The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-01-18

pole letters learned
very heavy and what with the provisions
RED made staggering load for his back The mail taken to An
where other whhe might
the in the woods well could be- Peter hang
ing the mail bag limb the where the relay might get On the
second trip The
sled like
Of making between four and five miles an hour They had to be fed at
p 'nslI temper ana spirits at normal pitch They became wildly ex
cited the sight Of wolves and
sleigh by pushing il into the snow FJe made nine - ,h trims dn th
winter and they furnished The base
insua The lore Of the French Canadian
Peter and his Indians trips aggre
gate sum of 80 Eatons 5000 amounting in
never materazed They paid him Among those ATTENDED
ne meeng was slas Smith who had pledged 3d. Meeting Peter
street one day he gave him the Peter
however strengthened his
i've O men, ~ ~ I'M ~ mi
tom which shown claimed The ore
had been mined during the previous stocpe
some places to the absence of roads ore
the lake dnng the miles beyond the
jackson mine and the distance item Dur
ing the preceding winter Of 1s49 no aemn
was made haul from tthe Cleveland quantity that was
aud from the jackson mine durong speedily
% ana the forge had suspend operations during summer for
want Of ore Another great difficulty the impossby keeping %
cen stock OF charcoal hand running TIE h
coal kiln of brick appliances fortunately a
appliances such as drills and If thew had s n
the peninsula Nature means had osana ~ tr
pure ore ever was ;a ~ @ up thousands
laborer had and carry tina t common
instances the pieces had to be sedged dimensions in order
be lifted into the sleigh During the about twenty five
making blooms was most deru The of hauling the ore e. tina
at the lake the cost of the forge the long carriage @
" pennsylvania and Ohio made the of SO excessive tJa,
was Impossible TO recover By the time u
ourB Vney actually cost
" poh None OF the ore itself shipped had
ri 10 the pioneers In the spring had
n bravery the the most ,a,,o,
ner OK the globe that he could kno
uned In the summer of 1851 went fishing s r;aht 49,
" summer Tor all there to OF voefpl stao
ion ee was little little anything else in tho n
e ne returned from his fishing EXPEDITION 90
ha Den organized and that carl an
81 o u ee protested that he of was - tn,s
Keep SUN about IT, as it shana
Oh VINO comd write and that Of
" Den attached to Houghn
vas Eagle River. Wv "AS sea' OF which
"0 non business IN The
VI capltal TO help them denrass
hey were compelled to take all that adversv aa
u some OF tnem were pretty The bpt
'e ultimate development OF the htar bo a.
= won ceo IN crucIbles of fire heroes
nc orue process develop some and strgoe
el Oh hardy few graat
e boy mad the advantage some If thosa
o ~ IT, III mas been told that the bringing o
w e o 'ne mines was by winter t.
became apparent that business was 70 ra don A.
COMMUNICATION would have be aa 30
as " POUNDS little than and
o oe IMAM one "TRIP day Indeed the winters baul .a,,
o ,VV ons moreover 1t began great ,r
region was be done in the mining ore 80
looms Among the peninsula uoa
s' VINO as soon as ne saw the deposits
ooh the Cleveland and companies ,
81 ana In November 1881 drew agreement wbere,n he a %
o"d IRON Marquette to the Cleveland mines ~
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