The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-09
NANAIMO FEE OWNERS.
They did not Attempt 10 run the Mine, but di
Object TO Abusss u the Property.

Object to Abuse. of the Property.
Editor THE DIAMOND Dublin your
issue OF December 20 you had an item
which IL being copied by number of
other journals, and which reflects some
what upon two ofourprominent citizens.
| refer 60 your editorial entitled "The
Menominee Range Reviewed." in which
you say:
| The Naniamo mine. IN the Iron River district
has been closed down and the pumps removed
II Is said that serious liteations Is likely 20 fol
| low 10 Is also stated that the fee owners at
tempted TO run the mine TO suit their own 'pecu-
liar fancy. regardless OF the le-sees aud their
| superintendent.
do not know, nor can imagine, who
could have made the statements referred
to, but this do know that il was some
person that knew nothing OF the facts OF
the matter. IL IL true that the mime
has closed down aud tho pumps taken
mp. IL IL also true that litigation is
pending. but IL is only in the nature OF a
suit 10y the lee owners To recover some
So, 900, which they claim 10 he due them
for royalty; and several suits by the
laborers to secure their pay FOR the
twolast months that the mine was opcr-
atcd. No suits, however, were constituted
until after the work had been stopped
and the pumps pulled up. As to the fee
owners attempting to run the mine
regardless OF their lessees or their superin-
tendent, such IL state OF affairs only
existed in the imagination al the nfore-
said superintendent, who, by the way,
WAS IA incompetent for the position rs IL
was possible for fairly educated man
to be. Had the Zee owners made such
an attempt and succeeded IL would have
resulted greatly To the pecuninry benefit
81 the stockholders. The president and
vice president oil the company were both
in this city trW ~ tier part of last OctO-
her, and expressed themselves M well
satisfied with the treatment they had
receive at the hands OF the fec owners.
And well they might say 80, for the
owners oi the fec have granted every
reasonable request made by the com
pany and no later than the 10th of
hist October, suspen&ed the usual ten
thousand tons per year clause ~ the
lease, and required them to pay royal
~ only ON the ore mined and ship?ed.
believe that no company on TIE.
Menominee range enjoys a more liber.
al lease that now held 10y the
Nanaimo Iron Mining Company. IL is
true, however, that there was a difficulty
between one 81 the fee holders and the
Company's superintendent, but that
was u personal matter, and arose from
the party IN question recommending the
employment of n more capable siperin-
tendent. The feeling became in tensified
by the superintendent frequent insults
and abuse OF not only the fee owners, bat
of John Semer, one 81 the stockholders
Last July, however, the directors held
meeting in Milwaukee and passed resol-
ution dismissing the superintendent, and
MIR. Semer and the vice president was
appointed and instructed TO come 60
Iron River aud give him two weeks notice
to hand in his resignation. Owing to
other important duties the vice president,
who was also manager, could not come
and the dismissal was delayed In Octo.
her President Moody was appointed
manager and at the time OF his visit here
in that month decided to dismiss him.
hut later the affairs 81 the company took
n different turn and they concluded 10
shut down Tor the winter at least, and
the superintendent WAS retained until
that was done The shutting down 81
the mine was mt first attributed To the
false reports OF the superjntendent rs 10
the non-eXistence Of orr at the mine. and
the lee owners, rs well as the writer
hereof, did all in their power TO convince
the com yany of the existence of large
body of ore IN the mine, and did SO con
vince them, notwithstanding the super
intendent's statements to the contrary.
IL was this attempt To keep the mine
open and running during the winter, by
convincing the company that there was
ore there, that hasl been construed into
an attempt on the part Of the fee owners
~ an attempt 90. run tie mine To suit
their peculiar iancy, regardless 81 the
lessces or their superintendent" The
company has since made IN assignment
for the benefit of its creditors, md nd
vised the laborers TO iile labor liens on
the property, but most ~ them have
employed Messrs Cook * Pelham, nf
Iron Mountain. and will bring suit
against the Stockholders direct, that la.
ing the most expeditions way Of collect
ing their claims. T.. y. Lorr.
lion RIyER, January 4, 1892.