Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-02

being pushed ahead again double shift.
The incline Mt the shaft, running down to-
wards the new tunnel, is very fine ore, and
the vein is thick.
Ferd Inner has very neat and tasty store
on Main street in Pilot Knob. 1t is filled
from floor to ceiling with choice goods of
| every description, and is in part carried on
| by his fair daughter, Miss Mary.
The prospect we spoke of last week is not
| the Coad Prospect, but the Hyde DiggIngs,
up near the limestone quarry. They say the
ore is of the. best quality, and think there is
a large deposit of it.
Bill Ginter SAYS in whiting, especially
with a sharp knife, you should always re-
member to white from you, and by so do
ing you will never cut yourself.
Our mules up here are very sensitive. The
| other morning the dinkey hiched on to some
| 20 loaded cars, when the old mules prick up
| their ears and looked at it, as much as to
say, civilian, you can't cut 'er," but since
the mules have seen it move the cars off with
such ease they won't pull pound. You
can hi. oh them to ear and all they do is to
look round foe "Willam," and bray.
| There is a hammer contract sinking shaft
at the bottom of No. incline, running to-
wards the Simpson shaft.
The mines here are thirty years behind
| in the style of miners lamps. The mer-
chants seem to think they cau't sell anything
| but the old style grease pot to hang on your
cap, which is always leaking and the oil run
ming down into ones face and into his eyes.
| If there is no better, why don't some ener-
getic cuss get up something 6etter?4
| Mr.. Baker is not gong into the Pilot Knob
Hotel, as stated last week, for some un.
known cause.
The city authorities of Pilot Knob are
grading their streets, where mostly needed,
with coal cinders, which will make a good,
hard and solid roadway after being tramped
and settled down.
| Some of the boys are No. hunters, as well
as miners. 1t is nothing to see them come
| in loaded down with game of nearly every
description that is to be found in our part of
| the country.
Chas. Maschmeyer, who keeps the store
known as the Corner Store in Pilot Knob,
has undoubtedly as fine stock of Dry
Goods, Groceries and Notions as there is in
the Valley, and the young lady clerks are
very poiltS " al SuStohCis'
The Company is building water tank to
supply the little dinkey with water on the
hill.
jim Orine is one of the timbermen at tun
mel No. >. Jim is an old hand at the biz,
and now think there will be no trouble to
rush her through.
| A physician and surgeon is to be here
somewhere near the first of January, en-
ployed by the Benevolent Association of
| Miners. He is recommended by the medical
faculty of st. Louis. l have no doubt he
will be good one, as he is so highly recon-
mended by that faculty.
The Sopfh Pittsburgh Railway and Iron
Company has purchased $1,000 acres of land
| IN the northwestern part OF Alabama, and
are beginning to erect furnaces.
| Pete Kolb has air blast in his forge now,
| in place of the bellows. So now | expect he
will knock the bottom out. The air is some
thing that has been needed some time, par
ularly on this fire, as there is some very
heavy car work done at this forge.
| Monday and Tuesday were general meas
uring days for all contracts. New contracts
were let and some old ones retakeu. livery
thing seems to be working as smooth as pin.
The railroad company has promised to
furnish one day and a-half shipment of flats
ahead. That will be somewhere near 125
cars. If they stick to that, there will be
good shipments, and better time made by
| the miners.
Messrs. Gerstenmeyer and Divel, the ar
chitects and builders, have opened their office
! in a neat little villa of their own building
back of Peter Gerstenmever's dwelling in
| Pilot Knob. Anybody contemplating build
ing will do we'll to consult these two young
| gents.
Mr.. Henry Amelung, of Cape Girardeau,
was on the hill Monday. He is visiting his
| brother, Christian Amelung. of this place.
| Mr.. McFail, of the Rand Drill Company,
visited the mines last Monday, in the interest
of his company.
The ore shipments were up to the standard
last month.