Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
THE LINDEN MINES.
THE LOCATION OF A MINE.

Investors should first consider the
location of a mine before placing
their money. There can be no dis
putting the fact that the hauling of
the ore for long distances eats up in
transportation charges what would
otherwise go into the pockets Of the
stockholders as dividends. You
can reason for yourself that, IN the
course Of time, this means thousands
of dollars. Look at the Empire aud
the Enterprise mines at Platteville
and the Mason and the hobart &
KickapOO mines at Linden, the big
producers and proven dividend pay
ers of tho district. We find them
in the near neighborhood Of the
depot. Let us look at any one of
these, say the hobart & Kickapoo
mine. While this mine has always
been heavy producer of lead and
zine ores, it also produces large
quantities Of sulphur. This is sold
for six or seven dollars per ton.
When the company does not have
to pay two dollars or SO for hauling
this sulphur but merely fifty or sixty
cents for loading 1t on the cars, as in
the case of the mine mentioned,
sulphur adds to the richness Of the
mine and necessarily increases the
dividends of its stock. holders. This
is, in itself, very important factor,
to say nothing Of the cheaper trans
portation charges Of the lead and
zine ores.
SELLING FAST AT HOME.
Being acquainted with all its con-
ditions, its affairs, it's possibilities,
it's productions, past and present,
the people of Linden are buying
heavily of the stock of the hobart
& Kickapoo Mining company, just
placed on the market. A miner
knows a good mining proposition
and if the people of Linden are not
miners, what are they? These peo-
pie, who make their living under
ground, as we might say, recognize
IN this mine dividend payer. It
always paid when worked by hand,
they say, and what will it be when
it is worked by modern methods.
They are embracing their opportun-
ity to become a part owner in this
mine and are buying it's stock. It
is, of necessity, ia small-and yet
big-way. Small, because they
haven't any too much capital and
big because it all they can possibly
spare. And they invite outside
capital to share their good fortune
with them. You should not fail
their invitation.
A MILLION DOLLAR" MINE.
We may say that, in one way,
Plattevllle has made Linden and we
are glad that their efforts have been
so amply rewarded. It is indeed
rare that Linden celebrates a
strike but when the Platteville-
Linden Co., discovered recently a
80 inch sheet of lead and zinc ore,
their enthusiasm was great. It
could not have been more if every
man, woman and child in Linden
was a part owner of this justly
famous mine. This strike has proven
a statement of Ex-senator Joiner,
who made a careful and accurate
survey of the Robart & Kickapoo
mines. He told them, after making
a map of the strata, the only one of
its kind in the district, that their
big body Of ore was a little deeper
and that they were on the same
identical range as the Platteville.
Linden mine, the body of ore in the
latter being about forty feet deeper
than the hobart & Kickapoo body.
We may may say here that Mr.
J0iner's map will be published.
A VALUABLE MAP.
Hon. r. L. Joiner has made map
of the strata rocks in the hobart &
Kickapoo mines at Linden, Iowa
county, demonstrating that this
mine, with many others in the
county, have not reached the real
bed of ore. This is the only map of
its kind ever made in Iowa county.
Obituary-Garner.