Platteville Musings Preview Big Badger Fair and Local Mines
Platteville reports a lively return of Normal school pupils and crowds for the Big Badger fair September 4 to 7. Keystone Driller sells out fit No 5 to S H Toothman for Cream City Mining in Cuba City. Mill and mine news note stock shifts, zinc shipments, and new machinery as local mining firms anticipate future production.
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Platteville
Wis
Mound City
Keystone Driller Company
S. H. Toothman
Cream City Mining Company
Cuba City
Banfield Farm
Keystone
E. O. Eyer
Tribune
Forehand Mining Exchange
W. C. Forehand
Columbia Mining Company
Funk Estate
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel
American Sheet and Tin Works
National Tube Company
Frick
Frick Annex
R. G. Morey
Milwaukee
Morey
Pittsburg-Benton
Benton
Columbia
Platteville Camp
Thomas Pennington
Charles Kistler
Empire
Grant County
Matt Bruner
Carson
West Main Street
Normal School
Mineral Point Fair Showcases Rich Local Ores At Exhibition
County fair displays ore from Mineral Point mines drawing local attention to the mining industry. Prices for lead and jack hold steady with slight upward movement for lead. Copper deposits show assays from 3 to 10 percent as the Victoria leads in lead and the Liverpool mill nears completion.
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Mineral Point
Fair Association
Temby
Victoria
Liverpool
I T
Police
Ore Discovery at Rewey Prompts Special Report
In Rewey Wisconsin on August 29 a special report notes a seven foot bed of disseminated ore discovered, prompting extended coverage and investigation by local officials and mining interests.
Zinc and Lead Market Highlights from Joplin Letter
The report notes zinc prices up to 49 dollars per ton, with rumors of 50 for one ore bin on Rex Mining land. Assays range 43 to 46 per ton of 60 percent zinc, demand steady but easing at close. Lead trades up to 80.50 per ton, with rumors of 82, and prices 77.50 to 78 for top ore. Year over year gains shown in pounds shipped and value.
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Joplin
Rex Mining and Smelting Company
Sun Rise Mine Among Busiest In Copperville Camp
The Sun Rise mine is among the busiest in Copperville camp with ten men working on a seven foot thick disseminated ore sheet and a solid twenty two inch thick sheet highlighted as a major resource likely to form a dividend paying operation.
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Sun Rise
Copperville Camp
Clare
Mineral Point Fair Crowned A Grand Success 1906
The Mineral Point fair of 1906 closed with record crowds and high praise. Highland and Mineral Point battled fiercely in a stadium baseball game, Ovitz pitched well for Mineral Point, and a strong local band led a parade of winners. Exhibits in livestock goods and crafts drew admiring interest, with Okabe the Japanese troupe drawing special acclaim and thousands attending across a sunlit day of celebration.
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Mineral Point
Wisconsin
Highland
Pittinger
Knight
Ovitz
Biddie
Newman
Galena
Grover Adams
Linden
Mineral Point Band
Public Schools May Open Later as Delays Hit
The board of education contemplates delaying the city public school opening from September 3 to September 10 due to Prof. Birbeck’s illness and furniture delivery issues. Groundwork and dedication ceremonies for the new building are set for early October with warm weather expected this fall.
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Board of Education
Birbeck
Hand Lacerated in a Saw at Galena Iron Works
Fred Hoelting, an employee at Galena Ironworks, was badly cut when his hand was caught in a saw blade on Tuesday. Though not seriously injured, he will be off work for several days. A socialist party visit and job ads follow in brief notices.
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Fred Hoelting
Galena Iron Works
Galena Ironworks
Aged Galena Lady Dies Sudden 73
Sophia Gruntzmacher Mueller dies at 73 after a paralytic stroke recurred. A German immigrant who settled in Galena in 1852, she married Jacob Mueller in 1856 and lived here for decades. Funeral services were held at her residence with Rev Pilz officiating.
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Jacob Mueller
Galena
Sophia Gruntzmacher
Germany
Pilz
Chicago Market Report Shows Cattle and Hogs Mixed Feeds
Chicago market report dated August 29 lists cattle receipts at 1,900 with varied prices across grades from good to fancy steers at 5.75 to 6.85 and common to good at 4.80 to 5.75. Hog receipts 28,000 show 10 to 15 lower, with good to choice butchers at 6.20 to 6.40 and heavy mixes 5.60 to 6.06. Sheep and lambs prices range from 3.25 to 7.90 across wethers ewes yearlings and native lambs with feeders and rangy lots noted.
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Chicago
Choice Shipping
Renee
Indiana
Closeout bargains at Coatsworths store
Hammocks priced 48 cents to 5 dollars and all at cut prices to close out. Wall paper stock being closed out at half price. Croquet sets four ball full sets offered at 49 cents a set at Coatsworth's.
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Coatsworth’s
Aland of Promise Returns to Galena After Visit
N F Moore returned from a ten day visit to South Dakota where he observed ideal crops. Oats may yield 100 bushels per acre and wheat over 60, flax also prospers. He noted large grain samples from Roberts and Marshal counties and visited J R Woulph now owning 1000 acres. The region shows signs of prosperity as farmers harvest with eight binders at Woulph’s. Funeral details for Mrs Heillmeyer of Shullsburg are given.
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N. F. More
Sisseton
Moore
South Dakota
Roberts
Marshal
South da
Kota
J. R. Woulph
Rice Township
Northwest
Mr. Moore
Ben Marsden
Weulph
Union
Tribune Piano Contest Heads Toward Finish
The Tribune piano contest enters its final three weeks with leaders closely bunched and voting certificates saved to ensure fairness. A $300 Cable-Nelson piano entices new subscribers, with ballots cast by mail or in person and counted by a contestant-chosen committee for absolute fairness.
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the Tribune
Tribune
Plano
Tillie Engela
Alice Edwards
Loulsee Roddewig
Maud Gaffney
Carrie DuBoie
Laura Readel
Galena
O. Kraehmer
Daily Tribune
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J. H. Lewis
Rewey, Wis
Missouri
Lead and Zinc
Webb City
Duenweg Saree
Galena Enterprise
Spurgeon
Aurora
Badger Cave Springs
Baxter Springs Tenn
Sherwood
Carthage
Mineral Point Fair
Brewer
Badger
School OF Galena
L. B. Schneider
Socialist Party
Chas. S. Smith
Messrs. Rodriguze and
Blumberg
Dall Mine
Livingston
Linden Anne
Didgeville
Tee
Montfort
Today's Market Report
Galena Market Report
I. F. Moore
Frank Heillmeyer
Shullsburg
Hillmeyer
Frank Orcheid
Philip Mullman
St. Louis
Galena Daily
Weekly Tribune
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