Mining expansion and big strikes span Benton and beyond
The Singer Mining and Milling company receives a license to form with Frederick Bremerman Charles W Singer and Joseph H Gladden as incorporators. In Dubuque Wm Brugh hits a rich lead ore find at Center Grove while several firms drill and stake new shafts and send ore to markets as mill construction advances and stock changes hands.
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Tribune
Singer Mining and Milling Company
Frederick Bremerman
Charles W. Singer
Joseph H. Gladden
Messrs. Singer and Bremerman
Buck Range
Singer Company
Dubuque
Center Grove
Wm. Brugh
Brugh
Milwaukee Railroad
DeSoto Mining Company
Council Hill
Duluth
Superior
Singer Mining Company
Singer
Jack
Bremerman
Buirrichter
Magnesia
W. F. Jones
Lake Mills
Wis
Henry Roth
Jones
Mann
Rawlins Township
Nelson J. Russell
Rockford
Hazel Green
Benton
Wilkinson Brothers
Ganized
Benton Developing Company
Roosevelt Mining Company
Baxter
Six Mining Company
Wilkinson
Quinlan
John Dawson
R. B. Woodward
F. M. Bair
John Beck
G. C. Wilkinson
R. E. Wilkinson
T. W. Wilkinson
Mathew _ Ireland
Benton, Wis
Frank Harker
George Briggs
Fred Loughton
F. C. Jones
F. B. Rundell
Platteville
A. E. Rundell
Archie Rundell
F. W. Stephens
Tuffley
J. 8. Rundell, Earl Fruit
H. A. Rundell
A. W. Wells
J. W. Nicholas
George Wilan
W. H. Worthington
C. W. Host
Charles Rundell
Livingston
T. H. Bambridge
Consolidated Mining Company
Nagel Mining Company
O. P. David Mining Company
United Mining Company
Montfort Mining Company
Rockford-Stevens Mining Company
Biddick Place
Montfort
Great Western
John Kidd
Milwaukee
J. L. Gardner
David James
Nagel
O. P
Consolidated Company
Promising Outlook for Wisconsin Zinc Boom
A lengthy forecast notes southwest Wisconsin and the Joplin zinc district as a rising mining frontier. It cites rising profits from mining, the payoff of large investments, and a wave of new activity from Cuba City to Platteville with hundreds of drilling machines, rail lines, and capital flooding into the region.
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Wisconsin
California
Pacific
Golden State
Joplin
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Shaw
The
New York Tribune
Northwest
Missouri
Platteville
Lead and Zinc
Platteville Wisconsin’s Early Mining Town History Emerges
The article traces Platteville’s 1827 founding by Emanuel Metcalf and early prospectors, the first farms, a store opening by J. H. Rountree, and rapid growth amid mineral booms. It notes initial names Platte River and Lebanon, the 1834 1835 settlement burst, scarce prices, and the community’s social fabric including pioneer women and institutions.
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Hazel Green
Grant County
Platte River
Platteville
Rountree
Lebanon
Illinois
Irish Hollow
James R. Nineyard
Arndt
Major Campbell
Clark Brothers
Clark Bros
Finney
Williams
Metcalf
Jonathan Meeker
Galena
Meeker
McClintock
Samuel Kirkpatrick
A. L. Orden
Alex Willard
B. B. Lawless
Jno. Wilmaker
Walt Bowen
Wm. Morrison
Jas. Bremmer
M. M. Woodbridge
Jense Harrison
Ben James
Fred Reamer
Ike Yocum
Thos, Deusen
Israel Mitchell
Dr. Davidson
Isaac Hodges
David Seeley
Farnam Johnson
F. W. Kirkpatrick
Wm. Long
Samuel Moore
Wm. Martin
John Wiley
Henry Snowdon
R. Waller
Rob Chapman
Ben Farmer
H. R. Huntington
Lorenzo Bevans
Wisconsin
Mineral Point
Samuel Huntington
Estabrook
Murphy
Hugill
Rowe
Crockett
Meyers
Barstow
Lewis
Benson
Geo
Snowdon
Neely Gray
Coates
Blundell
French
St Anthony Mining to set contract for fifty ton mill
The St Anthony Mining company will establish the contract for a fifty ton mill this month and reports considerable copper finds.
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St. Anthony
Zinc Prices and Ore Shipments Report May 5 1906
Our Joplin Letter notes zinc smelters buying reserve ore to sustain prices for weeks, with $54 per ton mid February and a $10 drop in three months after Mexico zinc carbonate duties. It cites a failed price stabilization attempt, praises a curtailment policy, and records weekly zinc and lead shipments by regional producers through May 5 1906.
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Joplin
Mexico
Treasury Department
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Cullen and Keys
Security Mining Company
Wallace Mining Company
Franklin Mining Company
Fecht Bros. & Company
Highland Mining Company
Imhoff and Egan Company
Barnard and Holsimer
Frank Williams
Carey Land
Mining Exchange
Clark Mining Company
General Chemical Company of
Chicago
Highland District
Security Company
Walter Wall
Highland
Lascheski Drilling Company
Kennedy Estate
Loring
Jame Doyle
M. Doyle
Milwaukee and Highland Mining Company
Galena Iron Works Company
Montfort and Vicinity
Montfort, Wis
Condi
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Consin
Mifflin Belt
Cuba City
St. Paul
Shullsburg
Billy Raisbeck
Platteville Camp
Grant
LaFayette
Emanuel Metcalf
Fred Dixon
Robert Raper
East Ridge
James Danielson
Woodbridge
Hell's Point
Brigham, Shanley
Block House Branch
John H. Stountree
Fennimore
Lancaster
Dixon
Joseph Dixon
John H. Rountree
J. B. Campbell
Pine
Lydia
Campbell
Virgin
Fred Hollman
St. Louis
Highland Camp
Lead and
Pire
Umterville & Webb City
Baxter Springs
Aurora
Neck City
Alba
Carthage