The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-05

Work preparatory TO the
MExoNi- sinking 81 ID shaft 81 the Cha
NEE pin mine an additional two
RANGE. hundred feet wasinaugulated
Monday morning. This will
carry IL TO the eleventh level. and VIII
do away with the Necessity 81 Training
the ore from the two lower levels ~ long
distance To G shaft. IL will also make
easy the mining nf a large body OF ore IN
the vicinity OF ID, increasing the output
considerably.
IL N learned that the Chicago parties
are negotiating for the old Walpole
profcrfv. which Joins the Chaplin on the
east. The lease IS now held by Pickands,
Mnther x Company, Oi Cleveland, who
spent large sums IN exploring the same
with unsatisfactory results. Despite the
showing made by the drill, the opinion =
held by many that the chaplin mine VEN
extends through the property.
An examination OF the Chaplin pay
roll for August, which contains about
eight hundred names, shows TINT the
men-miners, trammers, tlmbcrmen,
laborers, etc, not including manager,
captains or official force--averagcd
SLIGO per day throughout the mine.
The average for miners was $l.SO. One
crew of miners averaged $3.50 per
day for the month, and many carued
more than $500. One crew made as
low M S1.40 per day. These figures
established beyond question that the
employees OF the Chaplin Mining company
are earning good. II not a little better,
wages than the men OF any similar cor
poration in the Lake Superior distric0.
There rs no discomfort among them,
despite the yeiping OF a few curagitators,
who ARE wasting their time IN an en-
dcavor TO lead the men to believe that
they are undcrpaid. The men know
better, and have sufficient confidence m
the management to rest assured that
they will always receive their just dues.
Ii il fortunate indeed for Iron Mountain
that the organized effort OF u select
quartet 81 smooth blood-suckers TO
bring about a strike here ~ few weeks
ago resulted In a dismal failure. The
wagc-winner should beware OF men who
grow hair on the palms OF their hands
and live on the sweat Of their jaws, and
under no circumstances tolerate them IN
their councils.
The output for the Chaplin mine during
August was %, 900 tons i'm the round
numbers. The daily output exceeds
2,4OO tons. General Manager Mac
Naughton states that the present force
Of 800 men will be maintained Through
out the winter. The new stock dock for
b and & shafts have been planked and is
nearly ready for the reception oil ore.
Railway tracks will be built in thespring.
-Range-Tribune.
A considerable amount of surface inn
proyement Is going on at the West Nul-
can mine. The place receiving most
attention is at and around No. 2 shalt;
A. ...tI
pocket has been put in. Stockpile room
will b. made there TO accommodate the
coming winters hoist OF ore by removing
the machine, blacksmith and carpenter
shops. Most OF the ore at the West
Nusan will bc stocked ON this new
ground and shipped out over the old
Briar Hill spur. This Improvement will
ALSO nccessitate the building OF over n
mile OF new track. Current
The mines OF lshpemiug are
MAR rapidly taking on men, and
QuErrE by the end OF the coming week
RANGE will probably be working
their usual forces. AZ the
Lake Angelina forty gangs OF contract
miners are now employed, which means
400 men. and besides this there are men
engaged who are not contractors In
all there are about 300 men given place.
just now the company II preparing to
put in tracks at their second level, Lake
shaft. During the ten weeks idleness
the shops were busy making frogs, ETC.,
and the laying OF rails will be rapidly
carried ON. By the end Of the coming
week the tracts will be ready for the
motor, and then more men will bc added
To the number now engaged. The
shovels are being operated at stockpiles
and shipments ARE going forward az fast
AS possible with a shortage OF cars and
boats.
The Lake Superior is iorking wafer at
it's Section 81 mime, which task will re-
quire several days to complete. On
Thursday the boilers were being worked
with "a greater loud than wnsnpprecinted
by the iiremen, the result being that
they ran dry, the melting out OF the soft
lead plugs saving them from injury.
The needed repairs were finished the fol-
lowing morning at an early hour, and
the business oil raising water Is going on
uninteruptedIy again. The Lake super
Tor IL working 475 men. Before tho re-
cent shutdown 700 were given place.
The Section / q mine takes the most OF
the number now employed. IL will re.
quiro ten days or moro before all the
places VIII DC IN hnflpc I'D work.
At the mines oi the Cleveland Cliffs
company 90 men are engaged. This is
220 men less than previous 20 the recent
vacation, but the Cleveland Hematite
was figured in the old number and ns
about 100 men were employed at that
property, the shortage az compared 60
the season before the late shutdown, Is
but little. The Cleveland Hematitc has
gone out ~ business. The Lake Shalt,
Salisbury and Foster mines are working,
aud ore II being shipped from each in
addition TO mining. The crushers at the
Cliffs shafts are also reducing the hard
ore from the stockpiles.
AZ the Winthrop Il full force OF men
are engaged at tho open cut and at No. 2
shaft. Capt. Samcs Reed has contract
for operating the latter place.
At Negaunce. the Buffalo which X the
main support OF the city, Is still idle.
Nothing hns been given out concerning
the resumption Of underground work.
The steam ehovels are being operated on
the stockpiles.
The Cambria and lille mines nrc shin.