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KARRICK MINE
KARRICK MINE. In 1907 miners again worked on the Karrick mine in West Dubuque. The site was "looked upon as Dubuque's greatest producing LEAD mine.
The site was discovered by George Ord Karrick around 1860. Karrick had begun prospecting on the Kilbourne Range which had been discovered by two English miners. This looked so good that it was purchased by General George Wallace JONES for $10,000 in gold. The site proved worth the investment with bodies of ore "as large as a bureau." (1)
Karrick moved south of the Kilbourne Range and found "streck" ore which he followed west until coming upon larger deposits. Four shafts were dug with the largest being 5x10 feet. Water posed an immediate problem. Karrick began with a chain pump powered by hand then put in a "gin" with oxen for power and whiskey barrels for buckets. He eventually used a large steam pump with five steam boat boilers.
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Source:
"Old Karrick Is Opened Again," Telegraph Herald, June 19, 1907, p. 8