The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-21

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held in the court room at the court
house. where papers were read by w
A. Siebenthal. chemist AZ the Republic
mine and Floyd L. Burr Of Vulcan.
o G. Davidson. president Of the In.
stitute, welcomed the visitors 70 the
Menominee range He spoke as fol-
lows
THE invitation 10 hold the institute
here this year was given with many
misgivings for We feared that we would
not be able 10 show You much IN the
way Of mines or mine equipment, be
cause two meetings have already been
held on this range. and most Of yon
are familiar with our plants. Per
sonally. | advocated tine postponement
OF the meeting until next year in hope
that we would be- able to arrange a
more interesting program. as the con
centrating plant OF the Pewabic com
pany will, | understand. be- In opera
tion next summer This plant was
fully described in a paper 10y Mr..
Hardenberg, and read at one of our
meetings but think few members
have seen the plant in operation, and
"a IL IL the only plant for the concen-
tration Of iron ORC in the Lake Super.
ior region il is unusually interesting.
THE Penn IRON Mining company
will have the hydraulic power plant
at Sturgeon Falls IN running order hy
the use Of which they will generate
sufficient power 70 almost entirely
Iehminate the use at steam In their
mines al Vulcan and Norway We
think that the work preliminary to
Harvesting and utilizing this fine
water power will he interesting 10 all
mining men,
The large Cornish pump formerly
in use at d shaft, Chaplin mine, and
which was dismanlted several years
ago on account Of the caving Of the
shaft, will be- installed in new shaft
and pumping 1900 gallons of water
per minute from depth of /. 400 feet
There will doubtless be other interest
ing things 10 show you nsxt year in
the Crystal Falls aud Iron River dis
tricts. / was SO convinced that 10
would be for the best interests of the
institute 10 postpone the meeting until
next year that / argued this course 20
the best of my ability until my friend
Duncan. of Ishpemiug, accused me of
wishing 10 retain the presidency In
order to draw the salary as long as
possible Advice. probably better than
my own, prevailed. and | ann now
glad 10 see you-here and hope though
we are not able to show you anything
new. much pleasure and benefit will
be derived in meeting and discussing
mutual interest and that you will not
regret the time taken 30 attend this
meeting | believe the greatest bene
fit of these meetings IL IN the op
portnnity they afford 10 meet and be
come acquainted with each other, and
have heart TO heart talks in which ~,
tell Of our trials aud tribulations, and
learn that others have toubes also
that we are not the only ones who's,
ore IL too low in iron. or too high ii
phosphorus, silica. manganese. sulphur
or something else whose ores are Z,
hard OF too soft, or the Gaping ant
hanging wall is so hard that il vii
not cave us wanted, or whose walls an,
So soft that it is impossible to geel
drifts and cros-cuts open. because tlp
pressure is SD great that no timber vii
stand but for short time There ar
inumerabIo difficulties that must D.,
met and r one remains at home he u
apt 70 think ne is getting more thar
his share of trouble IL is said thai
misery loves company, but that doe'
not mean that it gives pleasure 10 set
others in trouble only the fact that
others have difficulties and disappoint
ments and overcome them gives one
courage to continue the contest when
the odds seem overwhelming against
him
~ think all mine superintendent,
in the Lake Superior districts have
cause 10 feel grcatful that The ability
and character 81 their employees.
mechanics. miners and lab0rers are all
that could be desired They are
absolutely loyal 10 employers fearles.
i'm time Of danger. and unsparing ir
Drawn in the hard work called for ia
mining operations Power drills.
steam shovels and haulage plants have
reduced the hard work of mine en-
ploycs somewhat but there is still
much work that can be accomplished
only by severe manual labor There
are, Of course. among mine employees,
thsoe VINO are merely looking for pay
day. but they are the exception. and
IL Is one Of the duties of a mine super
intendent or captain 20 see that the
energetic, capable men 30 not suffer
on account Of those who shirk for II
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