Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-02

| r. S1A Neale, of the Crys'
2 R1Ik<ES] tai City Glass
| Works, came to Pi
| r. lot Knob last weel
- and laid over Sun
day in the Valley.
| A new chute and runs were recently
built up in the six and a-half, which will ado
considerably to the shipment from that por'
| ton of the mine.
| August says some of dem mules kicks mi,
| dar before foots.
The wheel still goes around on the KNOT
| and the revolutions are quite brisk.
The little holster is now on the grounds al
the shaft and is fast being placed in position
for work.
For the week ending Saturday, August 2S
| the new tunnel, No. 5, was driven fifty five
feet and timbercd, and a neater or more
substantial job you will not find in the State.
The foliage on the mountain either reminds
us of a very dry spell or an early fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quigley having more cows
than they really felt able to keep through
the coming winter, rallied one cow and a
calf off last Saturday evening. Little Miss
o--
the prize and she is just the happiest little
lady in the land. A cow and calf for 80 cts !
The new tunnel seems now to be the centre
of attraction. Something near hundred
people visited that place last Sunday.
Two diamond drills, under the superin-
tendence of Mr.. Goodenough, are making
rapid strides towards locating the ore on the
west side of the Knob. The churn drill I'M
der the guidance of Mr.. HusIey, Of Carbon
dale, is sinking hole near the road leading
down the hill from No. 8.
The closing down of the iron mills about
Pittsburgh for the annual repairs is very
early this year and will he as brief as posi-
BILE. All the indications at present point to
decided Improvement in the iron business,
both in matter of product and in prices.
Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburgh steel
millionaire, has bought two hundred acres
of land at Crescent Springs to build sum-
mer cottage. How is that? We think two
hundred feet square would be ample room
for cottage for us.
Plenty of work on the Knob and very few
applicants for it.
Saturdays rain was very refreshing, but
teams hauling water to the reservoir to keep
the ponderous engines on the move.
Tie p. X. c. B. rendered serenade last
Saturday to the President, Manager, Super
intendents, and other officers of the St.Louis
Ore and Steel Company at the private house
Of Manager Simpson in Pilot Knob. Presi-
dent Hitchcock made very neat little speech
and swelled their little treasury. Also some
very fiattering remarks from Superintendent
Neale. AS these boys are all employees of
the Ore and Steel Company and have so little
time for practice, think they deserve a
good deal Of credit. Boys, let the good work
60 on, the time is not far distant when the
Knob band will be the pride of the Valley.
Capt. Searles says he is pretty sure that he
will strike ore in the new tunnel by the first
Of January at the farthest.
Rather sad and Fear very serious acct
dent happened in the mine last Wednesday
evening about 5 o'clock to Dominik Fabiano
and CHINO Rucbi. the former having both his
hands blown off and the latter pretty badly
bunged up. The cause of the accident was
from running six foot drill down into
hole partly charged. The two men had fin
ished hole a short time before, and had
commenced on another. The blaster came
to charge the hole and found it too wet for
the ordinary exploder. lie dropped two
sticks of giant powder into it and then went
out Of the tunnel for "wet exploder." The
drill boss who had measured the hole, told
the drillers the depth. They disputed his
measurement, and although warned that the
hole was charged, as the boss turned his
back to make the entry In his book, Fabiano,
with both his hands, plunged his drill into
the hole on the powder. The explosion was
instant, tearing off both of Fabiano's hands,
badly cutting ard burning Ruchi's head and
face. There were seven people in the stope
(about 20X30 feet in dimensions) but, fortu-
natelv, no others were hurt. Drs. Goulding
and Farrar were summoned at once, and
amputated both Of Fabiano's arms close to
the elbow. He was then sent to the Sisters
Hospital, st. Louis, where, at last report, he
was doing as well as could be expected.
Ruchi is coming out all right, and will be at
work In few days. His family is expected
to arrive from Italy this week.
The heavy rain Sunday was Godsend all
around. Here 1t stopped the water hauling
for the engines, and makes us all feel re-
freshed and happy.