Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-07-17
Fabulous Mineral Wealth.

| voted to presentation OF the Won
derful mineral wealth of the counties
of Crittenden, Livingston and Cald-
we'll, which are designated as 1.-THE
Western Kentucky Mining District
! Z, 7 ne minerals consist Of eaT5oa..e Of
zine, or dry bone, zine blende, or
blackjac lead, fiuor spar, coal, kao-
lin and other valuable clays, all in
abundance, and each of highest
grade.
One OF the most prominent and
successful mines is 1.-The Old JIM"
owned by Messrs. John w. Blue and
Glenn &. Num-, two citizens of Mari
on, and superintendent by VIM. G.
Uren. OF this mine the Press says:
| Two great veins of carbonate of
zine aggregating sixty-eight feet in
width constitutes the Old linn mine.
This great body of carbonate eX-
tends somewhat below the water lew
ell where zinc blende, or Jack" meets
it, and continues downward. More
than 100000 pounds of carbonate
have already been shipped to the
smelters. Millions of pounds more
in sight in large open cut, some
what like a great stone quarry. In
deed it is quarried in great masses
like the building stones for sky
scraper. The "Old Jim" is the very
latest sensation in the underground
world. 1t is unique. What is more
to tie point, it is increasing the bank
account of its two owners, by leaps
and bounds. And they deserve it.
For years they stood alone in having
confidence of ultimate success of their
| prospect work. TWAS long, tiresome
and money losing. Twas not by luck
or chance, rabbits foot or the twig
of peach tree. II was pluck and
activeness that discovered the "Old
jim"
| All the product of "Old Jim" is
shipped to the Mineral Point Zinc
Co, concerning which the Press says:
Mineral Point Wisconsin has be-
come well known to the miners of
zine ores throughout the United
States. Cars of this ore are daily
headed Mineral Point way from New
Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
Kentucky and Illinois. 1t is the
greatest oxide of zinc producing
plant in the country. The carbonate
from Marion is utilized in tn csc great
works and comes back to us in part
in kegs or barrels: not the brown
cclor it was when shipped, but a
beautiful pure white, ready for the
painters use. The Mineral Point
plant produces daily average of ITO
| tons of zinc oxide. This immense
output would cover with white an
area of fully 1900 acres.
This Mineaal Point company has
recently acquired ian interest in some
of the most promising of the wonder
full Kentucky mines, which fact the
Press notes as follows:
Articles incorporation were filed
in the Secretary of States office July
End, to incorporate the Columbia
mining company, with capital Of
100000 N. II. Snow, of Mineral
Point, Wis, Il. d. Jones of Chicago
and r. w. Bingham of Louisville are
the incorporators. The first two gen.
tlemen are intimately connected
with the Mineral Point Zinc Co., Mr.
Bingham being widely known law
yer and capitalist of Louisville.
The Columbia mine. which those
papers cover, has been our standard
of what a vein of ore should be. Both
lead and zinc ores, massive and dis
seminated throughot fiuor spar and
calcite, prevail in the drifts and
slopes.
Now that this property has fallen
into the hands of men who are tech
nically competent to handle the out
put as we'll as financially able to
place the property in the very best
mining condition, we expect that "a
few months time will add the pro-
duct of this fine property to our al
ready growing list of shipping prop
osltions.
Mr.. Uren is known as a very con-
sentative man; to be convinced only
on indisputable evicence, in no sense
Il boomer and by long and varied
experience and close study in mining
well qualified to Judge of such mat
tiers. He fully supports the repre-
sensations of the Press, and believes
the western Kentucky mining dis
trict is one of the richest on the con
| tinent.
10 rent, a good house with five
rooms and cistern, in southern part
of city, for $3.50 month. Inquire of
john 3. WALLIS, Phone 81.
| have number Of choice farms
Tor sale in Iowa and Lafayette coun-
ties. You have readthis, now see me.
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