Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-06-16
A GREAT MINING PROPERTY.
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CHICAGO.

A GREAT MINING PROPERTY.
Southwest Wisconsin is creating
quite an interest in the mining world.
The leading mining papers Of the
country have beea sending out spec
ial correspondence to investigate the
districts and their reports are like
that of the Queen of Sheba "the half
hath not been told"
The special correspondent Of the
Mining World published in Chicago
has the following to say of the Hazel
Green Mining Co and their property
OF which our citizens G. Spensley
and Phil Allen own large interests.
among the many mining enter
prises that promises good results
none appear to better advantage
than the Hazel Green Mining com
pany, which is operating a mine one
mile north and little east of the
village of Hazel Green, in Grant
S"""'y, w io.s anu WuICii 's WlIDIn
the Galena mining district. The
company was organized under the
laws Of Wisconsin, with capital
stock of 100000. It's president is r.
Barrett, wholesale grocer, of Galena;
its secretary, w. G. Barrett, travel
ing salesman, who resides in Galena,
aud its treasurer. the Hon. Calvert
Spensloy, late state senator of Min
eral Point, Wis. Among its leading
stockholders are the Hon. David
Sheean, DR.. Werlich, II. Barrett and
w. G. Barrett, of Galena; Hon. Phil
Allen, banker, and the Hon. Calvert
Spensley, both of Mineral Point,
Wis, and leading citizens in Joliet
and Freeport, Ill, are also stockhold-
ers. The company has perpetual
lease upon 300 acres of what is con-
sidered the best mining land within
the Galena district. Upon this land
there has already been discovered
six well defined east and west ranges,
in each of which ore has been
discovered in paying quantities, and
has been developed for the distance
of about a quarter of mile already,
and how much further the ore ex-
tends is not known.
"The six ranges, which are about
200 feet apart, are practically paral-
lei, and will probably extend through
the entire length of the companys
land, but whether they will all bear
ore their entire length is at present
problemitical, but from present indi-
cations they will. Since the compa-
ny has had control of the land it has
only so far sought to develop, or
rather has only had time to develop
to lower depth of one of said ranges,
and that one being the second range,
counting from the north. Upon this
range a shaft has been sunk to the
depth of about So feet, and drifts run
east and west for distance of about
400 feet, and ore found the entire
distance.
"The last 80 feet of said shaft was
sunk through ore. 1t is not expected
that the main body of the ore will be
reached until the shaft is sunk from
20 to so feet deeper than it is now,
when it is expected that the main
body will be found, which, If indica-
lions are any guide, will be very
large. Just how wide the ore body
that has already been discovered is
has not yet been determined. The
ore discovered is mainly lead and
zinc. the zinc ore being what is COM
monty called BLACK jack" and all of
the ore is of good quality. The
company has erected three hoists OF.
three shafts and has constructed a
tramway from thence to it's mill,
which tramway is run by electric
power. 1t now has three gasoline
engines in operation upon its prop
erty and is erecting a fourth, which
when completed, it will have engines
whose combined power will be equal
to 1870 horse power. Its drilling is
done by electric drills, and its pumps
are what is known as a double cross
head. The company has already
taken out large quantities OF ore
which is cleaned by its mill, known