Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-21
Why Linden Mines Pay.

IlOu udy 70 udY, moving up q peg
at time and sure OF no backset-
until now even the most conserva-
tive can see for 1t a great future.
Why is this let us give our rea-
sons.
LIST. To make any NINE pay, it is
necessary that it must contain the
ore. Let US look briefly at the
mines OF this district. The Linden
mines have never been idle a day
since 1897 Proof that they have
the ore. Up aud until the last few
years the zlnc ore or black Jack, of
which these mines contain such rich
deposits, was sold from twelve to
sixteen dollars per ton and at thai
time 1t was necessary to haul the
ore TO Mineral Point at two Qolla.
per ton transportation charges
Notwithstanding this the Ross, the
Glanville, the Mason the hobart and
the KickapOO have always proven
handsome dividend payers. AND
this without having any but the
most primitive machinery. Let us
say first that Linden has the goods
The Trio has recently been stocked
and are installing new machinery.
End. M1ning-like other lines of
business and :ndustry-must receive
the closest of attention. Let us
again look at the Linden mines be-
fore mentioned No l 'ss pe1so a.
than the Hon. William A. Jones
looks after the Mason mine, tending
to the smallest detail. He is there
upon the ground-you don't need to
hunt him up. That is probably the
main reason why everybody says
1.-The old mine," that has produced
five millions of dollars worth of zinc
and lead at the present prices, was
never SO good.
Take this Ross Mine owned by the
Ross brothers. Willie Ross" so
said one Of their employees, ''ain't
away from that mine long enough
for his wife to sew buttons on his
coat"
Then the Granville Mine owned
and controlled by practical miners.
There is no high salaried superin-
tendent. The foreman-a most
practical miner who takes the great
est of interest in his mine-does
it all for single ay.
Now, the hobart and KickapOo
1t also has been under careful man
agement and will continue SO to be.
Let up stop and speak word or
SO about this mine. It has always
been dividend payer notwithstand-
ing the fact that it is greatly in need
of machinery. The lease now held
by the old company will expire in
about three years and hence the old
company did not feel that they
could afford TO install new ma
chinery for SO short a time. The
lease on this property held by the
new company is for twenty-fou
years. The only stock for sale in
this mine will be for the payment
of the old lease, the renewal of The
same, the purchase of what little
machinery there is on the ground
(mostly on the Kickapoo) and the
purchase of what modern machinery
may be needed It is safe to say
that the most of this stock will be
purchased by the people of Linden
and vicinity who have the greatest
faith in it because it has really more
proven ground tt a i any mine IN the
Linden district
Mr. Alvin M. Anderson of Dodge
vile invites you to come and see the
property or to write him or any
mining exchange or business firm in
Linden or to any mining exchange
in any mining town for informa-
ton regarding the hobart KickapOO
Mine. This is the last of the proven
mines in Linden with stock on the
market and the day is soon at hand
when the RObal -Kickapoo will be
one Of the first, if not the first p1O-
ducers in the known lead and zinc
world. The Robart- Kickapoo is al
ready assured of first class manage
ment becau use the parties handling
this deal are putting in money and
not taking it out.
3rd You must have the miners
that is first class wOrkmen I nave
always said that 7 would rather pay
a first. class miner four dollars per
day than to pay an inexperienced
miner one dollar per day
The principal occupation OF the
people Of Linden is mining and, if
knowing one thing well' has as
great merit as we are told in our
third reader, than the Linden miner
should be given q mark of 100 plus
4th We may mention transpor-
tati0u and mill sites. Yes-Linden
has q brand new railroad built with
in the last few months and il has
creeks close to Der mines with
water il abundance for their mill
sites.
Those are the reasons why the
people of Linden are saying she
looks good for Fights years more. !" 4
Tn fact these are the reasons why
the Now jersey Zinc W0rl S built the
M. p. 81 N. These are the reasons
that now when the smoke is clear \
inc all ewes are turned toward This