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GOOSE HORN MINE
GOOSE HORN MINE. The Goose Horn Mine was located west of Grandview Avenue a short distance north of the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Bryant Street. Mr. J. J. Ott, the mine's owner/operator, had a lease on fourteen acres adjoining the golf course. (1)
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in LEAD and ZINC were removed from the site during the peak MINING years in Dubuque. In the 1900s, however, vast reserves of both ores were still found. Zinc deposits beneath the lead were found to be of "unequaled purity" in the tri-state region. (2) Despite this, the mine was sold to John Peter ELLWANGER, William H. MEUSER, and P. F. Ryder. (3).
In 1924 Ellwanger and the other owners took advantage of the closing of the AVENUE TOP MINING COMPANY to purchase its ore concentrating mill which was constructed near the DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS. This allowed them to reopen their mine. (4)
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Source:
1. "Interest in Big Joe Sold," Telegraph Herald, January 11, 1907, p. 6
2. Ibid.
3. "Avenue Top Mill Changes Hands," Telegraph-Herald, June 10, 1913, p. 20
4. Ibid.