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Newspaper

Galena Tribune

Location

Galena, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1906

Page

5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Tions 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
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