The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-21
MINING INSTITUTE
LARGELY ATTENDED
over 200 MEMBERS IN CRYSTAL
FALLS TUESDAY.
LOCAL MINES ARE VISITED
Visitors Banqustted at Opera House in
Evening by Members Of IRON
County Mining Club.

County Mining Club.
The eleventh annual meeting OF the
Lake Superior Mining Institute held
on the Menominee range this week,
was one OF the most successful in the
history OF the organization over 200
members were in attendance, this
number including representatives OF
various mining supply companies and
correspondents Of the leading mining
Journals Of the country The program
OF the Institute which begau AT Iron
Mountain Tuesday morning included
a visit 10 various mining properties
on the range aud ended at Escanaba
Thursday where the crushing plant Of
the Oliver Mining Company and the
tie preserving plant cf the North.
Western Railway Company were in.
spectod The business session Of the
Institute was held ut Iron Mountain
Wednesday evening when the follow.
ing officers were elected
President James MacNaught0n,
Calumet
Vice Presidents two years + W
Denton. South Range j NJ Long
year Marquette.
Managers two years James Il.
Thompson, Ironwood F A. Vogel
Florence
Secretary A. J. Yungbluth, Ish-
peming
Treasurer L. W Hopkins, Com
monwealth
The following committees were III
charge of the respective departments
Entertainments William Kelly, vii
lam J Richards, Charles Il Lawrence,
o. G. Davidson. Finance Felix A..
Nyogel Edward W. Hopkins Tran
psrtation Elwn r Brown, @, G.
Davidson Crystal Falls local enter
tainment Arvid B. Biork, William
Trebilcock
Tuesday afternoon the Institute
members arrived here in special train
over the Chicago a North Western road
from Florence where they visited the
Florence mine. The party was met
at the station by the members Of the
Iron County Mining Club. They pro-
coeded without delay 30 the Tobir
mine and after that property had been
inspected "A visit was paid TO the Great
Western. In connection with their
visit 70 these mines The Marquette
Mining Journals correspondent, Mr..
Narland, who accompanied the mining
men on their ,our of the range in the
interests Of his paper. has this 10 say
Throughout the entire Crystal Falll
mining district. and in fact in oyery
mining camp visited by the institute,
There is not pound of ore to be- found
ia stockpile This is especially notice
able with tine large producing proper
ties. aud the fact was the subject oi
quiet comment by the older miniue
men, who see in this the sign ~
healthy trade conditions W j.
Richards, general manager Of AN the
Corrigan. Mckinney a Co interests.
said yesterday that mis- company did
not have a single car of ore in stock.
pile, and that shipments We're made
as fast as the ore was mined
There is considerable activity at the
Great Western, which Is one Of the
oldest producing properties in the dis.
trict The surface Development of the
mine indicates that il is we'll cared for.
aud under practical superiptendence.
Ono Of the most interesting sights at
the Great Western is a combination
pump operated by compressed air.
The history of this unique device dates
back several years when surface
cavein drained large area Of swamp
land into the mine, neeessitating the
installation Of pumps in the bottom Of
the pit, in order 70 prevent flooding
the mine. Instead Of pumping the
water direct by steam. small steam
n compressor pump was installed. and
awo tanks each with capacity Of
2, 900 gallons built in the bottom of
the pit The tanks are joined 10.
gethsr and set into a reservoir. which
Il the receiving vat for all the surface
water. While water Is forced into
one tank by compressed air the same
movement ot the pump forces the air
out of the other tank, making per
feet vacuum, and forcing the water
into the pipe which conveys it 10 the
top of the pit aud into tile sluicc.
where IL is carried ont u range Of the
mine. The working OF this deyic,
attracted the attention of every min.
ing man who saw II In operation.
After the mines had been inspected