Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-28

The Office of the Industrial COM
pany in the Fezer building is being
decorated with new paper and will
soon be ready for occupancy.
SSS
Men and money are still pouring
into the district to develop the vast
stores of hidden wealth below the
surface. Lead and zinc seem to be
almost everywhere. What the next
five years will develop no one dare
conjecture.
There is a, great need for expert
enced miners throughout the dis
trict. Miners and dr1llers are both
scarce and those who have leased
lands should not get impatient if a
seeming delay is experienced.
SSS
The Empire at Plattev1lle mined
and sold $50, 375 worth of ore since
the first of the year and has paid
$35, 900 in dividends.
SSS
The period of the greatest pro-
duction of lead ore in the southern
Wisconsin and northern Illinois lead
region was from about 1910 to 1848,
and it is claimed that during those
years this district furnished about
one-fourth of the lead produced in
the world. Pumps were used and
the miners were enable to sink
deeper than formerly and to reach
the heavier deposits Of ore, which
were found in crevices and open
ings, many of the crevices being
followed for a great distance.
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Another fine strike was made on
the Beacon Light Thursday that
set many hearts in Lancaster a
''pitipatling."
The Tufdey Mining and Milling
Co. has been organized at Llvings-
ton. Drilling will be done on lands
adjoining thelSunset. 1t is differed
as follows: III. A. Rundell, Pres.
r. F. Livingston, Vice Pres; W. G.
Livingston, Secy; F. W. Stephens,
Treas.
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Parties who have leased their
lands should not become too i'm
patient if those who have secured
the leases are not able to commence
work just at the time set. There is
a great scarcity of drills throughout
the district and it is not always
possible to secure one just when one
would like. The matter is being
surrounded by some Of the newer
companies, who have bought their
own machines.
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AS each new drilling proposition
is opened, or rather, as shafts are
put down on such properties, the
scarcity of miners becomes more
serious. There is plenty of work in
the district for everybody, and
specially for experienced men.
2SS
The BIB mine drillers reported a
fine strike Thursday.
SSS
A party composed of Messrs. Jas.
Scullon, JOS. Reid, VIM. Galloway,
Geo. Wheeler, W. P. Rowden, Ray
Carthew, A w. Hastings and the
Herald editor took a trip to Linden
as guests of A. M. Anderson of
Dodgeville Wednesday. The main
object of the trip was to inspect the
Kickapoo-R hobart mines there, which
give rich promise of being the best
in this section. Everyone in the
party was highly elated over the
prospect and all will likely take adj
vantage of the opportunity to pur-
chase shares at 81 each. All this
mine requires to make it a dividend
payer in a month is mill and It's
bound to be a winner.
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Linden is certainly on the boom.
Scores of people are there every day
from abroad to visit the several
mines and the only drawback is
lack of hotel accommodations. This
inconvenience will soon be relieved
however as a new hotel to be de-
voted exclusively to transient trade
is in course Of construction.