The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-30
NEW RECORD IN
COPPER INDUSTRY
MORE MEN ARE EMPLOYED THAN
EVER BEFORE.
Many Additional Forces Have Been Put
On and Preparations for Resumption
in No. 16 Shaft Of the Osceola Branch
and Elsewhere Mean that New Men
Will Soon Be Needed.
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Calumet, Mich, June 30-Never in the history
of the Lake Superior copper mining industry
have so many men been employed ut the mines,
mills and shelters and dependent plants as the
present summer. 49,, ~
at many of the mines additional men have
been taken on lately. The resumption of work
In No. 13 shaft of the Calumet & Hecla Mining
company's Osceola amygdalOid branch provided
employment for nearly 800 new men the past
year. Preparations are going forward for re-
ceola branch, and large number of men
Will De taken on at that portion Of the prop
erty. Many are employed In exploratory work
at various points turnout the district At the
Erie-Ontario, Miskwabik, Globe, Challenge and
other new enterprises, many men are required
remainder of the summer season.
Preparations for the installation Of the fourth
head at the Mohawk Mining companys mill on
Traverse bay are under way Owing to the
height of the steeple compound head, which the
Mohawk will install, the roof of the mill struc-
ture has to be raised, and this work IS being
done at present. The steeple compound head is
being constructed by the Nordberg Manufacture
ing company of Milwaukee, and the work has
reached such an advanced stage that it is likely
the equipment will be delivered by the middle
Of this month.
| Owing to the lack of funds work has been
discontinued on the Bohemian range property in
keweenaw county, where operations were start
At the Erie-ontario Development company's
property midway between the Winona and Chal-
lenge mines a lode. well charged with "copper"
! is being opened. depth Of twenty-five feet
up over the pit and the work is being con-
Quoted at little expense as possible.
Work on, the lode opened at section 16 has
been discontinued by the Wyandot company and
all energy is being confined to the exploration
Of the Winona lode. The lode on section 16
was first encountered in the bed of the Misery
river The shaft was put down to a depth Of
| 100 feet from which point crosscut driven
westward to intercept the lode. The crosscut
| penetrated the lode from foot to hanging walls,
the distance between them being twenty six feet.
No copper revealed in the crosscut, how
ever and drifts driven north and south on the
course of the lode failed to reveal anything Of
promise. 1t was because of this showing that
work on, the lode discontinued .ts-. r.
ee dFi e H n
! the search for the northward extension Of the
| kearsarge amygdaloid lode.
1t is expected that the Champions expert
mental mill plant will be ready to begin its
test by the middle of this month. Nearly all
| the machinery is at hand and the greater part
1T he
ordinary simple sta,nphead. 1t is being in
stalled on trial, and If the results are not
| satisfactory the Champion company will not lose
show an improvement over the usual method of
| III the remainder of the mill extension. .
There are upwards of 5000 tons of rock in
the stockpile at No. 1 shaft Of the Allouez
mine, and this amount will be increased by the
| time shipments to the Centennial mill are COM
menced the latter part of next month. 1t is
expected that the A1louez will ship about $50
tons of rock daily when its mill test begins,
200 tons coming from the underground workings
and fifty from the stockpile. Shipments will
be merely to test the quality Of the rock, and
| 1t is not planned to make big showing a
producer. That will come later when the Al.
!onez openings are large and conditions are
Favorable for production on large scale. No. I
| shaft is sinking below the fourth level and the
| showing continues very rich. ..s.. s4tsst.
| No. shaft Of the Baltic mine has been
yielding some exceptionally rich ground the last
few days in it's lower levels. Mass and barrel
| copper is being hoisted from the slopes on those
! levels, .---. s.s.."