The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
KEWEENAW CO.
EAGLE RIVER.

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a dated, Is business visitor to the me
tropolis OF copperdom for the last day OF
!. two.
Z County Clerk BENEFITS and William b
Vivian transacted business In Houghtou
{ FOR the last day or two and incidentally
r visited the Baltic mine and like anyone
3 else who has visited the property were
surprised at the richness OF the lode.
Old Keweenaw seems destined to take
on new lease OF life ere long. as there
has been more inquiries regarding mining
properties for the past few weeks than
there has been for years before.
CENTRAL.
An ice cream social was given by the
ladies of the M. 4. church OF this place on
Saturday evening last in the basement
OF thechurch, the proceeds which amount
ed to neat sum was tor the benefit OF
the church.
Mrs. George Lang presented her lege
lord with ten-pound daughter on Sun
day last. Mother and child dong well
and George is happy.
EAGLE BARBoR.
Considerable interest attaches here
abouts to the proposed reopening OF the
old Pethrick mine, now called the Ash
bed. This property was formerly part
OF the Copper Falls mine. but oyer thirty
1
separate organization. No mine in this
region had better showing than had
this property when it was working, but
at no time in its history was there suffi
cheney OF capital to properly open up and
equip the property. During the 7O's
there was some effort made at legitimate
mining, but as it was was mainly done
on wind Instead OF money, the result was
a foregone conclusion, the mine passed
into the hands OF the creditors. In the
summer OF 1881 the property was pur-
chased by Loring, OF Boston, and by
him placed under the fostering care of
NJ. A. Delano, who is well remembered as
an exceedingly smooth gentleman and
first-class bookkeeper, but as a mining |
man he is remembered as one of the great.
est misfts the country was ever blessed |
with. One OF the changes he introduced !
was to put two large grinders in the
stampmill, replacing stampheads; with
the result-as foretold by experienced
mining men-that once more the old
mine relapsed into state OF inocuous
desuetude. Another reason for the now
success of the venture at this period as
the old story OF the lack of capital.
Men who have worked in the mine all
seem to have unbounded faith in the
value and worth OF the property il prop
erly equipped and with any fair amount
OF capital to open the mine. The mine,
although the lode increases in richness as
it is sunk, has never been opened up be-
low the 90.fathom level and with fair
amount OF sinking done, no one familiar
with the property has any fear OF good
mine being developed. 1t was on this
property that John Uren made his first
raise, having, so 1T is said, made some
$50, 900. while operating the west vein,
on tribute. The richness OF this vein can
be judged by the old bu row on the road
to Eagle River about hall mile from
location. In 1876 or III while C. F.
Eschweiler was agent OF the property, he
uncovered good mass vein, about fifty
feet west OF the one opened by Uren, but
the company could furnish him no CAPT.
tai and work was abandoned. The
showing made on this vein is said by
old miners to have been one of the most
promising ever uncovered in this county.
The people OF this region seem about to
realize the fruition OF their brightest
hopes, as none have any fear as to the
outcome, ii our mines are only worked
and backed by a reasonable
amount OF capital, and those two neces-
sary things seem to be prominent in con. I
nection with all recent mining ventures.
W. s. Whistler. w. r. Garberson and
George Bowman were here on Sunday !
last.
Captain w. j. Corgan left here on
Monday for few weeks visit to his home I
at Ontonagon. He will return here upon t
the opening OF navigation and will CON-
mand the Silver Spray next season. ;
There is no ice to be seen out in Lake Z
Superior at present, something unusual
for this season OF the year. Even the bay
here is not vet frozen over.
In recent letter from Washington, D. :
c.. to an old friend. Major G. A. Studer, Z
Tor twenty years United States Consul at 4
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