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Mineral Point: Hill across from Shake Rag Street where most of Mineral Point's lead was mined from 1830 to 1855. Also the site of the Merry Christmas zinc mine, opened around 1906. [41] 25: Mineral Point Historic District: Mineral Point Historic District: July 30, 1971 : Roughly bounded by Ross, Shake Rag, 9th, and Bend Sts.
The wave of settlement led to Mineral Point's establishment in the 1830s, making it the third-oldest city in Wisconsin. The hill was also the site of the Merry Christmas zinc mine, which operated from 1906 to 1912; by this point, zinc had supplanted lead as the area's most plentiful resource. The site includes a mine office building, the shaft ...
Mineral Point: c. 1828: Residential Part of the Mineral Point Historic District. [15] Mark Ingraham House, 28 Shake Rag Street Mineral Point: c. 1830: Residential One-story limestone cabin built by Cornish lead miners in southwestern Wisconsin. Today a part of the Mineral Point Historic District. [15] Baird Law Office
The Mineral Point Zinc Company was founded in 1882, and by 1891 it was operating the largest zinc oxide works in the United States at Mineral Point. [15] Zinc mining and processing continued on a large scale until the 1920s. In 1897 Robert M. La Follette gave his "The danger threatening representative government" speech in Mineral Point. [16]
Pendarvis is a historic site located in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.The site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made up of several 19th century stone and timber cabins built by Cornish immigrants who came to Mineral Point to mine lead and zinc.
Mineral Point is a town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,033 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,033 at the 2010 census. The City of Mineral Point is located within the town.
59-foot standpipe on the highest point in Clinton, built of limestone by mason Jacob Miller in 1895. Originally supported a large wooden water tank, which was replaced in 1929 by a metal tank. [44] [45] 18: Columbus Circle Historic District: Columbus Circle Historic District: May 19, 2005
1126 WI QQ, E of jct. with WI 39, Mineral Point ... Spensely Farm is located in Mineral Point, ... Register of Historic Places in 1996 and to the National ...