The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

may e,ll-that Nlllmm Jenkins,
] lnEnpjjll," /" nshis subordinltes called
him, led the work Of exploration on
La pray That aiterwar,l developed
lintn tT TIA, best paying mines ~ the
ECrvstE Enlls iron ore field On the
linWyx tract nbnttns the scene oi
IA 80 pcrations, and only "a short
di-ln fIfotn the spot where "Cnppen
I Bill A, his first tcst-pit, another son
3rl tmflniy Cornwall, known to lucal |
ianc tCappcn' Josiah Thomas. With |
"A smaelcw of men, wns engaged IN Q |
sinihi Undertaking.
/ ImrAiscd huts were built on both |
pr.,lnes. wherein wcrc quartcrcd IN az
cnnfoublc fashion ns those primitive
daNs nlld permit, the hardy Fellows
whosc,awn accomplished an impor-
| IGult "A i'm the dcvelopmcntal work of
this I'D Of industry. ''thppen Bills
camn 4 presided over by his comcly
vile. We the camp of ''Cappcn' Jo.
Sini wsuntcr the mediate supervision
ofn ,he cook oi Swedish birth and
lun,stiiibc ability. The presence oi
"Capb Bills" wife, as n matter oi
couisd RENDERED the camp Of "Cnppen
Iiil" he homclkc than that ot his
nciglIs aud il naturally followed that
the f,hcr's abode soon developed
into I'll whiting place oi the little com
II q A. Il. lasalI
passcdl Hardly an evening went 10y
that kmc Of "Cnppen' Josialfs
men "A not call ut the camp oi
"Cappe Ba' and discuss with their
neighl,,h the events of their respective
DAVIS w,rk. As a result of these dis
cussinu! ns the days wore on, "A sort OF
frieudiyiiynlry spr,ng up bctwcen the
two cxloring crews us to which would
nccomplsh the better results. Many pits
were pa down on both properties, out
the first lay of November rolled around
without incident worthy of note at
either exploration.
About the middle oi November boil
crews hu located pit in which then
respective "captnins" hld great con'
ndenc co and "A race for the ledge was in
.aiiluicd Like two race horses ~-ncct
sunl eek ia the decisive hea the tive
@un,>l,ands OF miners toiled on, dal
'.lv, each hoping Go be abe t
l''''''oI succtss 20 the cthGr M ut,m IN
f-ssAa-e - -r'~s. .''..~' -" '"'"'' '
ever proved much deeper than wai
anticipated and the coveted goal stucl
To the horizon oi promise.
One bright morning just bcfor
Thanksgiving, "cappcn Bill'' appcare'
at the operative pit of the rival crew
"Ow-in-do, Cappcn,' he accostc'
rhonms, good-naturcdly. sect ledge
set, old man."
"Not yet, Cnppcn,' came the reply
but gcltin' pretty close oa, now,
iancy; sounds pretty 'olIcr like dow
lhcar"
"Glsc long, old man; Thee mus
'avc blrrcls in thy bloody hears; thi
ere ground ant sound 'ai's 'ollcr u
ground lo over to my place an we nn
go wear nccr ledge" rctortcd "Cnppc
liill'n with IN air OF superior knowlrdg,
Fell thee wat III do, old man." u
continued, III thcc's get ledge ere asi
rhanksgivin, III set up the bulIics
dinner for thy ole bloody crew us Mrs
Jenkins can make, so J will. -
"Thcosc said nun old man." sal,
"Cappcn" Josiah, ~ he laid hold of Tia
widduss aud made it fairly whist
under the pressure uf the upcomn
bucket.
II WIS on the third evening beior
Thanksgiving that 'tAppen' Iosin
call,d nt the residence ui "Cappc
Bilr' TO INFORM him that the pit had o
Che afternoon ui that day breasted i
clean ore. On the day following, Will
out waiting for Il confirmation Of tli
report by hcr husbands personal il
spcction, "Cappcn Blll's" little, darl
eyed wiic sci about preparing the fcas
which her impctuousspbusc h.l,l whgcrc'
aud lost.
| Thanksgiving came and just N.forc III
| noon hour the men from "tapprn
losnli'S camp bgun 10 arrive u
"Cnppcn's liill'H" The long table, Wit
It's new addition for The nccommudativ
of the visitors, extended the InlI lcugt
of tlc cook slaniy" and was ladc
with nll the dcllcacics that the loc,
market at that time afforded. Thrr
we've paSticz galore; great runsts ,
vcnisun; cookics AMI cakes of all size
and varying ia hucs from the col
vcntiona saffron to snow white, Will
a great kettle fu,l OF "liegy pu,ldiu'
iillr,l the place with ils delicious nrom,
The finishing touch oi the prclin,
nalics wa- finally administered by t!l
good little hnu-cwlic, and "Cappc
Bill his always rud,Iy face CLOWN
still dcepcr with the flush of pardon
able pride in the dinner Mrs. Jcnkit
had prepared, WIS just about to lc,
lis guests to the rcpaSt, Wien TuI