Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18
SOME INTERESTING
DOPE ABOUT MINES
A Week of Activity In Grant
County Properties.

j. n. Lewis writes EnteftalninSS (on-
corning Operations Near Platte
vile and Cuba City.
J.H. Lewis latest "squint" at
the mining situation in Grant Co.
is reported by him in Mondays
Free Press as follows:
CUBA CITY
Recent developments at the Dali
mine have brought into play body
of ore on the east end and the COM
pany is bringing mill feed from two
breasts, one east and another west.
A ear of high grade roasted ore
bringing $44 and $45 per ton is
made every five days and one car OF
high grade lead ore, about 80, OOo
is recovered monthly.
Shipments out of the Livingston
camp during the last week were
few, the Ross Bros. leading off with
one car of zinc concentrates. The
Dark Horse succeeded In unwater-
ing its property and will be milling
within the week.
The Rodhams Bros. mine at
Shullsburg boasts one of the richest
runs of sheet ore in the Wisconsin
ore country-a solid sheet o. zinc
ore running ten inches in thickness
sandwiched in between two sheets
of lead ore each averaging four
inches in thickness.
PLATTEVILLE
The K1ngster Mining company at
Ipswich after two year shut down,
has resumed operations In driving
westward the miners have worked
their way into an opening rich in
lead ore.
The Southwestern Lead and Zinc
company has equipped with mo-
dern mining machinery and is re-
covering both lead and zinc ore.
The min is located north of the vii
lage of Ridgeway in Iowa county,
out of the trend of all ranges. In
years gone by mining for lead ore
was successfully followed here.
The Acme mine which up to re-
Gently made such a splendid show
ing has been closed. The operating
company has two drilling machines
at work upon the land prospecting
or new ranges. The Kohinoor-
Blonde is closed for the present.
1t will be necessary to unwater the
mine before further development.
The new shaft at the Empire mine
is making rapid Roadway and the
pit is being equipped with elaborate
hosting apparatus. Instead OF as
present, conducting the hosting of
ore with 5OO-pound can the capa-
city will be increased to 1, 500-pound
cans and it is proposed to hoist 800
tons of mill feed each ten hour shift.
The Grant County Mining company
resumed operations Aug. IL, and
celebrated the return 70 activity by
recovering fourteen tons of ore the
first days run. The Platte Mining
company will begin milling opera
tons Monday The mine is being
operated by the Big Four Mining
company of Milwaukee. The Cru
son Mining company shipped two
cars of ore during the past week to
the Mineral Point Zinc company. At
present two score of men are given
employment under SUPPLEMENTARY
of Vivian Harvey, an old Highland
miner. The Enterprise Mining COM
pany was included last week among
shippers in the camp. John May
hew, who constructed the surface
equipment for the Big Jack Mining
company has the contract to rebuild
the Hodge plant at the Forclte mine
at Cuba City.
The American Zinc Ore Separat-
ing company has not been running
as strong on low grade ore as or
dinariIY, buyer UT having been
absent from the field for a week.
For the week the deliveries included
two cars of ore from the Peni Min
ing company of Mlfflin, which had
just cleaned up on four cars deliver
ed the week previous; the Little
Minnie Mining company of Benton
delivered one car of ore and the Ell
ma Hill Mining company one car;
the Meekers Grove of Cuba City one
car, while bids were submitted on
eight cars of ore. The Grunow