Information Sheet

 

 

R         Shelton, T. J.

873                  Southwestern Miner, 1892.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are four issues from June, August, and October 1892 of the Southwestern Miner, a newsletter “devoted exclusively to the Lead and Zinc mines of Missouri and Kansas.”  Published every week at Carterville, Missouri, by “Campbell & Shelton” and managed by T. J. Shelton, the jour­nal in­cluded production statistics and mining news items from southwestern Missouri and south­eastern Kansas, and particularly from Jasper County, Missouri.

 

The “Shelton” of “Campbell & Shelton” was T. J. Shelton, who was “manager” of the Southwestern Miner.  “Campbell” was probably A. J. Campbell, who ran advertisements in the journal.  This collection includes issues for 9 June (Volume 1, No. 17), 4 August (Volume 1, No. 25), 13 October (Volume 1, No. 35), and 28 October (Vol­ume 1, No. 37) in 1892, when mineral exploration and production in the area was at a peak.  In­cluded are detailed production and sales statistics arranged geographi­cally by place.  There are also news notes concerning the mining business, such as new prospects and changes of ownership.

 

The Southwestern Miner also included news items of a more general nature, such as an arti­cle about “mining companies and how they operate,” news that the “street car company” would soon be electrified and would extend its line to “the Troup mines,” and accounts of the discoveries of prehistoric hu­man and “elephant” remains.

 

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