The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-02-21
THEGREAT CHAPLIN NINE.

LII NOD vel ShllOu Will IL
i vestor We learn the following interest
/ facts about Iron Mountain and its
inning facilities He says the Chap1n
nlne that to-day Is assessed 81 100000
as offered II years ago for $40 by Mr..
hapin. And yet although his creditors
ere pressing him very hard no one
ould accept the forty acres at that low
rice. Later when it was found that the
ana was a great iron ledge a company
OOk it In hand and gave him royalty Of
q per cent per ton. They say as he sits
ease IN his chair. money drops into his
Ockets as regular as the ticking of
watch. At present his income from that
ormerly worthless ledge is more than
S2,0U0000
The Chaplin mine is today one of the
irgest and best equipped iron mines N
he world. 1t is owned by the Schlecher-
ing Syndicate that also owns three other
nlnes, one at Negaunee, one at Crystal
'alls and one at Florence. The Chaplin
ynen running IN full force employs 1000
zen IN the day aid night crew. 1t runs
ay and night. Most of the city is built
'ver the mine and, yet the citizens sleep
u ease and are seemingly unconscious
nat quarter of a mile under them one
.ousand men are nocturnally employed
lgglng out the wealth OF old mother
earth. Did you say quarter of mile?
Yes sir. The Hamilton mine is 400 feet
ieep. the deepest ID the world. this
calls the fact that best les the Chaplin
ulne there are others in the suburbs of
Iron Mountain. The Hamilton and Lud
ngton mines are not of minor Importance.
Nhe Hamilton mine mploys 600 men and
Jhe LudingtOn 200. There on a biz Fl
hat outskirts the city the Pewaukee
nine began operations with a force of 4OO
men. However the Chaplin mine natur-
Ally attracts the visitors after ton on ac-
cunt OF It's gigantic machinery and CAPT,
Al 1t Is said that lately the G. & n. w.
/. h. Co. purchased the mine from the
ochleser1ng Syndicate together with the
abroad that the syndicate had previous
built from Iron Mountain to Escanaba
here they have the best ore docks 10 the
'ountry. They cost S2,OO0,OOO. From
here they have a flee, of steel vessels
'arrying their ore t. every port in the
Union.
When shipping season commences it is
said that in the space of twenty-fours
hours the G. & n. W. r r. alone sends
out 100 trains. They come in one track
aud go out another. The average ton
IA. g of the Chapln mine is about 100000
tons and their monthly bay roll S1l7,0C0.
The machinery 10 this mine is magnifi-
cant. It is run by compressed air. The
water power of Quinnesec Falls, or as
some call 1t Menomlnee Falls, three miles
away sends into the mines the air neces-
sary to do all the WORK required. 1t
brings up the ore at the rate of one III u
sands feet a minute and let's down the
miner at the same rate. The elevator is
u modern Improvement, IN mining par
lance. The same bucket that brings up
the ore let's down the men. Visitors are
80 polite that in order not to soil the
cushions they put on a yellow rubber
suit and with a candle in their hat they
are ready to investigate this remarkable
"IHferho."
The hydraulic works of Quinnesec
Falls are the largest in the world. 1t Is
said that this piece of mastery engineer
ing cost when completed, the small sum
Of one and half million dollars. The
company had to blast two or three rods
of solid rock that cost them only ten
thousands dollars. By doing this they
got water fall of forty five feet. In the
power house at the bottom of the fall.
four immense turbine wheels keep four
powerful double air pumps in steady mo-
ton. Each pump represents Que thou
sand horse power, giving in all eight
thousand horse power. These send the
air over the hill and valley distance of
three miles into the shafts of the Chaplin
mine. The air comes in cast steel cylin-
ders and within half a mile from the pow
er house. The cylinders are so hot Cby
reason of the rushing air. that notwith-
standing extremeoold winter one may safe
ly say 1t is regular hot bed or more par
ularlNy a.,
The Chaplin mine also prides itself with a
magnificent pump house. The largest in
America. 1t surpasses those of Hecla
and Calumet. However 1t is claimed
there is one In Scotland whose machinery
is larger. Iron Mountain has a popula-
tlon of more than 10000, eight churches
and more than 90 saloons, with an I'M
paralleled patronage. At. present. times
are anything but hnurishing in this pay
roll city.
The Cannie tribe is very numerous IN
Iron Mountain. There the St. Bernard
dog the monks noble friendl is unite
numerous, nearly every boy has his dog
anu sleigh. lou may see them from
time to time on the street more fleet than
the graceful steed, sometimes carrying a
boy sometimes a lady or a man. Just
before my departure / noticed one of
these noble beasts rendering such service
to his master, when a member of the fe-
line association put in AN appearance.
With desperate effort to escape from
MS master, he made dash for liberty.
In one place was found hat to Indicate
their course. mItten did similar service
IN an adjacent block. But the man .'oh
where was he."
L saw two legs sticking up 10 the snow
aud heard the melodious voice OF former
Maple Grove man singing the familiar