Desloge Lead Company

Desloge Lead Company is the original Desloge family lead business in Missouri. The Desloge family businesses in lead and mercantile in Missouri dating from 1824,[1] and including the Missouri Lead Mining and Smelting Company in 1874 and the Desloge Lead Company in 1876.[2][3] Firmin Rene Desloge, founder of the Desloge Family in America, built his own then modern smelting furnace circa 1824 as an extension of his Potosi, Missouri mercantile business. His son, Firmin Desloge II expanded mining operations and expanded management to Bonne Terre, Missouri; a charter was requested and granted to the Missouri Lead and Smelting Company on June 5, 1874. The corporate name was later changed to “The Desloge Lead Company” on February 21, 1876. Three shafts were sunk during 1876 and 1877 and a new mill was built. The interests of this corporation were consolidated with those of the St. Joseph Lead Company in 1887 and were a part of the holdings of what is probably the greatest lead mining and smelting company in the world. A fire in March 1886 destroyed the concentrating mill plant and did great damage to the entire surface plant of the Desloge Lead Company. Rather than rebuild, the Desloge Lead Company was sold to St. Joe. In 1887, the land was cleared and company houses for his staff were constructed just west of the present day railroad tracks. This location became known as Deslogetown, present day Desloge, Missouri. A new company was formed known as The Desloge Consolidated Lead Company.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Huger, Lucie Furstenberg. The Desloge Family in America. St. Louis: Nordman Printing Co., 1959.
  2. ↑ HISTORY OF THE LEAD BELT OF ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY MISSOURI By A. J. Norwine (1924)
  3. ↑ History of St. Joe Lead Company http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/mine_history/stjoe_history.htm
  4. ↑ Desloge Consolidated Lead Company records at Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
  5. ↑ Thomas A. Rickards. A History of American Mining, Maple Press Co., New York, 1937
  6. ↑ HISTORY OF THE LEAD BELT OF ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY MISSOURI By A. J. Norwine (1924)

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