The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-10

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I.nkc superior Mining institute began It's
lsion nj Iron Mountain last TUESDAY.
We we're unfortunate ia not being able
to attend tho Iron M)untnin meet igs
which mc understand were very inter St
lng and instructive. A paper by Il. $.
Rvbsrf~, .Ir. detailing scheme for
electric signaling at the Penn Iron
,cofnpanI hmines comes in Tor much
cisajt. A1rp VAS taken to the paper
mIiat Niagara aud 10 the mines at
yGlenn
Tuesday morning there was "A percept-
abisincrcnsc ia the number Of attend
aub.,.Vyer 100 tnlsiug the special trni,
fsrlIfon River. a short stop was made
ut Commonwealth urlat Florence and
then the train pulled right through To
Iron River taking on lev Crystal Falls
men at Slngcr. Nearly an hour was
spont in visiting The Iron River and
D,bcr mines attention being especially
directed 70 the new channel which is
being r,lt through ia divert the Iron
river from its course over the ore bodies.
Promptly at 1900 the train pulled out
,f Siambntigl, for Crystal Fnlr. Lunch
wus served on The train TO everybody.
RhDr. iinlst entertaining a number OF his
yyfrieuds in bis private err F"pienac
which WIS pulled around With the other
c,nchcs. The train arrived at Crystal
Fails at $50 and made bnt a short stop
herc.wlen it pulled out for the Mansfield
mine. The melnbcrs we're quite in
t,ivsted ia this property on account al
The g,cat accident that occurred there
seven years ngo and the channel
that was cuthhrough 10 ord,r to divert
lie ,iverg1ron it's course. Sult. Scars
met iAc party there aud showed them
olDusd Tie next stop was made at
>,OHxsta Falls which WAS thoroughly
M 2ycr AMI then the train side
,racxeTat the Great Western 70 allow
the members to look over the Western
and Lincoln aud al-u To let the Amasa
Train pass. The Monitor was the next
mine visited and then the train backed
over 10 the Bristol. Captain Cundy
had been saving thu orc at the lonngs-
town SO 40 10 be hosting 1T at ~
phenomenal rate when the members ~
lie institute visited the property and
there was some surprise when they
nlinhtetl from the coaches and iOund
only tho remains III an ANTICIPATED
nnckct on The great Youngstown prop
erty. The Bristol was II very interest
ING property 10 The members ana they
snrnt considerable time looking it over
nfler which they returned TO the coachcs
aud we've pul!rd TO the sutton bee
!. linx4-as made for tho Lockwood as the
|. lmA lrls had only light lunch Tor
dinner aud they were what you might
term hungry men.
Thc evening session OF the institute
was called to order ly Pres, Kelly ut
tie court house and proved To be quite
n liycly and interesting one, discussion.
az the topics covered in the papers being
very brisk and tree. The first paper
urosentcd VAS by Mr.. Fitch OF Chicago,
on Mining Machinery read by Proi.
A.cNair One suggestion al MIR. F.tch $
wns vigorously opposed, that was that
uniform specifications be adopted. The
point Of opposition was that ot the
changed conditions ut different proper.
tiea. The fact that most properties must
bc equipped before the extent oil the one
,lcnosit Il known was also brl U. int out
Sunt. O. {. ID wilson took the flour next
amidst loud applause aud presented u
uaper on'.Miuing Methods at the Badger
Minr. Mr.. Davidson detailed the
method hc pursued at that property
Which are looked upon ns very econom-
ic,l ms il enabled that property to work
riul,t on through nll al the hard times.
Gen. Manager Kelly Of the Penn Mining
Company was the next speaker His
subject was Running Bailcrs in Balance.
lie Ind il model which he Ind con-
staucted to Illustrate the plant oil
machinery which hn has in operation
unwalcrins the East Vulcan mine
Mr.. Ktly's model was interest
Ing and instructive as il was the result
OF actual experiment. The paper was
discussed at length by the members
This finished up the papers and q o
business al the institute was tai eI up
Twcntyninu nominations Tor member
ship wee presented, tho persons so
nominated being elected to full member
ship. 1wcnty-lcmr names were pu-
scntcd thc previous evening raising the
membership to about 200. The financial
stntemcht was read showing $3l6.o9
IN the treasury.
Invitations To meet in Milwaukee from
tho Ciixn'H Business League, one from
Mayor Rose and one from the Milwaukee
journal wercrc,d The questionwls le I
10 the Council TO .lecldo up n.
MIR. Davidson presented y 70 o.
lution thanking thu g. 4 n. w.
railway fpr conrtcsic, extended. Mr..