Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-02-01
The LOCAL MINES.
Increasing In Value from Day 10 Dsy
Unsuitable Reasons.

case. as with each day comes BETTE
showing at one or more of the score o.
mines now being worked.
The Mineral Point Mining and p -
pecting company ran onto some extr;
good ore by the drilling process last
week on the Hewitt farm, west OF
town. This company is composed en-
tirely of local business men, and was
organized nearly two years ago.
The Temby farm, joining the Hewitt
farm, and because of the findings or
the latter, was last week sold for SIG,
600, local parties being the purchasers.
AT the Advance, within the past
week, there has been opened up TWEEN
ty foot breast, six feet high, and every
foot of this large breast shows jack.
Stock in this mine continues to keep
step with it's name.
The Peacock company of this city is
getting exceedingly rich returns from
drillings on lands leased in Mifflin.
The Hazel Patch has a better show
ing than ever; likewise the Tripoli,
Merry Christmas, the Rabbit Foot, the
Homesite, the Lille, the Lucky Seven
and others.
Later The Merry Christmas was pur-
chased this week by Frank Suthers,
acting for himself and other parties;
consideration between $4,000 and $50, :
000 AS stated before in these col
umns this mine is within our city limits.
If not disposed of by the new owners
within thirty days the mine will be
stocked.
Although on the market but short
time, stock in the Brown Mine is about
all subscribed for.
Messrs. Crum, Fawkes and Brown
of this city, officials in the Slack COM
pany, went to GAINESVILLE Monday to at
tend a directors meeting, the outcome
of which was the. purchase of an outfit
Of first-class machinery for that mine.
"A large number of local parties are
taking stock in the John Ross mine, To-
Gated on the old fair grounds, and the
indications are that all stock will sool
be sold. Very fine lead has recently
been struck on the north side Of the
sheet of jack in this mine. This, the
old Barber range, has always been rich
in lead, and it is the opinion of expert
enced miners that the John Ross will
carry jack on the south and lead on the
north. This mine produces the very
best of jack and lead, and considering
the high price of these ores this mine
is one of the best propositions before
the people.
One grand feature of which the new
McDermott company can boast is, they
can haul away, any time, ore sufficient
to cover all expense Of developing their
property, from mines already opened
up on the premises.
Owing to something going wrong
with the boiler the Tripoli has had
to stop operations for few days,
Just little northwest Of town man
took out thousand pounds of lead in
digging post hole. This goes undis-
puted because the size Of the post hole
was not given.
Anyone thinking of investing in a
mining proposition will do well TO get
into some of the many companies in
Mineral Point. They are good PROPOSE
tons.
The interest taken by outsiders ir
mines and mining has produced such q
rush that the hotels here are strained
to accommodate the crowds who come.
Hardly day passes but that transients
have to be provided with rooms outside
Operations at the Western Star mine,
located in the first ward, have beer
renewed within the past week after an
idleness of three or four years. This is
the mine that brought fame to oui
friend Ben Tonkin together with tho
honorable distinction of Captain. .
Messrs. Allen and McIlhon of this
city are getting favorable returns iron
testing the Bob Gruber land, Miflin
which they have leased
OTHER SECTIONS.
! It is a safe estimate that there ar,
sometime like 125 drills at work abou
Platteyille. New companies are forcet
to wait an indefinite time to comnenc,
operations on account of not being abb
to secure drills for work.
Lead ore has gone up and is still soar
ing toward the 500 mark Lead sells a
S8l, and zinc is steady at about s54
The Highland Mining Co. has shippe,
5, 600, 900 pounds Of ore since June 20
1905. They 8 e working IS men on
200 foot breast Of jack. The mine
! lighted by electricity
The Divide Mining Co. was organize
at Rewey last Tuesday, and the follow
ing officers elected: VIM. Temby, pres
idpnt O. q. Pewav. treasurer. i /