The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

NO COMPLAINT HERE.
Labor Well Cared for in the Copper
Districts Adjacent to Lake
- T. tf.S.51$ 80" -. :
Superior.
10000 Men Steadily Employed in
the Mines-Reports from the
Producers. ~.
Special to The Journal.

Calumet, Mich, Oct. 23.-Labor condi-
tons in the Lake Superior copper district
are excellent The reports Of the various
mine inspectors indicate that there are up
wards Of 10000 men employed at the
mines. In addition there are many hun
dreds more engaged in work allied to the
copper mining industry. a r..
This months production of the Osceola
Consolidated promises to be record
breaker. Rock shipments are increasing
and the new mill will be treating its full
quota of rock before the end of the year.
Productions from the North and South
Kearsarge branches is heavy. Develop
ments at this end Of the mine are favor
able. Rich ground is opening and the re-
serves are ample for a few years. The
old Osccoll is maintaining fair output
and the rock is of a good quality for that
part of the mine. .~a. . -.
| Another furnace has been fired at the
Dollar Bay plant of the Lake Superior
Smelling company. The greatly enlarged
production of the lake district has taxed
tho shelters to the limit. The demands on
the Dollar RyanG Hancock plants will be
relieved next year after the new Copper
Range smelter is in service =, Some Yves
tern copper is smelted in this district and
there will be more next summer, when
the smelling capacity will be larger.
Searching for the kearsarge.
Test pitting to establish the location of
the Kearsarge a1nygdaloid on the old Cliff
property is under way, force of fifteen
men being engaged. Developments on
properties in it's vicinity indicate that the
lode traverses the Cliff, which paid over
81, 500, 900 in dividends in the early years
of the district. 49, :. ,, 49,;
! Eight hundred men are employed in the
| copper mines of Ontonagon county, &C
cording to the report of the mine inspector
This is a slight increase over the forces
of last year. Five mines in the county
are operating. In Keweenaw county there
are approximately 500 men employed in
! the mines. the Mohawk working half that
number. Operations are under way at
seven properties. !. d" :" -
Work on the: Mineral Range railroad ex-
| tension to. the Michigan mine is com
pleted. The new 45-drill air compresso,
| is in commission and rock shipments tc
the Mass mill will commence Nov. i. A
depth Of 1900 feet has been reached ir
both "A" and "B'' shafts. ~, =, !.
Some Of the machinery at the Meadow
property, out toward the extreme end o.
the Keweenaw peninsula, has been pur.
| chased by the Aim eek " 1t Is Of such E
character that it will serve during the
development of the latter mine. Mining
was first conducted at the Meadow in the
late flfties. The property was 1oated dur
ing the high-priced copper market five
years: ago, but the showing was so poo1
that work was stopped shortly after.
| - ..r... Drilling Stopped. 4, -, lt.,f
Diamond drill operations at the Contra
have been discontinued 49, complete
cross section Of the property has been OBJ
tanned as result of the work which cha!
been carried on internationally for the las
flew years. It is likely that steps will b.
taken next year to exploit one of the three
! formal tons tapped by the drill which give
hpromise of copper values. Development:
Ia. few lilies to the south on the Misk
wabik may result in steps being taken: >tt
open the Kearsarge lode next spring. -.
| Development operations are advancing
rapidly at the Mass mine. Two hundred
and fifty men are employed and thirt,
power drills used. Openings tributary tt
81 shaft are in good ground and "A
shaft. the new opening on the Butler lode
is developing a fair stretch of territory
The Mass secures over half its product IL
the form of heavy copper BY next spring
it is hoped to have the mine in a position
to furnish a full rock supply for one head
possibly two. z-'