Notes on Early Lead Mining in the Fever (or Galena) River Region
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- 1634-1847
- Description
Mining of lead in southwestern Wisconsin can be traced back to at least 1670. These notes by the Society's second director are a chronological summary of sources describing lead mining before the great boom of the 1830's. Though not strictly an eyewitness account, this review article quotes from most of the early primary sources and cites where they can be found in full, so was thought worth including here
- Creator
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- British Americans
French Americans
Native Americans
Mines and mineral resources
Rivers
Lead mines and mining
Ho-Chunk - Location
- Madison, Wis.
Dane County; Grant County; Iowa County; Lafayette County; Sauk County
Blue Mounds; Prairie du Chien; Prairie du Sac;
Wisconsin; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913. Notes on Early Lead Mining in the Fever (or Galena) River Region. 1634-1847. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/47277. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913, (1634-1847) Notes on Early Lead Mining in the Fever (or Galena) River Region. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/47277
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- Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/47277>.