Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-05
CALUMET.

"iSh'eans Famous Mining Town a
 Great Producer.-Worids Deepest
 Mines and Finest Machinery. 1 To many of the people of Bisbee and of the great southwest. the ad. vent of Michigan mining men and Michigan capital into the rich mining ldistrict of Cochise county has been attended with somewhat of wonder as well as of admiration for the fearless. and energetic manner in which these men have undertaken to embrace the golden opportunity which they SO promptly discerned in the territory immediately surrounding the "staid and steady" Copper Queen company. The cool, daring and stupendous bold. ness with which these men have in- vested their millions, and are now prepared to follow with their scien, fife skill in the intelligent exploita- tion of their various properties, have caused many of our people in their admiration to ask-from whence, this skill and daring?
 For answer, one need only turn to their former homes, to see mining plants of the copper country near Lake Superior, which, during recent years these men have constructed, and which are today, maryelled at by intelligent observers of industrial enterprises.
 These plants, very extensive, and complete in all details may well be pointed to with pride by many of the men now very largely interested in Warren district properties, for they are admitted to be some of the most successful and economically managed mining equipments in the world. Bisbee "a mile high, is vastly difrer- ent camp in many ways from Calu, met, whose mines are truthfully de- scribed as-a mile deep. The city lof Calumet, composed as 1t is Of ysl rious wards of mining locations has population of probably 10000. Is sisa uated on fairly level land, about 500 feet above the level of Lake Superior, which is four or five miles distant and practically surrounds the marrow strip of land on which Calumet and the great mines are situated. h. cluded in Calumet proper are the iocas tions, Red Jacket, Blue Jacket, Yei- low Jacket, Albion Calumet, Hecla, Swede Town and Rambo. Adjoining are the villages of Laurium, Tamas rack, Schoolcraft, Woolverine, Rear sarga AIlourz. Near the center of thiH group and district is the famous Cal- umet and HecIa mine, whose list ce employees numbers probably 5000 meu. This company has been mining ea one conglomerate vein for very many years and is composed of what form erly was separate Companies; the Calumet company and the Hecla com- pany. This vein, which attains an average thickness of twenty feet and sinks at a pitch of about forty-hve de- grees has been stopped out quite large ly from the surface to an inclined depth of between four and five thcus. and feet. Two shafts of this compa, ny reach to a vertical depth of ever mile, one shaft being now s,10O feet deep on the incline.
 Necessarily Jhe machinery to han dle ore nom such great depth is very powerful and the vanous power and nGIsung pants or the C. & ii. are he h.ost powerful and modern which 2 V eli hIIsd treasury may provide.
 The undergl ound timbering of the c. & II. has proven to be a work of stupendous proportions and 1t has been most skinuhy and carefully aone; the tewness or the accidents ec- curing in thIs company's workings be- ing anke very reassuTing to the en- ployes and very credfsa able to ths company.
 The mercantile interests incidentts the need or such la ge camp makes tt possible to have many large business houses and it may be truly said that calumet is well cared tor in this re- spect. Though Calumet people ars heavily interested here the various mines of the Lake Superior dis. Lrict were probably never more ac' tive than they are at the present time. and somewhat Of the conditions of ths employees will be told in alater issus or the Review.
 The Lake Superior Mining Institute will hold it's eighth annual meeting or the Marquette iron range, beginning August 18th. The executive commit tee is now completing arrangements and it is expected that the meeting ,yiI be largely attended.