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R Koelker, Karl L.
11 Collection,
1896-1948.
52 folders.
OVERSIZE
These are negative photocopies of the
“mining pages” from the Sunday issues of the Joplin Daily Globe (later the Joplin
Globe), 6 September 1896--15 February
1948. They contain news and production
figures for the lead and zinc mining region in southwestern Missouri.
Karl Koelker was a consulting engineer
for the Tri-State Zinc and Lead Ore Producers Association. His collection consists of copies of the
mining pages from the Joplin Globe,
which printed mining news weekly in its Sunday edition. The collection is nearly complete from 1896
to 1944, and contains some issues for 1944-1948.
The collection contains a wealth of
information on the southwest Missouri lead-zinc mining region, which is part of
the larger Tri-State Mining District.
The Missouri mines were the first developed, and mining later spread to
neighboring areas in Kansas and Oklahoma.
By 1915, the focus of the mining area had shifted from Joplin,
Missouri, to Miami and Picher, Oklahoma.
Information regarding these new fields was reported in the mining
pages of the Globe.
Weekly totals of lead and zinc tonnage
and values were printed after 1904, as well as annual summaries. An eleven-year summary for the years
1894-1904 was printed in 1904. The
mining pages for the Globe also
included information on all aspects of mining, such as price fluctuations in
the metal market, new mining techniques, and stories on accidents and safety.
This material is in OVERSIZE.
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