Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-30
LEAD AND ZINC MINES
OF GRANT COUNTY
Greater Activity Than Ever Be-
fore in Platteville District.
j. H. Lewis Letter, Written After Per-
sonal Visit, Full of Interesting
Particulars.

j. Fl. Lewis news-letters from the
lead and zinc mining district publish
ed weekly in the Milwaukee Free
Press. are always interesting and full
of information but are particularly
so when the material is gathered from
his personal observation in the various
camps.
His letter in the Mondays issue of
the Free Press contains the following
regarding the different Platteville
properties:
Personal inspection of the leading
producin zinc mines in this camp
reveals the fact that more men are
employed, both in the mills and the
mines, than ever before In the mining
history of the city of Plattevllle.
Shipments would be much larger
than recorded if there was not a
scarcity of cars for shipping. Many
of the outlying mines claim they
cannot secule enough teams to cart
the ore to track. The Light Mining
company has notices posted in promi-
nent places advertising for miners.
Men skilled in the calling are in de-
mand all over the field The Ameri
can Zinc Ore Separating company.
which usually handles two cars of ore
daily had a record breaking week last
week handling seventeen cars of ore.
The Klar-Piquette shipped five cars
of ore week before last and started
on seven cars of ore in bin this
week and is making ore as fast as
it can be CARED away.
The Cruson shipped two cars of ore
this week after installing additional
power machinery. This company
expects to go on a dividend paying
baasis in the immediate future. The
Homestead mine, owned by the
Shepard family, a close corporation,
paid a Is per cent dividend last week.
T. P. Steers. ground boss for the
Wisconsin Zinc company, is one of
the most practical miners introduced
into this field from the Missouri
district. The mill at the Mitchell
Hollow mine will be ready for service
Aug. 1.
The Big Four Mining company is
operating upon the Trego under the
supervision of two Milwaukee gentle
men, Messrs. P. r. Gray and A.
Fritsch the latter prominently
identified with the AIlis-C Chalmers
company. Tne Trego mine, under
Frank TIego's management, produced
at one time carload Of zinc con-
centrates daily. A portion of the
machinery of the Calamesis Mining
company is being transferred to the
Mitchell Hollow mine. The Acme
and Empire mines are producing six
cars of ore weekly. The ST. Rose is
again making a strong recovery of
zinc ore and shipping regularly. The
Standard Zinc company is unwater-
ing the old Weigle mine. The Enter
prise mine, which made lot of noise
at one time, is coming back stronger
than ever, milling and shipping re-
gularly. A new shaft house and
hopper has just been completed,
facilitating the handling of mill
rock The Graham Stephens Mining
company after long, strenuous pull
to put their mine on the producing
list, shipped to market the first Car
of ore the last of the week, which
assayed go per cent zinc off the jig.
The miners have developed breast
ninety feet in width, with an eight
foot facing carrying body of ore four
feet in thickness made up of several
blanket sheets. About ten hours mine
run furnishes twenty hours milling.
The Wisconsin Zinc company,
practically a new factor in the Wis
consin zinc field, is after new mining
lands and is ready to finance small
operating companies who can show up
bodies of ore.
The Hodge mine, fully developed
and equipped, it is reported, will be
the next among the large producers
to be placed in active mining opera
tion. This mine like most of the
big mines in this camp, is located
within the city limits.