{"1": {"fulltext": "TWO COPIES RECEIVED,\\nr N 4 8 3\\n.Z61Z6\\nS COWB", "height": "2351", "width": "3149", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2297", "width": "3180", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "Compliments of\\nFREDERICK R. TIBBITTS,\\nBanker and Broker,\\n21, 22, 23 Ames Building, Boston, Mass.", "height": "2297", "width": "3180", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "THE ONLY KNOWN\\nNEGATIVE METAL\\nCopyright, 1899 by\\nUnited Zinc Companies\\nft.\\nISSUED BY\\nUNITED ZINC COMPANIES\\n53 AMES BUILDING\\nBOSTON, MASS.\\nL\\nT", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Rock Island\\nMAHA\\nSt. Joseph\\nDecatur\\nnibal\\nClinton\\neiKANSAS CITY\\nRolla\\nLamar\\nCarthage\\nSpringfield\\nMonett\\nIND/TE\\nTWO COPIES RECEIVED.\\nLibrary of\\nOffice of the\\nMAR 5 1900 ,-zk. A.\\n5b016 Register of Copyrights\\nNEB\\nParsons", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "L of\\nUNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nUCH interest has been manifested during the past few months in the\\nZinc mining district of Southwestern Missouri and Southeastern Kansas.\\nInvestors have found upon examination that a field of unequalled possi\u00c2\u00ac\\nbilities for judicious investment has been opened to them, and have been\\nquick to take advantage of the opportunities thus presented.\\nJOPLIN, MO.\\nJoplin, Missouri, the centre of this mining district, lies about one hundred and fifty\\ntSniles south of Kansas City, and three hundred miles southwest of St. Louis. It is a\\ncity of some 25,000 people, and is an important business point on four trunk line railroads\\nnamely, the Missouri Pacific, the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis, the St. Louis\\nand San Francisco, and the Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf.\\nMost excellent banking facilities, encouraged by the enormous weekly production of\\nabout a quarter of a million of dollars in wealth, are afforded by the Joplin National, the\\nMiners\u00e2\u0080\u0099, the First National, the Bank of Joplin, and the International. As an indication\\nof the volume of business, the fact may be mentioned that the deposits of the Joplin", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nNational have averaged about a million dollars for the spring and summer months of\\n1899, while their capital stock is only one hundred thousand dollars.\\nConsidering the number of men who have made large fortune$ in Zinc and Lead\\nmining, there are comparatively few modern buildings in this city, and like the mining-\\ncamps, which are mostly operated in a crude and superficial manner, there are many\\nopportunities for successful investment in real estate. The Keystone Hotel is a mod\u00c2\u00ac\\nern building to which an annex has recently been added. The city has an excellent\\nsystem of water works, gas works, and electric plants, good sewerage, and the general\\nsanitary condition is of the best.\\nDriving is a pleasure in and about Joplin, from the fact that practically every street\\nand road is macadamized with refuse from the mines. The country round about is hilly,\\nbut land is fertile and occasionally covered with a growth of hickory, oak, and elm. The\\nclimate is mild, seldom being severe enough to interfere with mining operations at any\\nseason of the year.\\nOTHER CITIES.\\nWhile Joplin is the centre of the district, prosperous cities and camps are", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "fHrnTWkThiriffiTn frrfyffr-iT-iifrBittHTrtri TTtiiiTmnnrrm n i n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 ii iT TirwMtfrni mTnMWiiT tfTifWv Ti t\\nKbhhKtNUL\\nAAA Zinc and Lead Mines-\\nTripoli Mines\\np Zinc Smelters\\nLead Smelters\\nDeveloped Zinc and Lead District. 15 miles square.\\nAHinwwtmMnwuMWniMnwjawwjM\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "ZINC COMPANIES.\\nUNITED\\nfound at intervals of a few miles all over Jasper County, Missouri, and Cherokee County,\\nKansas. Webb City and Carterville, the twin cities, lying about eight miles northeast of\\nJoplin, have a population of some 10,000 inhabitants, Oronogo, three miles north of\\nWebb City, and the Neck, five miles further north, are the centres of very prosperous\\ncamps. Just across the Kansas line, eight miles west of Joplin, are Galena and Empire.\\nThe two cities have a population of over 10,000 inhabitants.\\nOne cannot go in any direction from Joplin without encountering many groups of\\nhouses, and most of them have their village organizations, all of which have been\\nendowed with a name.\\nThe accompanying map, showing location of Joplin, gives an idea of the country\\nfamous for its Zinc and Lead production. Three-fourths of the Zinc used in and export\u00c2\u00ac\\ned from the United States is mined within a radius of fifteen miles of Joplin, and the\\npopulation of this district is over 70,000 people.\\nNATURE OF THE ORE AND DEPOSITS.\\nThe principal ores mined in this district are Zinc and Lead. The former is found", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "UNITED\\nZINC COMPANIES.\\nin larger bodies, and is therefore the most profitable. The common formation of Zinc\\nore is sulphide of zinc, or sphalerite, commonly known as \u00e2\u0080\u009cjack.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Several varieties are\\nfound, distinguished especially by the color, and known as resin \u00e2\u0080\u009cjack,\u00e2\u0080\u009d black \u00e2\u0080\u009cjack,\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nand steel \u00e2\u0080\u009cjack.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The chemically pure \u00e2\u0080\u009cjack\u00e2\u0080\u009d is sixty-seven per cent metal and thirty-\\nthree per cent sulphur, and a great part of the production of the Joplin district comes\\nvery near being chemically pure, the smelters realizing, after the unavoidable waste in\\nsmelting, an average of fifty-six per cent of spelter, or metallic Zinc. Besides the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0098jack,\u00e2\u0080\u009d a silicate of zinc is found, called calamine, and a carbonate called smith-sonite.\\nThese ores are not found in large quantities. The lead is also found in two forms.\\nGalena, or galenite, is the principal deposit, being a sulphide, and the other, \u00e2\u0080\u009cdry bone,\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nbeing a carbonate of lead.\\nThe tenderfoot\u00e2\u0080\u009d has an equal chance with the geologist in the Zinc and Lead fields.\\nIn no other form of mining can so little be assured from surface indications, and in no\\nother mining-camp is the average of successful prospecting so high. The most highly\\ndeveloped district is in the vicinity of Joplin, but traces of mineral have been found over\\na territory of one hundred miles east and west and from twenty-five to thirty north and", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Pelican Mill, the Property of United Zinc Companies.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "ZINC COMPANIES.\\nUNITED\\nsouth, along what is geologically classed as the mineral region of the Ozark uplift, being\\nin fact the foot-hills of the Ozark mountains.\\nThe deposits of ore are irregular, being of a pockety nature, nothing like the fissure\\nveins of copper, gold, and silver mining having been found in this territory. During the\\nbreaking-up period of the Ozark uplift the Zinc and Lead must have found its way up from\\nbelow in the form of vapor. Coming in contact with air and water, it was precipitated\\nand crystallized in its present form. Being a precipitate, we naturally find the best\\ndeposits along the walls of limestone, the stratum of a previous period before the break-\\ning-up process of the uplift mentioned. Naturally these breaks in the limestone follow\\nno general direction, nor can they be but roughly guessed at from the surface. Pros\u00c2\u00ac\\npecting only will determine whether a lot or claim is all solid limestone, or if there is on\\nit one of these old water-courses along which the ore deposits have been made. This\\nprospecting is done either by sinking shafts or by drilling, using the same kind of drills\\nas are used in boring for oil and gas. From the drill cuttings is determined the nature\\nand value of the ore deposits if found. When the deposits are large enough to pay, shafts\\nare sunk, and drifts cut into the runs, or pockets.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Usually the ground is hard and no", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "HWHMM\\nPj?ill Owned and inIOperation on Property of United Zinc", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "UNITED\\nZINC COMPANIES.\\ntimbering is required, steam and air drills being used at other times the heaviest of\\ntimbers are necessary to support the roof of the drifts. The present developments of ore\\ndeposits are very superficial, practically only the surface of the ground having been\\nscratched. The deepest shaft in the district is less than three hundred feet, and no mines\\nare worked below two hundred and fifty feet. Deep drilling shows larger faces of ore;\\nthe same character of flint rock in which mining operations are being made at present\\nextends down to a depth of two thousand feet.\\nThe following table will show the percentage of drill holes which found Zinc ore at the\\nvarious depths\\nNumber of\\nD\u00e2\u0080\u0098 pih\\nPer cent\\nNumber of\\nDepth\\nPer cent\\nholes drilled.\\nfeet.\\nfound ore.\\nholes drilled.\\nfeet.\\nfound ore.\\n500\\n50\\n3\\n8\\n700\\nNone\\n450\\n100\\n8\\n7\\n800\\nNone\\n400\\n150\\n25\\n6\\n900\\n50\\n125\\n250\\n34\\n6\\n1,000\\nNone\\n100\\n300\\nNone\\n2\\n1,100\\n50\\n25\\n400\\nNone\\n2\\n1.200\\nNone\\n12\\n500\\n75\\n2\\n1.400\\nNone\\n8\\n600\\n50\\n1\\n2.005\\nNone", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nWhat the destiny of this great mining district may be can be predicted only by the\\nmeasurements of its progress through the yielding rock, as yet but two hundred and fifty\\nfeet, and in a comparison with the deposits of the Old World mines of Wales, Belgium,\\nand Sicily in the same class of ores, worked down to sixteen hundred and two thousand\\nfeet. These are now diminishing in body, to the advantage of exports from this country,\\nwhich have jumped from 48,000 pounds of ore in 1895 to 21,000,000 pounds in 1898, to\\nfeed foreign smelters, and in the same time from 3,000,000 pounds to 21,000,000 pounds\\nof pig metal.\\nThe following figures show receipts from sales of Zinc and Lead ores since 1889\\n1889\\n$2,722,500\\n1893\\n$3,317,632\\n1897\\n$4,805,637\\n1890\\n3.367,687\\n1894\\n3,535,736\\n1898\\n7.590,597\\n1891\\n3.840.480\\n1895\\n3,771,979\\n1899\\n*5,776.373\\n1892\\n4,580,787\\n1896\\n3,867,595\\n*Six months.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "General View of a Lead and Zinc Mining District,", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "ZINC COMPANIES.\\nUNITED\\nHISTORY.\\nLead was first mined in Southwestern Missouri in 1848 in Leadville Hollow, west of\\nthe present location of Joplin. At about the same time mineral was discovered at\\nMinersville, now Oronogo, nine miles northeast of Joplin. It was not until in the early\\nseventies that any amount of prospecting was done. In that year E. R. Moffett and J.\\nB. Sergeant began work on the east side of Joplin Creek, near what is now Broadway.\\nCubes of Lead were found at the grass roots, but no work was done below forty feet.\\nProspectors, miners, and merchants flowed in, and a town sprang up, which is now known\\nas East Joplin. At that time the nearest railroads were at Oronogo or Baxter Springs,\\nand to these points the Lead was hauled for shipment to St. Louis and Kansas City.\\nDuring all this time miners had found in their working for Lead a tiff,\u00e2\u0080\u009d as they called\\nit, because of its similarity to so-called mineral crystals. This was usually of a reddish\\nnature, and consequently was called resin tiff,\u00e2\u0080\u009d or when blacker, black jack.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Mines\\nwere deserted because of the prevalence of this refuse, which was considered a curse by\\nthe miner. In 1872 some miners at Joplin determined to find out whether this \u00e2\u0080\u009ctiff\u00e2\u0080\u009d", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "Zinc Mines and Zinc Smelter at Joplin, Mo.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nhad any commercial value, and a car-load of it was shipped to La Salle, Ill., for treat\u00c2\u00ac\\nment. The smelter returned $15 for the car-load, telling the shippers that it was a high\\ngrade of Zinc ore. Gradually abandoned mines were reopened for the. Zinc ore they con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntained. The first railroad into Joplin was built from Girard, Kansas, through the coal fields\\nin 1877, and was known as the Girard and Joplin Railroad it is now a branch of the St.\\nLouis and San Francisco Railroad. It may also be noted that the first Zinc smelters in\\nthe Missouri-Kansas district were constructed at this time, the railroad forming the\\nnecessary connecting link for the successful operation of both mines and smelters.\\nYear by year the development has increased, radiating further each year from the\\ncentre, until now the Zinc output of the Joplin district controls the world\u00e2\u0080\u0099s supply.\\nThis is shown more conclusively by the following table of the increase in exports of ore\\nand spelter (the pig metal)\\nYear.\\n1895\\n1896\\n1897\\n1898\\n4,150,000\\n16,520,000\\n21,040,000\\nOre.\\n48,000 lbs.\\nPig Metal.\\n3,060,805 lbs\\n20,260,169\\n28.490.662\\n20,998.413", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "UNITED\\nZINC COMPANIES.\\nThere has been a constantly increasing demand for the product of the mines, as is\\nseen by the following table\\nCOMPARATIVE OUTPUT OF ZINC ORE.\\n1896\\n1897\\n1898\\n1899\\nJanuary\\n21,012,330\\n26,257,320\\n32,534,170\\n43,737,340\\nFebruary\\n28,346,580\\n25,118.350\\n32,296,890\\n25.342,080\\nMarch\\n23,335.320\\n26,531.180\\n34,886,590\\n45.816,160\\nApril\\n24,653.040\\n27,376.520\\n42.318,180\\n57,066,530\\nMay\\n26,410 660\\n33,733,780\\n33,165,270\\n43.116,340\\nJune\\n24,733.700\\n25,362.514\\n34,160.720\\n52.598,360\\nJuly\\n26 013,440\\n33,452,270\\n40,727,850\\nAugust\\n28,342,300\\n27,599,120\\n34.310.590\\nSeptember\\n28 767 850\\n31,398 220\\n33.958.740\\nOctober\\n31,421.220\\n37.547,220\\n47.451,050\\nNovember\\n26,631,520\\n31,987.660\\n38,356.080\\nDecember\\n24,799,580\\n34,432.820\\n44,402,310\\nGranby\\n18.166.250\\n314,167,530\\n355,951,060\\n487,012,900\\n267,676,810\\nIncrease\\n13.3%\\n37.1%\\n22\u00c2\u00a3% to July 1", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nIt will be observed by comparison of the following tables that an increase in price of\\nore instead of an increase in production is accountable for the large increase in the total\\nvalue of the output during the first six months of 1899.\\nPRODUCTION AND AVERAGE PRICE OF ZINC ORE FOR\\nTHE\\nMISSOURI\\n-KAN\\nSAS D\\nISTRICT.\\nYear.\\nTons.\\nPrice.\\nYear.\\nTons.\\nPrice.\\nYear.\\nTons.\\nPrice.\\n1873\\n960\\n9.00\\n1882\\n52,200\\n$16.90\\n1891\\n143.560\\n$21.60\\n1874\\n5,100\\n10\\n1883\\n53,900\\n17.50\\n1892\\n148.150\\n21.76\\n1875\\n3.600\\n12\\n1884\\n63,500\\n18\\n1893\\n134 090\\n20.57\\n1876\\n11,300\\n13.50\\n1885\\n65,600\\n17.50\\n1894\\n137,547\\n15\\n1877\\n10.000\\n14\\n1886\\n75,400\\n18.50\\n1895\\n139.023\\n16.86\\n1878\\n12,000\\n16.50\\n1887\\n86.200\\n19\\n1896\\n157,084\\n19.75\\n1879\\n20,000\\n17\\n1888\\n89.300\\n21\\n1897\\n177.975\\n18.62\\n1880\\n27,500\\n16\\n1889\\n98,440\\n21.44\\n1898\\n243,506\\n20.96\\n1881\\n49.700\\n16.50\\n1890\\n114,900\\n22.51\\n*1899\\n133,974\\n44.34\\n*Six months.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "taBmtmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmm\\nView of Property of United Zinc Companies, in Chitwood Hollow", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "N 1 T E D\\nZINC\\nCOM\\nPAN\\n1 E S\\nCOMPARATIVE\\nVALUE OF TOTAL OUTPUT OF M\\nI NE RAL\\nZINC AND\\nLEAD.\\n1896.\\n1897.\\n1898.\\n1899.\\nJanuary\\n$287,621\\n$320,697\\n$443.128\\n$733,950\\nFebruary\\n432,157\\n349.156\\n437 274\\n550,720\\nMarch\\n316,186\\n329.187\\n465.081\\n984,922\\nApril\\n334 180\\n330.144\\n615,238\\n1,153,382\\nMay\\n318.397\\n426,327\\n477.086\\n1,011,190\\nJune\\n245.915\\n323,056\\n550,966\\n1,142.209\\nJuly\\n236 096\\n450 094\\n629,484\\nAugust\\n316.786\\n366,149\\n529.857\\nSeptember\\n287.872\\n416,661\\n557,624\\nOctober\\n347.207\\n547,478\\n802.773\\nNovember\\n322,860\\n442,986\\n677,803\\nDecember\\n331.119\\n468,864\\n765,640\\nGranby\\n218,963\\n$3,867,595\\n$4,805,637\\n$7,390 597\\n$5,776,373", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "iMHBMMHR\\nCock-Robin\u00e2\u0080\u009d Mine and Mill, the Property of United Zinc Companies", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "ZINC COMPANIES\\nUNITED\\nINCREASE IN\\nPRODUCTION\\nOF COPPER,\\nZINC,\\nAND LEAD\\n1880.\\n1889.\\n1899, estimated.\\nCopper, lbs.\\n60.480,000\\n231,246,214\\n560.000.000\\nZinc, lbs.\\n46,478,000\\n117,720,000\\n275,000,000\\nLead, lbs.\\n195,650,000\\n363.934,000\\n450,000,000\\nThe advance in price of Zinc has been less than any of the metals, with the exception\\nof Lead, as shown by the following table\\nPRICES OF METAL PER POUND IN NEW YORK IN JULY\\nFOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCopper.\\nTin.\\nLead.\\nZinc.\\nPig Iron.\\nSteel Billets.\\n1897\\n11.11\\n13.89\\n2 .72\\n4.32\\n1897.\\n10.50\\n1897, 16\\n1898\\n11.63\\n15.60\\n3.95\\n4.66\\n1898.\\n10.50\\n1898, 17\\n1899\\n18.33\\n29.63\\n4.52\\n5.82\\n1899,\\n19\\n1899. 34\\nIncrease,\\n57%\\n90%\\n14%\\n24%\\n80%\\n100%", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "This Mine has produced 1 000,000 from less than one acre of ground, and is still producing.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "ZINC COMPANIES.\\nUNITED\\nFROM THE INVESTOR\u00e2\u0080\u0099S STANDPOINT.\\nThe immense wealth-producing power of the district can best be appreciated from the\\nfact that ores valued at over $80,000,000 have been taken therefrom since its discovery,\\na total of over 2,250,000 tons of Zinc and 425,000 tons of Lead, which at present values\\nwould reach the sum of $113,000,000. The above output has not been the result of a\\nlarge investment of capital, but has been produced by the most primitive methods. A\\nprospector with pick and shovel and a grub stake has had his chance to make a fortune.\\nEven to-day, after the introduction into the district of modern machinery and better business\\nmethods, it does not require large capital to equip one of the best of concentrating plants.\\nMines that are sufficiently productive are provided with modern ore dressing and concen\u00c2\u00ac\\ntrating plants, which cost from $5,000 to $20,000. These plants have a capacity of\\nhandling from thirty to two hundred tons of rough ore a day. In these plants the ore is\\nhoisted from the shafts, the tubs run on cars over a trestle, and the ore is dumped into\\nthe crusher-bin. The ore is fed to a large crusher and then over a screen, then into\\nother crushers and over screens until it is fine enough to go into the jig-boxes. These", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "Interior of a Concentrating Plant Property of the United Zinc Companies.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "UNITED\\nZINC COMPANIES.\\njig-boxes are arranged in banks. They are filled with water, and instead of having motion\\nof themselves, the water in them is in a state of constant agitation. The crushed ore\\npasses into the first box, where the lead crystals, being the heaviest, at once sink to the\\nbottom, and the material remaining is carried down into the next box, where the heavier\\nparticles of Zinc ore sink. The material continues to flow down through the boxes, of\\nwhich there are usually two banks of five boxes each, until the finest particles of both\\nZinc and Lead ore have been extracted. The waste, or tailings, is then carried by a\\nbucket elevator to the top of a tower, and runs through a trough to the distant dump pile.\\nThe Lead and Zinc ores are let out of the jig-boxes into troughs and carried away to\\nseparate bins.\\nSome mines will turn out ore that will clean up from fifty to sixty per cent of ore as\\ntaken from the mine. The next mine may not make an average of over twenty-five per\\ncent, although on solid shooting ground. Then again, large deposits of disseminated ores\\nare found that will not make an average of over ten per cent. Some mines require large\\nsums of money to be spent in timbering, while others have not a timber in them. The\\ngreatest expense in many mines is pumping, a heavy flow of water passing into them all", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "A Mine Adjoining the United Zinc Companies\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Property, Which Has Earned 1,000 per cent in Dividends\\nwithin Three Years.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nWv^:wwMiw\u00c2\u00abvji iwMw\u00c2\u00abMwwwwMiai\u00c2\u00abMww wwnyw\u00c2\u00bbMinii!Wt\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbiwiH\u00c2\u00bbwii.iiii\u00e2\u0096\u00a0U7 .\u00c2\u00bbwf\u00c2\u00bb innim\u00e2\u0080\u0094n n. -i m\u00c2\u00bbmi\u00c2\u00abwan\u00c2\u00bb t v.^v -v e\\\\ r-:*ctwwr\u00c2\u00ab W2 SIa::;:^/, v\\nthe time. However, it is often the case that a camp, or several sections of mines, will\\nhave a large pumping-station and shaft on it that will drain all the adjacent mines. It is\\nthought that the average cost of producing Zinc ore in the district is about $10 a ton.\\nThe Lead ore which is found in nearly every mine is practically a clear profit to the oper\u00c2\u00ac\\nator after the royalty is paid to the landowner. It is believed that the present cost of pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nduction will eventually be much reduced by a still more systematic method of working\\nthe ores.\\nMany millions of dollars are represented in the developments located principally in the\\nvicinity of Joplin, Webb City, Carterville, Oronogo, Galena, and Empire.\\nOther sections are coming into prominence with a large production of ore; and judg\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the mining-camp as a whole, it is practically in the same position as was the coal\\ndistrict of Pennsylvania thirty years ago. Land which is selling to-day at $25 to $50 per\\nacre will undoubtedly be worth from $500 to $1,000 per acre within the next ten years.\\nMillions of acres are still undeveloped, notwithstanding the fact that the smelting\\ncapacity is at the present time one-third greater than the output of ore and there are four\\nnew smelters of large capacity in the course of construction in the vicinity of Iola and", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "Mine and Mill, on Property of United Zinc Companies.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nCherryvale, in the natural gas belt. There is no mining-camp in the world which can show\\nso few failures and so many men made rich who began mining with practically no capital.\\nFrom 1850 to 1860 only $40,000 worth of ore was taken from the Missouri Lead and\\nZinc district and sold for about $4 per ton. The ore output for six months ending July\\n1st, 1899, has averaged over $220,000 per week, and sales of Zinc ore have been recorded\\nat $55 per ton.\\nThe landowner usually leases to the miner, who pays from 10 to 30 per cent royalty\\nupon the gross amount of ore produced. The lease costs nothing originally. The pros\u00c2\u00ac\\npector, either by drilling or in sinking a shaft, commences the development of the land, and\\nupon finding a body of pay dirt,\u00e2\u0080\u009d a concentrating plant is erected. This system has given\\nto the small operator the greatest possible chance, and to such an extent has it been car\u00c2\u00ac\\nried that the whole surrounding district is one succession of immense, white, waste, dump\\npiles, in many instances representing a fortune made. The prospector is the most opti\u00c2\u00ac\\nmistic of men. He always has a fortune just in sight. This happy faculty makes the\\nminers a most pleasant and agreeable class of people to deal with. The employee to-day\\nexpects to be employer to-morrow. Hence no labor troubles. Strikes are unknown and", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "faBonoMHi\\nMM\\nView of Three New Mines on United Zinc Companies\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Property.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nlabor is well paid and of a most efficient character. All of these things tend to make the\\ndistrict attractive to the investor.\\nSome years ago Zinc spelter was selling at an average of 7 cents a pound. At that\\ntime the best price that could be obtained for Zinc ore at the mines averaged $12 per\\nton. At the present time Zinc ore is selling at about $45 per ton, and spelter at 5f cents\\na pound.\\nThe increase in the price of Zinc ore in the year 1899 has been partly owing to the\\nincrease in smelting capacity, and hence greater competition among the buyers for the\\nore. In the early history of the district the smelting capacity was less than the ore pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nduction and hence the ore buyers for the smelter were enabled to fix their own prices on\\nthe ore. At present the smelting capacity is largely in excess of the ore supply.\\nWhen ore was $12 per ton transportation facilities were insufficient and charges high\\nfor shipping ore to the smelters. All of the largest Zinc smelters are located at the coal\u00c2\u00ac\\nmines or gas-wells, as it requires three car-loads of coal to smelt one car-load of Zinc ore\\nafter it has been concentrated.\\nConcentrating mills are located at the Zinc-mines, and ore-buyers purchase the ore", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "MM", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nfor the smelters for cash at the mines. As railroad rates gradually became lower, the\\nore-buyers were enabled to pay a higher price without interfering with the smelter\u00e2\u0080\u0099s profit.\\nThe crude and superficial mining of Zinc ore 15 or 20 years ago by individual workers\\nwith small capital, who were forced to sell their output for cash every week, has given\\nway to a certain extent to corporations with sufficient capital to make the ore-producers\\nsomewhat more independent and demand a greater degree of recognition from the ore-\\nbuyers regarding the price of ore in ratio to the price of spelter or refined Zinc, making a\\nmore equitable division of profits between the miner and the consumer.\\nThe Zinc-producing business to-day is in better shape than ever before, yet there is\\nopportunity for much greater development and improvement, which may be brought about\\nby the displacement with modern machinery of old methods of mining. It may also\\nbe stated that since Zinc was first discovered, in the latter part of the Middle Ages, there\\nhas been no change nor radical improvement in the process of smelting ore.\\nFrom the above description may be noted the necessity of careful selection in making\\ninvestments, and the eight (8) per cent cumulative treasury preferred stock of the\\nUnited Zinc Companies is commended to your attention.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "UNITED ZINC COMPANIES.\\nEFORE making an investment in any Zinc stock the previous records of the\\nmines should be fully looked up and one should also ascertain if the manager in\\ncharge of the property has had years of experience in the Joplin district. A\\nmining company may make a good showing for a few weeks, but the physical\\ncondition of the property can only be ascertained by a careful review of the output of ore\\nas published weekly in the Joplin Sunday Herald or Globe. It is usually best to invest\\nin a company which depends principally upon a royalty for its income; that is, a company\\nwhich owns the land in fee simple and leases to miners upon a royalty of the amount of\\nore taken from the property.\\nThe Conqueror mill illustrated on the previous page was first put in operation\\nMarch, 1899, and for the succeeding nine months turned in 2,337,340 pounds of zinc and\\n47,830 pounds of lead, which sold for $50,806.03, and paid the United Zinc Companies\\n$10,161.18 in royalties. A second and third shaft which are in rich ore will increase the\\noutput of the mine in the future. This is only one of ten mines, located upon the 80-acre\\ntract which cost the Company in fee simple $77,500, paying them a 20 per cent royalty.\\nThe Company own several other tracts of land in fee simple and lease to miners upon\\na royalty. A full description of properties and engineers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 reports can be seen at the office\\nof the Company, 53 Ames Building, Boston, or 303 Main Street, Joplin, Mo. Further in\u00c2\u00ac\\nformation regarding the property will be mailed upon application.\\nDONE AT THE EVERETT PRESS.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "JOPLIN DISTRICT OUTPUT, 1899-\\nThe Sale of Ores tor the Year and the Prices Paid. 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O NCOO\\nKdM CO d* m cO m d\\nM P) P) M H N 1\\n4-\\nz\\nPH\\nC Ct 3 c\\nm N no M N N\\nC 0 C CuCC-\\nP)\\nm pi no m P) P)\\nM N CO m N N\\nCD\\nC-\\nbo\\nV\\nr Tl\\no\\nv\\niy~\u00c2\u00bbxO l/ ~i imi O\\n4 4 dcT pT o m 4 cp cp o _ _\\nP) d- 0x0 0 d-CO d- no d- XkxO no no m pi O P) dNdO m (P OcO d-mK CPxO m co 0 s pi d- POxO O^Oh com CP \u00c2\u00bbo CO PI PI mn d- m\\nO n\u00c2\u00bbCO CO PI O NCOm O XkcO xO COKCOO P) CP nOxO nO XkxO 0x0 O Xk XkxO mKmO d-cONxO CP CP vmco xQ CP COxO PI Xk O m CP\\ncT o 4 4xcT coxb eo o r n 4 4 n 4 4 o 4 o r o o m m o p o o n cpco 4 4 4 4 d eo 4 4 cp cp 4xd co 4 4c4 o cp 4 pToo xk\\nM M P) CO\\nTotal, 511 657,470 9 590,456 48 212,720 1 272,008 10 862,464\\nAverage Price of Zinc Ore, $42.74 per ton.\\nAverage Price of Lead Ore, $26.33 per thousand pounds.", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2291", "width": "3089", "jp2-path": "onlyknownnegativ00tibb_0046.jp2"}, "47": 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