The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-03-09
MINING INSTITUTE.
Seventh Annual Meeting OF the Lake Superior
Mining Inst!sute Great Success.

Seventh Annual Meeting OF the Lake Superior
Mining Instltuie Great Success.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Lake Superior Mining Institute was
decided success and was attended by
about 200 mining men from all over
the Lake superior district. President
Pope made arrangements for the en-
| tcrtainment and enlightenment of
/ the members OF the association that
could not well have been improved up
ON and all uf the visitors were profuse
in their praise OF Mr.. Pope and his
copper country assistants FOR the line
/ time accorded all.
The first afternoon MAS given mp 60
visiting the Quincy mine at Hancock
and q stormy time the visitors had of
! il. a blizzard was raging throughout
the peninsula and the wind blew
harder along Portage lake than any
where. la the evening very in
| tercSting session was held az the opera
house. Papers were presented On
several different subjects
On "Wednesday occurred the most in
tereSting trip of the meeting, a visit
to south range mines and the stamp
mills at Redridge. A train Of three
Copper Range coaches was placed at
. the disposal Of the patty and, under
! thc direction Of General Freight and
I Passenger Agent Souder, made the
rounds. The party started at 9d. m.
and went direct TO Redrdge. Tie
first stop VAS az the great steel dam
which is hcing constructed across the
salmon Trout river to furnish tile
water supply for tlle mines. This
great work and also the stamp mills
at Redridge and the new south range
mines are worthy OF more space than
wc can give them this week on ac-
count of the latencSS of the hour So
We will reserve for next week
detailed description of these different
works rs they appeared TO Us. After
inspecting the dam the party pro-
ceeded 60 the new Baltic mill which
is being erected and thcEcc 10 the 80 I
lantic mill which IS in operation. The
train then pulled out lor tie mines |
and went direct % the Champion. Tie !
furthest mine south, where lunch /,
was served in the mine boarding
house. 4 short time was then spent
Ia inspecting the Champion and then
t-.ttt l.tff Z Hn vi. f.tt
which is the adjoining property 10 the
north some time was spent abort
this property and then the journey
was resumed and stop made at the
| Baltic. This Is the Oldest Of the new
mines in this part of the range. The
next stop vas made at the Atlantic
and here enc Of the finest receptions
OF the session was in waiting for the
visitors, prepated by Mr. Edwards
OF the Atlantic executive force. The
journey vas soon after resumed and
We got back TO Houghton at 6;30,
very hungry lot.
AZ the evening session the following
officers were elected.
President, W. j. Olcatt, Duluth;
secretary A. J, Youngbluth lsh-
peming; treasurer George II. Abeel,
lronwood; vice presidents, William
Kelly, Vulcan, and Or. \. T.. liulst,
Milwaukee; managers, James Clancy
lshpeming, Supt. James Mae Naugh
ton, Iron Mountain, and j. l.. Great
4 singer, Duluth.
Thursday morning train of three
coaches on the D.. $. $. 4. A. was
placed at the disposal OF the partyand
visit made TO Calumet The differ
ent shafts Of the Tamarack mine were
visited In the forenoon and an excel
lent lunch served az the Armory
The Calumet & IIccla was visited in
the afternoon and the party returned
20 lioughton
Yesterday visit was made 90 the
stamp mills and Sneltcrs on The shores
Of Torch lake.
The Institute Is growing in favor
ana in point Of membership each year
II is probable that the next meeting
will be held at some point on the
Mesabi range.