The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-09
MINING NOTES.

COHIlnueS Work Win TWO shOVeiS day
and night. and are moving pile of
dirt. Weather permitting, they will
continue stripping until about the
first of the year. The Oliver has be-
gun the erection of fine round house
for its rolling stock.
AT Eyeleth the Adams is still work
ing and Captain Hearding hopes to
be able to keep all his present force
busy the whole winter At the Fayal
Captain Wallace is raising about
1,500 tons day with $50 to 375 men.
At the Cloquet some dead work and
stockpiling is being done. At the
Genoa, Captain Charming is working
about 100 men.
At the Franklin mine at Virginia,
considerable preparatory work is be-
ing done. The Office has been moved
about 200 yards west of its former To-
cation on the hill. Side tracks will
be built to the new shaft. Franklin
No. 2. A tract is being cleared off
! for stOckpile. As soon as this is
completed work will be given to many
more men.
Archie Chisholm says there is moth
ing new regarding the work on the
Hibbing townsite property, but it is
learned On the side, however, the
drill in No. 8 hole near the school
house. is 223 feet in ore This is a
great surprise to the old mining men
who have all along contended that
the deposit would be found on the
north side of the forty near the
Sellers mine.
Charles Votercrantz performed q
deed of heroism at the Pewabic mine.
Iron Mountain. on Tuesday of last
week. He and his partner, Hitler by
name, had prepared hole for blast
ing. The fuse had been lighted and
the men were Fastening from danger,
when fall of ore occurred Hitler
was pinioned to the ground within a
few feet of the fuse. Votercrantz saw
the danger of his partner, and with
out moments hesitation, rushed
back, grabbed the fuse from the dyna-
mite cartridge, and threw it from
him. He was just in time for the cap
exploded in the air. When Hitler was
extricated it was found that both legs
were broken. Otherwise he was unin-
jured.
The Consolidated properties about
Hibbing known as the Lake Superior
mines, comprising the Burt with its
double hosting plant and two mining
shafts: the Hull. which is duplicate
of the Burt with few extras thrown
in: the Rust with its single plant. is
now employing about go men in the
various departments.
John Tod, the well known head OF
the firm of Tod, Stambaugh s. Co.. Of
Cleveland, dropped dead at the
Chittenden House, Cleveland, at an
early hour Thursday morning. Death
was caused by stroke of apoplexy
Mr.. Tod was in Columbus attending
meeting of the State House Improve
ment Board, TO which he was appoint
ed recently by Gov. Bushnell. The
news was shock to all Mr.. Tod'S
business associates in Cleveland,
among whom he had been prominent
for more than a third of a century.
Tod, Stambaugh & Co., were among
the first iron ore selling firms to be-
come identified with mining proper
ties on the Mesabi range, the sales
agency for the Biwabik being taken
at the start. The firm also handles
the product Of the Adams and Ohio
mines on the Mesabi. and of the
Shores mine on the Gogebic.
Lift your hat reyerently when you
meet school teacher of a primary
school. She is the good angel of the
republic. She takes the bantling fresh
from the home nest. and full of pouts
and passions-an ungovernable little
wretch whose mother admits she
sends him to school to get rid of him.
This lady, who knows her business.
takes carload of these little anar-
chists, one of whom single handed and
alone is more than match for his
parents, and at once puts them in the
way of being useful and upright
citizens. AT what expense of toll and
soul WEAKNESS. Hers is the most re-
sponsible position in the whole school.
and if her salary was double she
would not receive more than she