Shullsburg Mines Boom With Fourteen Pumping Plants In Use
Shullsburg Wis Aug 15 mining camp activity rises as fourteen shafts are sunk with pumping outfits installed by Galena Iron Works and Smedley company. Mines include Bessie Nip and Tuck Hawthorne Orford Kennedy Delaney and Highland with heavy drill work, mill preparations, new cement walks, and railway relief talks amid strong ore shows and local business growth.
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Shullsburg
Wis
The
Tribune
Galena Iron Works Company
Smedley
Benson
Wines Active at Highland
Highland Wisconsin district braces for active production as improvements finish and concentrates stockpile. Shipments expected within a week while several companies prepare to begin operations. Water supply stabilizes after recent pumping tests at Carey pasture. Franklin Mining reports ample water.
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Highland
Wis
Franklin Mining Company
Carey
Miner Near Death as Fuse Fails Dinamite Blast Occurs
A Dodgeville Wisconsin mine accident left foreman Hagh Hughes nearly killed when a fuse refused to light and he grabbed it to pull it out as the charge exploded. He survived with facial dirt, an eye injury, and a severely gravel-filled right arm. officials vow safer dynamite handling and continued mining activity with new pumping and shaft projects underway.
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Dodgeville
Wis
Hagh Hughes
Hughes
Lead and jack in rising quantities at local mine
Beet installed at the mine and some very good lead and jack is being raised in quantity. Western Belle drills to determine range of sheets of lead and jack in upper flats. Saal saa machinery installed but last week’s showing was not good. Outlook improving. Suydam Mining Co pump at work and with new power will go down to clean up mine for extensive labors.
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Frank Gerlach
Burg
Brewster House
Peter Baker
Baker
Maid of Erin
Michigan
Peter
Hawthorne Mining Company
Smedley Steam Pump Co
Dubuque
Iowa
Shullsburg
Hawthorne
Orford
Lake Superior Development Company
Copeland
Truettner
New Foundland
Cleveland-Cliff
Lake Superior Development Co
John Scullion
Highland
Holsommer
Kennedy Ponds
St. Anthony
Hornsnoggle
Milwaukee Highland
Andrew Leu
Platt Whitman
Wechselburg Bros
Milwaukee
Semrad Bros
Dry Hollow
School Street
Dodgeville
Smedley
McKinley
Parry Mining Company
Wisconsin
Pollard & Williams
Dodgeville Camp
Oxnem
Saalsaa
Suydam Mining Co
Final plans for Carnegie Felt library in Madison
Miss Anna Felt meets with Carnegie Library architects in Madison to review near completion plans for the new Carnegie-Felt library. Plans will be submitted to the library board for approval, after which contracts will be let to multiple contractors.
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Anna
Carniege Library Architects
Anna Felt
Madison
Carniege-Felt Library
Library Board of Directors
Zinc and lead prices steady amid flooded mines in Joplin district
Rain and mine flooding cut zinc output in several camps including Aurora, halting much of the week's production. Despite lower offers, the market held firm with zinc around 48 dollars per ton and lead rising to about 78.50 or 78 dollars per ton, as shipments for the week ending August 11, 1906, were reported by landowners and lessees.
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Joplin
Aurora
Webb City
Duenweg
Aurora Eeewee
Tenner
Granby
Galena Enterprise
Spurgeon
Carthage
Stott City
Drainage breakthrough eyed to unlock Galena lead mines
Flowing water deters miners for nearly fifty years but Galena Iron Works backs a successful drainage plan. The Lead ORE 18 vein is very abundant and R A Bratton notes Little Horse Shoe mine producing heavy ore, with 8 000 pounds daily and chunks up to 160 pounds. Prospect considered one of the area’s best.
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Corliss
R. A. Bratton
Potoai
Wis
Little Horse Shoe
Wisconsin zinc deposits rise through submerged discoveries
The article traces Wisconsin zinc field expansion from 1904 to 1907 with production values rising from 3.5 million to 8 million dollars. It notes zinc deposits lay below water level, explaining historical underdevelopment, and mentions John H. Quinn’s visit and regional lead zinc prospects near the Galena district. A marriage license for Frank Bray and Ada Vincent and a china sale are also listed.
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Wisconsin
New York Commercial
United States
John H. Quinn
Ishpeming
Mich
Houghton
Galena
Illinois
Frontier Mining strike near Benton reported by Mining World
The correspondent describes a major strike by Frontier Mining Company at the Robson allotment one half mile north of Benton. The Indianapolis entity sits near the Northwestern railway and yielded 500 pounds of jack cuttings from a drill hole with 60 percent assay. Lease covers 80 acres owned by John H. Robson.
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Robson
Benton
Indianapolis
Frontier Mining Company
Northwestern Railway
John H. Robson
Afternoon wedding links two Wisconsin educators in Grant County
A pretty afternoon wedding was held at the bride’s parents home in the city with Rev. J. A. Matlack officiating. Frank C. Bray and Ada M. Vincent were married. Bray is a prominent educator and state conductor, Vincent is the daughter of a well known monument dealer. The couple left at 5 23 for a tour to the east and will reside in La Farge Wisconsin where Bray will serve as principal.
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M. E
Frank C. Bray
Geo. Bray
Grant County
Wis
Ada M. Vincent
J. P. Vincent
Wisconsin
State University
Madigan
Normal School
Platteville
Central
la Farge
Piano contest voting grows brisk in Galena Tribune
The Galena Daily and Weekly Tribune reports rising voting activity for a local piano contest. Readers can earn voting certificates by subscribing or paying back subscriptions, with votes issued per payment and ballots collected at the Tribune office.
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Louise Roddewig
Alice Edwards
Maud Gaffney
Tillie Wage Oi
Eldora Meeter
Adele Toepel
Battia Lind
Edith Millhouse
Alice Williams
Coves
Jessie Lawrence
Apna Steigner
Carrie DeMals
Sarah Dodds
Laura Readel
Galena
O. Kraehmer
Weekly Tribune
Daily Tribune
Tribune
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Kennedy
Hig
Dewey
Cuba City
Delaney
Main Street
Patrick Muldooney
Franklin
North Carey
Knight
Dynamiter
Dodgeville Mine
Fuse
Missouri
Lead and Zinc
Galena Iron Works
Hay
Timothy
Frank Bray
Ada Vincent
Cooteworth’s
Indiana
Platteville Ave
Linden
Buncombe-Hazel Green
Mineral Point
Montfort Vant
Today’s Market Report
Chicago
Galena Market Report
O. C. Kraehmer
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