The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
@l h The Copper.
Standard Oil Men at
o ,ss Head of the New
Industry.
...a,.u Copper Mining 90.

I'D I'm Boston Yesterday
A. . srlsr sketch Of the Prop
IA '' .,ty-Portase BrseHes'
factor in the copper mining in
an, 'sI has appeared, and as usual In the
o oos,stions Of the great syndi, s now nov.
0 as,a,,ag the field, the public has oeen
sne' ~ ,hs dark until the formulated
Eep y. :, .s,s successfully carried out.
4 l si,. stes representing Standard on
nsun "stss. was formally organized in
m'. Yesterday. This company,
headed Ds by Mr.. Albert 9. Burrege' long
~. u sso,ssidsnt Of the Boston gas company
=. s,d The representative in that city OF the
sndard Oil combination, completed us
...m.ueut organization by electing the
, I'll board OF officers and directors;
prssideut-Albert Burrage.
n l, Manager-Nathan Il. Leopold.
o oeus and Treasurer-Charles ID. Bur-
rage pos+ov, formar,v
kSssIdeut Of the Boston Gas Light CO.; Henry
~ Rogers. OF New York. vice-president and
,,ustee Of the Standard Oil Co.; william
pooss,elIer. of New York. president OF the
s,.ndsrd oil Co.; Nathan r. Leopold. of Chi
800 ~ the firm of Leopold & Austrian; Hem
~ Foreman president Of the Ogden Street
p.nwsv On. william A. Paine. of Boston. OF
Dame Weber & Co.; Sidney Chase Of Boston.
Chase Barstow. the treasurer OF the Bos-
q stock exchange; ]. II. Rice. OF Houghton.
Michigan. cashier OF the Houghtou National
psnt and Charles d. Burrage, of Boston. vice.
president Of the Boston Gas Co.
On account Of the great interest which
Hourbton and Boston have In the copper
industry. the details are herewith fully
: Ven Tor the first time.
It's now nearly two years since Mr..
Nathan F. Leopold, of Chicago. quietly
| began to get together the many differc' I
mines and tracts OF land which today in
the aggregate constitute the property OF
the Arcadian copper company. Alto
rItber, seventeen different tracts OF land
|Eave been acquired. although as Is usual
in such cases, in order to secure perfect
ties. several times this number OF deeds
Required. Among these tracts are
x16O acres formerly belonging to the
NJ Arcadian mining CO pany, $40 acres
bnging to the Edwards mining COM
Any, 800 acres belonging to the st.
Mary's Canal mineral land company, 100
acres belonging to the Concord copper
company, 100 acres belonging to the
Douglas mining company, and other
well known extensions OF these contlg-
aQens properties.
IsAs finally brought together. the prop
erty consists Of 2,S46 acres in Houghton
county, Michigan, and embraces within
its limits the we'll known productive lode
on which the Kearsarge and Wolverine
are now successfully operated tn the
|a2Fth oil 1t, and also the Isle Royale con-
dated, now being re-opened on a large
SCALE to the south OF il; and it is well
Known that there are other strong min
efal VEINS also upon this property. The
entlre length OF the lode on the Arcadian
'and Is 1850 feet. being Yearly two and
3oall miles, while the possible depth or
fance at the deepest point that would
% reached before the lode would dip out
Of tue property is about IL, 900 feet. The
u'poI this formation is about 90 degrees,
wnlcn Is approximately the same dip as
'oe reWabic lode, which is being mined on
.ue quincy and Franklin mines. about
. miles southwest OF the Arcadian.
ine vein is the regular amygdaloid and
Tvs characteristics are well known from
Tue depth Of the workings OF the Isle Ror-
a's hearsarge and Wolverine mines.
ineproperty OF the company also in
..uOe' magnificent mill site, having a
~'age oil a mile aud quarter on Por-
, = Lake.about one mile east OF Crosse
Vn' and about 5 miles IN an airline from
'De Areadian mine. On account OF the
:. advant ages orheight above
.ae ,ake' this site is considered to be prac-
.'a''y the best mill site in the entire cop
"'nlng district OF Lake Superior. A
'' OF way for railroad has also been
mine. WV '
W Dur,ng the period In which Mr.Leopold
go outing these propert,s together, 1t
!. ..a'ua'y began to be understood that
was behind this enterprise a strong
"nuentlal body Of men. who had not
oeen interested In this region;
aals we're.
ths "a' easily apparent, however, from
I,ss auner IN which the original proper.
were added to from TIM 70 time.
g,sa =" y was the intention Of those inter
,,'su 10 the undertaking, to make this
,a, upe''Aone oil the largest on Lake su-
ana to provide mineral land and
,e. np"ent sufil lent to work on a large