The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-02-07
FROM THE MINES.
NOTES FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CALEDONIA MN
ING coMPASy-DEcLARED DIVIDEND.
pcINos m THE Observation-Disclosures
FROM THE IRON MARKETS.


The management OF the local office oil
The Knifiler Manufacturing Company
takes exceptions 10 an article which APP
,eared In the mining department OF tins
journal last week and rs perhaps little
hasty in it's criticisms. According to the
say of gentleman who ought To kno"
the item was all right with one exception,
hut that is neither here nor there, as IL
/. not the object 81 The DIAMOND IRIiLL
a. enter into senseless controversy
with anyone, and much less where II Is
liable TO bring in third party and Gre
,,te n hard feeling all round, thereby
cnusing more or less trouble which 10y
silence in the matter can easily be avoic-
cd The item in question was printed IN
good faith and the writer has no apology
tomake. IL is the aim Of The DIAMOND
DRILL 20 give all the mining news 1t may
obtain. and give it ms reliably as pos
sihle. and in the event of any mistakes
Icing made il is always willing, even
anxious To speedily make corrections.
The paper never has nor will 1T misrepre-
sent a mining property or any person
while under the present management
Tie Knifiler work will he as cheerluliy
reported as that OF any other concern.
The Stockholders OF the Caledonia
Iron Mining Company met in annual
session ut the office OF the company,
Florence, WIS, Wednesday. The meet
ing was AN enthusiastic one as ~ shown
l,v the fact that OF the 10000 shares,
1896 were represented. The following
named gentlemen were chosen as "A board
81 directors for the ensuing year. ID. NJ.
Bond. f.. T.. keyes, A. T.. Guensburg,
John Murphy, ID. +. Chandler, Geo. A.
Fay. n. w. Northup. The officers of the
company for the ensuing year are ID. NJ.
Bond. president; +. Il. keyes, vice-presi.
dent; A. T.. Guensburg, secretary and
treasurer. II is well known that the
caledonia Company Is the owner oi the
fee OF the land ON which is situated the
Mansfield mine and several promising
explorations, near this city. Last month
the company declared dividend OF %
cents per share and still has IA bulky sur
plus and reserve.
The DiAMoND DRILL in mentioning last
week the work Of the Monongahela Min
ing Company, near the Crystal Falls
mine. erred in the description ofth land.
IL was given as the southwest quarter oi
the northeast quarter OF section twenty;
II should have read the northwest quar-
ter az the southeast quarter OF section
twenty-one, 1872. The writer OF the
article did not see the proof before pub
,ication or the mistake would not have
been made. II il 81 little consequence,
however, as the location is well known
by those who are at all interested in min.
ing matters.
Supt. O. f. Rebel, OF Crystal Falls
Mining Company, succeeds Charles L.
Lawton as superintendent Of the Monon
cahela Mining Company's operation IN
this district. Mr.. Rebel Is one OF the
most thoroughly competent mining men
con- the rlnge; the Monongahela's work
conld not have possibly fallen into bet
ter hands. Mr.. Lnwtnn will 60 to
Uouphtun. where he will take course IL
the Michigan Mining school.
AZ the Hope mine the work OF sinking
the main shaft another lift is progressing
splendidly. The old shaft is TO fett
deep and the addition will talSeit TO 90
Supt O. G. Davidson was at the proper
~ today.
The fire in the Chaplin mine originates
IL, the engine room in the sixth Level
The flame WAS extingushed and th
work OF repairing the damage common,
ed Tuesday.
Both shafts at tho Nanaimo are beiu
worked strong. Some new machiner
win be placed early next month whe
work will be resumed in the Beta shall
The plans Tor the new work 40 IL
Paint River minc are well along, and Il
construction will soon follow.
The Great Western mine is shaping Il
q big output the coming season, il call'
upon Go do It's beet.
A diamond dnn will soon be put
operation at the bottom Of the Mast
don mine.
THE WEEK rs IRON CIRCLES.
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