Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-17
Tunnel Driftings.

Machinist Chas. Erbe was few days ago
ordered to put whistle up in No. Tunnel
which he did. 1t surely isn't to let them
know when half-past five comes?
Thee. Tonnellie, the gentlemanly time
keeper on the Knob, has improved consider
ably in flesh since he began climbing the
hill. Well, Delano feeds us well, you know.
They are LOOKING every DAY to break
through from Tunnel No. 2 to the extreme
east side of the Knob, and then you can walk
directly through from the west to the east
beneath the pinnacle of Pilot Knob mount
ain.
Some two years ago Pat. Tierny came to
this place and took the diamond drill and
bored a hole on the southwest side of the
Knob, above where No. Tunnel is now.
Well, now they contemplate putting hoist
ing engine on the hillside and will run a wire
rope down through this hole-about inch
es in diameter-into No. 3; and if you are
around when it is in running order, no doubt
you will see some of those big 5-ton cars pop
ping up out of that place, without being able
to understand through what agency or
whence they come, will tell you more about
it next week.
Joe INNER took Chas. Backoff up to the
ley has a bad foot.
Capt. Bill Searle is working the Cedar
Mountain prospect vigorously. They say it
Is far better ore than that obtained on the
Knob.
Bill Hyde has big force of men gathering
surface ore on the east side of the Knob,
near the limestone quarry, for the Pilot Knob
furnace.
The Benevolent Association of Pilot Knob
has three men in the Sisters Hospital at st.
Louis.
Joe INNER and George Northey are the
two black diamond singers in No.2.
Henry Amelung and Julius Divel pull the
throttle on the Holster in Ne. 2.
1t takes five men to run the electric lights
IN the mines. Ben. is big giasticutus.
Seven thousand five hundred and fifty
pounds of Dualine and 300 lbs. of Rackarock
powder, thirty-s thousand eight hundred
feet of double tape fuse, and nine thousand
three hundred blasting caps, were used in
the Pilot Knob mine in the month of March.
There was something over six hundred
tons Of ole shipped from Pilot Knob daily
throughout the month of March.
Phil. Stabb, the Waterman, killed large
red fox last week on top of the Knob.
Peter Gerstenneyer took charge of squad
of men in No. last Monday morning. Good
for Peter! He is an old and faithful hand
and deserves it.
The men were made happy last Saturday.
The Company's disbursing agent put them
in funds again.
Some of the boys got little high last Sat-
urday, and few knock downs resulted. As
they are all sorry for it now, we won't give
names.
Our young friend, Henry Kocher, one of
our best air. rillers, thought the tunnel had
come in OH him the other day. Alarge piece
of ore fell on his foot, and he is laid mp in
consequence. Henry has bad luck. Some
four years ago he was blown up here, and
something over year ago he fell off big
stope.
Robert Bebee, one Of the old furnace fore
men, was here on last Sunday. He brought
the remains of his little son, aged two years
and six months, to Irondale for interment,
from South st. Louis, where the family now
reside. Robert you and your family have
the sympathy of us all.
Charles karaly, of the timbergang, who
was cut severely in the foot some two weeks
ago, is out again.
Last Monday evening a couple of the
Knobs young blaods, somewhat under the
influence Of payday, made u raid on an Ital-
ian boarding house aud scattered the inmates
all abroad.
We understand that Chas. Seller, one of
our best miners, is going into the mercantile
business.
Jerry Conan, foot driller, ran a foot-race
to MiddlebroOk, last Saturday evening.
Don't know who beat. l guess Jerry did.
You can talk about your beer and whiskey
DRINKS, but George Davis says Dualine
drunk gets away with all of them.
A little accident happened Monday, just
before noon, to Bill Cox. He was working
on the dump. A kind of draw track crosses
the plain No. 2, used for crossing small cars
of ore to be used at the furnace. This draw
is Of two short iron rails, spiked to several
ties. One Of the ties broke loose rs they
were windlessing up the draw preparatory
to letting cars on the No. 2 plain pass, when
the tub fell and struck Bill on the head,
knocking him senseless, He was carried to
to the drug store, where his wounds were
dressed by DR.. Farrar and pronounced not
dangerous.
Henry Ahrens was off to Mine La Motto,
on visit, during Easter.