Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-21
TO REVIVE MINING INDUSTRY.
Rich Ore Deposits Believed to Exist
Abeut Mineral Point.
SUGGESTION FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

I'D tors Of The Tribune. What is
the matter with the mining industry
at Mineral Point? Has it ceased to
furnish remunerative employment to
wage earners? and is this because the
ore field is exhausted? Mineral Point
has been for over forty years IN i'm
portant mining camp OF the lead
region. 1t now produces more ore
than some of the camps that boast
of their great mining interests, but
it must be admitted that mining at
and around Mineral Point for the
past few years has declined. This
industry should re revived if posi-
BILE. For many years it furnished
remunerative employment to more
of our citizens than any other indus
try. Our business men and property
owners have vital interest in this
The most prosperous cities are
those so fortunate as to have num-
giving employment to its labor.
1t is claimed by persons Of expe-
rience in mining that our miners
lack the courage to prosecute inves-
LEGATIONS in new ground for purposes
of discovery, and that they confine
their operations to old ranges about
the city that have been worked for
over forty years. 1t is fact that 50
per cent. of all the mining that has
been done about Mineral Point is
confined within "A limit of one mile
in any direction from the center of
the city. The immense amount Of
or $ taken out of this small territory
should be an incentive to miners to
strike out into new "a ound adjoining.
1t should be remembered, however,
that failure to prospect on new
ground + not because the miner lacks
the courage to do so, or because he
has no faith that new deposits re-
because he cannot afford to do SO. He
must earn living for himself and
family.
In all TIE important mining CEN
ters Of today the "bread stalker" or
in other words, the man who will
furnish the miner with a living while
he prospects for ore, with assurance
of share in the discoveries he may
make, has been the important factor
in the development of successful
mining camps, some OF which are
known the world over, and which,
but for the bread stalker" would
never have been heard of.
Many of our citizens, it is said, are
furnishing the bread for miners IN
distant states and territories, by in
vesting in the stock of embryo mines
whose shares are scheduled at to 10
cents each. This money, if invested
a. home, would give employment to
hundreds of our citizens, and might
result in compensating discoveries
There is at least as good prospect
that such investment at home would
provo profitable as there Is that
mines Of the west will make local
shareholders rich.
Something over a year ago, | am
Informed, IA well driller boring for
water on one of the farms near THIS
city. struck, in the lower magnesium
limestone, what is known as deem
mated zinc ore, the same as is found
in the famous zinc mines OF the Jop-
lin. Mo. district. Such discovery
in the vicinity of Joplin would at
tract thousands of dollars of capital
ready and anxious to be invested Tor
its development. AT Mineral Point
it commanded no attention. This is
not as it should be. The citizens OF
Mineral Point ought to have the en-
terprise to take hold Of such a prom
Using prospect and develop it.
That we have here, untouched,
lands in which rich bodies of ore
are strongly indicated is indisputa-
BILE. If they remain undeveloped 1t
will be because our citizens are not
awake to their importance. This is
subject that the Business Mems Asso-
citation might advantageously give
attention to. Is there any question
they can consider that promises more
for the upbuilding of our town. l
think not. MINER
Mineral Point, Nov. Is. 1901