Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-24

deep. The agricultural resources of this dis
triet are really good. The Arther south you
90 there is less porphyry, and more lime
stone. The valleys widen out, and the hills
fall back more gradually. The soil is admir-
able, and there are many locations where at
small expense good homes can be attained.
/ The next point of consideration is
THE LUMBER INTEREST.
The reporter saw five saw mills, and will
begin with with the one at Vulcan switch.
This is operated by Mr.. T. p. Fitz, and is
conducted with a good deal of rush. The
work was timed. Logs nine feet hong and
about eigteen inches through were being
sawed. At the first i log was placed on the
carriage, changed three times, the saw run
through it six times, and the lumber off the
carriage in four minutes. After they be-
came warmed up to the work, the same thing
was done in two minutes and twenty sec
onds. This was grinding logs at rapid
rate. But there are drawbacks. The waste
of timber was horrible. 1t amounted to not
less than fifteen per cent. Again, although
Mr.. Fitz has quite a force of teams employed
in hauling logs, the saw does not run con-
stantly. There is on that point waste of
| ten per cent. in the time of a large force for
which he has to pay. The amount of lumber
was not large and what was there was not in
very good shape. The great drawbacks in
| the case were, first, great discrepancy be-
| tween the logs that go to the mill and the
lumber that goes away from it. Mr.. Fitz
pays for those logs; he pays for cutting them,
for hauling them, for handling them the
mill, and then throws away nearly one fifth,
when almost the whole thing can be made of
use, and then pays for wasted time that
could be-well employed in making that waste
profitable. Another drawback is, the work
done does not correspond to the force
| employed. good deal more business tact
and system would harmonic those points
| better. Another draw back is too much sur
| plus population. MIR. Fitz has quite town.
The reporter has had large and varied eX-
perience on public works, and cannot now
recall i case in which that state of affairs in
| Dictated prosperity. Mr.. Fitz no doubt keeps
up considerable stir in the neighborhood,
and throws around good deal 81 money in
| discriminatory, but when the final balance
sheet is struck, the country will be out ire
| mendous quantity Of timber, for which neith-
| er it nor Mr.. Fitz will have much to show.
The next mill is that of DR.. May at Annap-
oils, which has planning mill attached. A
comparison of this with the one already men,
toned, will contrast two SYSTEMS or, rather,
| system and no system. To reach our point
| we will start with log just placed ON the
carriage to be sawed. The log is oak, il
twelve feet long, and eighteen inches in d.
| ameter. The head sawyer, Mr.. Dace, evil
IDENTIFY sees every inch of available lumber
| it contains. The first sweep of the saw nice
ly straightens one side. Altogether the
log is changed three times, the saw Is run
through it eight times, the lumber is off the
mill, the slabs awaiting saving into stove
| wood, the sawdust Is lying by the shovel of
the fireman, all inside of five minutes, and
there has been no rush and no waste. The
lumber and firewood are promptly removed,
and either loaded on cars, or neatly ranked
up, Ito be easily available when needed.
All the waste there Is about the establish
ment Is composed OF the shayings from the
planning mill, and the dust from the saw
which the fireman does not use. These are
piled and burned. They do not exceed two
per cent. Of the logs brought to the mill.
Mr.. shepherds mill at 80 was not going as
the reporter passed, but all appearances
showed that 1t Is run with considerable care.
Mr.. Colman's mill, on Carver, had hice
stack Of good logs, but the reporter saw
slab on the fire heap out of which Mr.. Dace
would have brought fifty feet of available
lumber. The Ozark mill was not running
either as he went or came. The general
truth deducible is that before long that dis
trict will be short on timber, which it will
find hard to replace.
Having noticed the saw mills which are
already, we will look at one that is to be.
The Hon. Jno. w. Bergman has traded
Clarkson, for Mr.. 4. L. Clarkson's interest
In the lands of the late firm of Clarkson
Brothers, and Mr.. Bergman will establish ii
saw mill at Annapolis.
We will now glance ut
THE MINERAL INTEREST.
As the attention of the public has already
been called to other points, it will only be
necessary to notice the most recent dis
coyery.
Mr. John B. Hampton has lately located |
large deposit of first-elass blue granite, and
connected with 1t there is 4 very good show |
ing of lead, and its appearance would indi- |
cate that it is silver-bearing. The formation |
of the ground indicates good deposit. |
The granite is fully equal to that at Knob |
Lick, and superior to that at Graniteville, us |
1t does not contain one particle Of carbonate |
of iron, and is very fine in grain. Not far |
from it there is a large formation of very
beautiful magnetism limestone. Whilst the |
reporter is not In the habit of finding min |
eral bonanza in every pile of stones, yet he |!
thinks Mr.. Hampton's showing is good.
1t remains now to consider the district
POLITICALLY.
The result of the recent primary elections |
has led to good deal of dissatisfaction in
that district over the defeat of Judge Hart, /
as a candidate for the Legislature. The re- |
porter estimates Judge Hart as a strong but |
not snowy man. He is a well read man, and |
a msch better scholar than u casual observer |
would suppose; and whilst the reporter has |
SOME knowledge of the scieHee of legislation, |
he holds that whilst Judge Hart would not |
have wasted time On speeches, yet in COM |
mittee rooms, where the real work of legis- !
htion is done, his knowledge of law, his |
strong common sense and good Judgment, |
wotild have been invaluable. But as things |
20. the south end of Iron county must be |
satisfied with the honor of shaking hands |
with the candidates, and eiecting them.
7. G..
Trustees sale.
Whereas, Carl Hsrtwig and Johanna Hart
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