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JOHN PAGE, Superintendent of the Bloomington Mines, and Illinois Lead & Zinc Company, was born in London, England, in 1848, and learned the profession of dyer, there. In 1866, he came to America and settled in Paola, Kan., where he engaged in the railway employ as baggageman in connection with the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway, when, after fifteen months, he located in Sherman, Texas, and conducted the dyeing business for a few years. He then returned to Kansas and carried on his business in Independence, but after a short time located in Joplin, Mo., and carried on his business for four years; after which he engaged in mining enterprises, and has been successfully connected with that industry since. In 1870, he was married in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., to Miss Barbara J. Ashenfelter, a native of Pennsylvania. This was the first marriage in the county. In 1878, Mrs. Page died, and is buried in Joplin Cemetery, leaving two little girls— Daisy A. and Nettie, the latter being now buried beside the mother. In 1879, he married in Joplin, Mo., Miss Anna Klein, a native of Buffalo, N. Y. They have one son, Richard Barnby. The company which Mr. Page so ably represents was formed in Bloomington, Ill. It gives employment to about 100 skilled workmen, whose work is now confined to mining operations exclusively, principally zinc ore, the lead ore being as yet undeveloped. Their average yield is about $19,000 worth of ore per month.