Re: Miners in Dubuque
WHELAN, WHALEN
Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer In Response To: Miners in Dubuque (Barb Gegg)
Date: 7/14/2019 at 15:12:30
Your question about the mine locations is difficult to answer. There were many different mines located on both sides of the Mississippi.
The Annals of Iowa V3 No1 1897:
History of Lead & Zinc Mining in Iowa
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2210&context=annals-of-iowaAnother publication that you can read online describes the mine locations in the Dubuque area: on pg 44 it reads "The Dubuque area proper is included between Catfish creek and the Little Maquoketa, forming a belt from three to four miles wide and six miles long, with an area of some twenty square miles." There is also a map of the mine district on pg 44. I didn't read the entire publication, but you might find it of interest.
The link to this publication is below.The single miners probably lived in boarding houses or possibly bunk-houses at the mines. I suppose the only way to find neighborhoods where miner families congregated, would be to go thru the census page by page to see if there are a lot of miners in a section of town or neighborhood.
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1328&context=igsar
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