The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-17
A-Portaae Entry" @ uarry.


The Mining Journal he's frequently
mentioned the Michigan Red Stone Co.,
which is opening quarry of redstone
near Newtonville and recently the re-
/ porter concluded to visit the property.
and see il the quantity and quality of
the stone would hear out the reports
current. Leaving the cars ut Newton.
vile very pleasant ride of four miles,
toward Portage Entry over the old
state roau, brought him to the quarry
situated on the Martin Messner farm,
and well known among the older resi-
dents as the Half way. This property
lies on the shore of the lake and from
the quarry overlooking the lake can
be seen one of the grandest bits of
scenery in the whole Like Superior
country. The reporter was met ut the
quarry by the manager, q. A. w.
Dodge, of Jackson, Mich, who kindly
showed him the property and through
the several buildings belonging to the
company.
The plant is in the very best of shape,
a substantial dock 232 feet long has
been built ont into seven feet Of water,
and the contract has already been let
for bnilling $50 feet additional this
winter bril- ging it ont into fifteen feet
of water. A railroad track has been
bu'lt the whole length of the dock, and
it Is very securely protected from the
storms and sea by large pieces of rock
thrown ever for a bre,kwater. A look
into the engine bonse showed every
thing there in the very hest of order,
all machinery having heen taken to
pieces, cleaned and repaintsd d ready for
brisk and early business in the sDring.
In addition to the houses already on
the ground, the company is building q
large two story boarding house, now
nearly completed, the number of men
to he employed another yeai necessitat-
ing this additional accommodation.
But the quarry itself was what the
Seporter was most interested in. Quar-
yying was commenced directly at the
lake front and q space 10Ox1O0 feet
was stripped, the average depth of the
stripping being less Than nine feet.
Owing to the lateness OF the season
only about one-third of this area was
quarried, but the balance will be taken
ont in the arlyhprinQ, q portion of it
being already chnnneled. About TO-.
600 cubic feet of No. / red stone has
been taken out in large blocks and
piled mp ready to be shipped as soon
as navigation opens. The Mining
Journal representative carefully ex-
amined this stone, and certainly never
saw cleaner, clearer red stone, and ex-
perts who have examined it pronounce
the stone to be equal in every respect
to the best Portage Entry. Your re-
porter had the curiosity to know the
thickness of the sheet and 40 measured
II and found it to be eight fect, all Of
which is No. ! stone, that part now
being stripped showing considerably
thicker. The company's lease covers
1913 acres, and the entire stripping for
the next four years will not average
over fourteen feet in thickness. A con-
tract for stripping has been let to J.
Arm, who has large force Of men and
teams already at work.
The company expects to ship during
the coming year 10000 cubic feet Of
stone. The stock In nearly all held in
jackson, Mich, and none OF its shares
have ever been offered for sale outside
of the original stockholders. The Min
ing Journal man was much pleased
with his visit, and gratified at the fiat
tering business outlook for the new
quarry; in the light of what has been
accomplished, in the red stone business
in this section, he predicts for the Mich
igan Red stone company great success
with the quarry; the product already
taken out and piled up proves that the
enterprise has passed the time when il
could be called venture, and Is GER
tainly an assured success Mining
Journal.