Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-06
Tunnel Driftings.

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&l SI trio wires and burr
EH6s3s 80 them so that ther
| V[<z - were not any light
| zss on Saturday. TIL
lightning boss is re
pairing the machin
and wires, and no doubt will have them il
running order as soon as possible. Why i
it that the mines are left in total darkness
with every thunder storm that happens t
strike them? Is it defect in the machine
or is it owing to the crookedness of the light
ming? know lightning is crooked some
times, but believe if there was wire pu
about twelve feet in the ground and con
nected with the machine, it would AVOID al
trouble. am not lightning man, but i
| does look to me that there ought to be some
way of conducting the lightning from the
wires to the ground in such cases when
thunderstorm is coming up. Perhaps il
| would be well enough for the lightning boss
| to consult Mr.. Brush, who owns the patent
lightning.
The district in which the tin deposits &C.
which is Harney's Peak, Dakota, ,443
strata have been eroded so as to expose the
tin bearing stratum, and that itself has been
subjected to erosion until large placer de-
posits have been made around the foot of
the Peak, yielding stream tin, or concen-
trate, of great richness. Since May last the
Harvey Peak company have been engaged
in sinking shafts, running tunnels, etc., to
ascertain the extent of the deposit, while
Prof S. E. Bailey, in laboratory erected
upon the spot, has been employed in making
tests of the character Of the ore. The de-
velopments have been so satisfactory to the
company that they have just closed con-
tract for sixty stamp mill, to be erected at
the mines.
Mr.. j. G. Simpson, general manager, made
general mining inspection of the mines last
week.
Prof. Wheeler and students, from the St.
Louis University, visited the mines last week.
Capt.. w. p. Birtley measured all monthly
contracts for the miners last Thursday, and
relCt the contracts for the month of August.
The prospects are that the company will
soon have another contract for furnishing a
large steel mill with ore from the mines.
Look out for the Pilot Knob Indians, with
the war-whoop and the whoop-ee. They
belong to the p. X. BIB, and visit the
REGISTER man every Saturday. Be on your
guard, Eli.
An Indian war-whoop was heard at one of
the saloons on Saturday night, the 25th,
which aroused some of the citizens of Pilot
Knob, who thought their little town was go
ing to be surrounded by the redskins, but to
their utter establishment they found that
Mr.. and Mrs. Kilalee had some four or five
of Pilot Knob miners, nachinists, and bosses |
corraled, within a close board fence eight |
feet high, she guarding the only place of exit |
with revolver. 'Oh myn such yelling and |
warwhooping as those men made! 1t made |
the town ring! Did you ever see a lot of
sheep, when they are hemmed in, try to
Jump fence? Well, that is the way the In
dams got away. The good lady fired five
shots into the corral, and ooh my! such
whoop-ees you never heard before. Each
shot brought a whoop-ee from each one in
he corral. At last they concluded Qike the
sheep when they are in close quarters and
about to be caught), to jump the eight-foot
ence. One made break and got over all
light, after yelling whoop-ee, and the rest
ook courage and followed, yelling whoop-
re! One had sprained wrist, others had
lore legs and arms, caused by jumping over
he fence. II you had seen that lady shoot
Ter revolver with blank cartridges into that
corral at Bill, Herman, Billy, and others, and
een them jump that fence you would have
lied laughing. The boys don't like to hear
he war-whoop nor whoop-ee, for the reas-
IN that they think they are being corraled
gain. Boys, be more prudent next time.
The Granitevile base ball club spread it
III over our boys, and rubbed it in, last Sum-
lay. Score: 26 toe. ,