant IN iron pyres,
bcnJ blaek luck ald sulphur blending ihese specimens.
This mine il drained by adt level, into which water
from lover depths is pumped by steam The property IN
GLIDING 100 acres, recently was sold for sOC Farms
which,
which no prospecting has been done be bought in the
vicinity FOX S2O 10 $40 an acre,
NEW DlocfSGs, 16 MILES FROM GALBNA.
This is the nalne of village, and also OF The mines
Among these is the Champion which, nom first 20 last,
has yielded nearly 81 100000, and stu il Is immensely
productive ! sovoai thousand dollars worth OF tho
mineral lying loose Which the owner Goes not iske ou.
because he ha.ao for the money In II months over
600 600 pounds vetcaaken from opening ~ feet vide
and 90 feet long al in solid sheet from l6 inches TO
feet thick and resting two legs Fifty thousand Ioands
were got out adone time The mine IS perfectly dry aud
quite neat - no.. 1900.
In early das these dggings wer very productive, but
tbe water coming IT, hey were abandoned Twenty years
ago cutter pump was nsged ana 'oey ha'o s'e'a'S
heavily. u,.,,.-,-,.
mines They were the bet conducted ceanest and most
orderly Of all the mines saw Every particle OF mineral
swept up, and al loose rock taken TO e surface. AZ
the forehead Of Nr Davenport mine the lead was as gilt
tering Us d jewelers. shop. The ground OK these two IS
owned bv widow who receives onc-six;h as rent, and
every year she gets fortune.
OAKLAND COMPANY.
Ths company was chartered years ag0 they are
running ~ adit leyol to undermine nch digging which
were abandoned in the water They hayepeneiNed about
600 feet through solid rock.
sHUBIsBuRY MINING COMPANY,
Organized as above, have been running level over
three years have penetrated 200 feet, and have fine
prospects In these mines large quantities OF carbon
ate of zinc drybone, which would lind good market II
there works near for reducing H. The nearest Is ~
La Sale, 80 miles and the price paid about Sio
tun.
EMERSON MINE.
This mine Is in the same range as Shus6ury aud Hazel
Green but Is so low down bon the blue limestone
LARGE force was work This tho ony place where
the men wanted money for,whisky We BAD dispute IS
10 how much would pay for the.dnpss
ps1ecRArIC DiGGnGs.
These are about mile from the town OF Denton for
mey they were largely worked, but the mineral never
was very good owing the great quantity OF black ick
Scarcely was be seen, the aspect Was Iesoe
and the whole concern seemed played out
MINERAL POINT.
This a1ule north OF Gaena, aud on the blue stone
The mineral Is found ia HAT openings one below anOlheI
productive In the Terri lead Of three openings the mn'
er was from one 10 two feet thick, and from Ave TO Two
hundred feet wide and several hundred yards long ms
Vasat A depth Of 80 feet Al Linden, seven mics nom
Mineral Point is the lelhoOek Lead, tue most productive
ever known II has been worked down 10 the bluo lne
stone and is said TO have produced 49, $4,000 pounds
Vinegar Hin diggings, near duIena, nave lelded low
600 0Ob pounds but water coming IN, and the and DeiR
owned by several PARTIES the works abandoned, and
are waiting Tor another 10 drain the ground 1
A mile and a half from Galona, Capt Harris, en- Old
MINER got 100000 pounds Ion ten acres, al tne
depth OF co feet Capt. Esty, President OF the Mer-
chants Bank who has made fortune at mining esu-
mates that only about one per cent has been obtained
IL IL impossible get full statistics FROM loEo lsfl
about IL 600 Of pigs Of 20 pounds each were shipped
and the money value is S33OO0OO. From 1853 10 1891
over 900 pigs were shipped. Since then therc are
no returns When tho California gold mines disoov
cred thousands of the lead miners went nom Gaena ana
Missouri Naturally they became experts without
them little could have been done All Efforts IN TINS
world whether successful not are preparations Tor
something greater Every aborer and every thinker helps
build the wafbs of the New-Jerusaem
In civilization lead Is next In importance TO IRON lbs
doubtful whether gold even II Abundant would he rs
useful. n j. found IN the upper and lower magnetism