Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-26

Tunnel Driftings.
The wheel still rolls, and every man on the
Knob puts his shoulder to 1t in good shape.
These mines are worked on a scientific as
well as practical plan. There is q better lot
OF miners here now than ever before.
Mr.. G. w. CRANE, the General Supersn-
tendent of st. Louis Ore and Steel Company
is good manager and is always at his post.
His many years. experience here here have
made him acquainted with all the ins and
outs of the business. 1t is needless to say
that he is well liked by all the men.
Tom Beard is making some Of the largest
shipments of ore from No. 8 tunnel that have
ever left the hill. Tom is q good boss and
thoroughly understands the art Of mining.
Tom, that straw of yours must take some
kind of lung balsam, don't he?
Our young friend, Frank Hornbeck, after
an absence of some eight days working down
about the furnace, doing some fine carpen-
terry, has come back to us, and 1t is god
send, for we are head over heels in work
and Franks good work counterbalances our
poor.
The new holster is at last finished and in
running order, with neat engine-house
built over it. 1t comes up to all the expecta-
lions of the master machinist and Capt. Birt-
~. Mr.. Joe Inner was the one selected to
take charge Of this piece of machinery. He
Is good one.
Our young friend, Freeland Divel, got a
little hole cut in the top of his head the other
day, from piece of ore or rock falling from
above. Freeland said it hurt pretty badly,
but it did not bother him much until he got
home and took up his horn. "Then bless
me 7" he said, ''the wind all came out at the
top of my head, instead of the hornw He
straitway put on his hat and few to the doe
tor shop, had q patch put on something like
old Peter Gerstenmeyer puts on the bellows,
and went back and tried it again, with better
success. He says the only thing that troubled
him was the coming 4th of July trip. He
wants to show his new cap and ride In that
red wagon.
see In the REGISTER that eur old friend
neighbor and fellow workman, Mr.. Sim.
Buford is a candidate for sheriff. As politics
| arc against my religion, will only have to
say that the voice of this little out-of-t the.
| way place is solid for Buford.
Cars are being hoisted very rapidly out OF
the new incline, which is being driven to.
| wards Simpsons Shaft, under the lynx.eye
of Thomas Beard.
August Rieke, at the Half Way House,
has got beer-glasses as big as water buckets
Some seems to think the ore is about work.
ed out here, but the present indications OF
the company is far from showing it.
| The incline plain on Cedar situated north
| of the town is about completed, and Capt
Searle told me the ore was fully up to that
| of Shepherd Mountain; and if anybody
| knows, the Capt. does, for he is thorough
miner.
| They are now running cars from No. /
Tunnel up through No. 9. 1t will not b.
long before No. will be the main place Of
business.
| guess the Engineer Corps have gone
| fishing. / haven't seen them for some time
Mr.. Harry Procunio has finished up tn.
large engine ut, the furnace, and you cal
hardly hear her when she is in motion
Before, you could hear her good mile of
There is no use talking: Harry is the mai
that has long been needed at this place.
The Invincibles of Pilot Knob went to Ho
gan last Sunday and played a game of has
ball with the Hogan Mountain boys. Tn
boys took a ball and bat along to give to tn
Hogan Mountain base ball club, but the,
would not accept. Who is next: The In
vincibles of Pilot Knob will now play an
club south of st. Louis.
Mr.. VIM. Craine and Al. Jaquith, tw
young gentlemen just fresh from the Schoc
of Mines, visited the hill Monday, and too
the rounds throughout the mines generally
and say that they had no idea that there ha
been such vast amount of ore taken fror
here. They have both worked here, how
ever.
/ 1 generally go a-fishing every Thursday
but it is with my store-book to John Delane
think 1t cheaper than cumming around tn
creek with stick of dualine in one pocks
and cap fuse in the other, and Jefferson Cit
SO close.
The Miners Benevolent Association receiy
ed the following few days ago. The tw
men referred to were badly injnred-so bad
ly that the doctors here insisted that onl
amputaion would save their limbs. No
the patients are getting well and posse.
. their arms and legs too:
ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL. June 18th, 1884.
MIR. w. BATTON-Dedr SIR: Your kin
letter was received and we return the Asss
| citation thanks for their appreciation of OF
services. Enclosed YOU viii find a bill Of n