Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-23

| holes. How nice it will be to visit the boys
and be able to look at that partition, all
| decorated with live fancy birds. 'Billey,
perhaps you can select the kind Of birds you
| want from Mr.. Jaquith. see he is dealing
in fancy birds.
The Fayette furnace, near Escanaba, Mich,
gaunee, has closed down. The amount OF
pig iron on hand is estimated at between
10000 and 5000 tons.
The driler boss is putting several more
drilling machines to work. The new drill
runners are all experienced hands, and know
how to run the machine, which will save the
driller boss the trouble of riding the spider
this time.
The rolling mills at Joliet, ILL.,, have start
ed up after having shut down for over three
months. During the interim improvements
costing more than 500, 900 have been made.
1t is reported that electricity will, by =
certain process, put a person in stupor so
that he can visit the other world, and he
afterward Cat the leisure of the person I'm
der this influence) can return to conscious
ness and report what he has seen and heard.
If you wish any Information concerning
hades, call Oh the electric light boss at the
mines for full Information, as he has applied
for patent covering the above process.
The value of the weekly ore shipments
from Silverton, Col, now exceeds sixty thou
sand dollars.
The "Drifter" will try and visit the mines
this week, and if he can cross the lines and
enter without a pass he will give you an
item of the inside workings of the mine. The
bosses had better keep close watch, for
am going to try to make the visit il possible.
hope I won't see that fellow riding the
spider. If did, might lose courage and
be too much frightened to do anything; but
have seen lots of circuses, and never got
scared.
By the first of next month every iron and
steel mill in Pittsburgh and vicinity, with
one exception, will be using natural gas for
fuel. This will reduce the consumption OF
coal there s., $3.50, 900 bushels per annum.
The Tamarack Company's combination
shaft has reached the great Calumet and
Hecla vein, at depth Of 1920 feet.
The mule brigade at No. is in flourish
ing condition. They are kept busy summing
the ore cars as they emerge from the tunnel.
1t is more interesting to see the brigade
make the flying switches than it was to see
the soldiers with the girls at Emerson's park
the other evening.
Ed, don't look at that machine shop with
u covetous eye. Yours is the best shop of
the two, if its partition does dip little to
the south. I think if you had built the two
shops, the partitions would have been built
right. Joe said the boards in your parti-
ton were "shust leetle too long" And
the boards in the machine shop were ''shust
a leetle" too short.
frequently hear the remark about "young
kids" but if you wish to see the boss Kidd,
just come up on the hill, and you will find
him (sometimes) with a big frog in his hands.
Sixty-eight per cent. of imported ores
come from Spain, eleven per cent. from
Italy, ten per cent. from Algeria, five per
cent. from Canada, and six per cent. from
various countries.
The Miners Benevolent Association wishes
to inform its members that the following
workers will not receive any benefits, if they
shohld become sick or disabled. Their names
are as follows: Pretty, Julia, Tom, Jim,
Sam, Jake and Jack. I tried to get their
full names from the committee, but they
would only furnish me with the above.
They said there were two others that would
not receive any benefits, and that they in
teded to exclude all such workers from the
Association.