The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-09-29
MINE INSPECTORS
REPORT is OUT
SHOWS FIFTEEN FATAL ACCIDENTS
LAST YEAR.
TWENTY-FIVE MINES WORKING
Employing an Average Of 1900 Men. oI
Which Number 1907 are in the
Crystal Falls District.

Worden is in the hands Of the printer
and will be issued next week, in time
for the annual meeting of the board of
supervisors which will bee held one
week from next Tuesday.
The report this year is Of more In
terest than usual az there is lot OF
new work being done and the largest
output Of ore has been made of any
year in the history of the county.
Regarding the mines az work and
the number Of men employed the in
spector says
I.have the honor 10 submit herewith
my annual report for the year ending
Sept 30, 1905.
During the year there have been in
operation in this county the following
named mines employing the average
number Of men as follows
Dunn i06 Great Western 237 Kim
ball % Tobin l75 Bristol ia Fair
banks "a Crystal Falls 1915; Lamont
n Riverton 81 Dober 90 Baltic III !:
Youngs l6 Baker rs; Nanaimo 100 /;
Caspian i04. Hemlock 1867 Michigan
81 Mansfield 81; Hiawatha 80 Ar
menia O. Fogarty 20; Hollister %
The average number Of men EN-
ployed during the year at all the mines
in the county Is 1865.
IL will be noted that OF the total
number OF men employed at the mines
of the county 307 are employed in the
Crystal Falls district $40 in the
Stambaugn valley and 90 in the Iron
River district.
The inspector then goes on 70 detail
the accidents. There were 10 fatal ac-
cidents during the year. Of which the
inspector says
Fifteen fatal accidents occured this
year OF the IS fatal accidents Il will
be noticed that . of them were miners,
trammers, skiptenders, l laborer,
and pumpman.
I'm my investigation of the accidents
which do as soon as they occur,
have found nothing broken or out Of
place in any OF the shafts, but TO the
contrary have found everything III pro
per working order
The most interesting part Of the ni
spector's report Is that covering the
new work being done in the county
He show that there are seven now
shafts being sunk on the west side Of
the county and one ON this side, the
Hollister. He also shows that II drills
are at work on the west side Of the
county and four on this side Of the
county.
la connection with this new work
the inspector says
There are new shafts sinking on
the west side Of the county and one
old one is starting mp after being idle
for some years This old one Is on the
Jane property mile north OF Iron
River and is located on the NE Of NE
Sec %. 43-35 This property is opera
ed by the Pewabic Mining Company
There is a new shaft operated by the
Corrigan- Mckinney Co. on the Baker
property. This shaft is located on the
Sw Il Of Sec. 81, 1894. This Is drop
shaft and is7xis within timbers.
The shaft IL composed of 3 compart-
ments Two compartments for hoist
ing and the other for pipe and ladder
roads. The shaft was sunk about 90
IT,. thru sand then struck the ledge
and they are now about 40 feet in the
ledge This is fine looking drop
shaft.
There il new shaft being sunk on
the Greenhoot property under the
operation Of the Verona Mining Co
and Is located on the NV Il Of SE u
Of Sec. Z, 42-8i
There is another new shaft sinking
on the Baltic property No. , shaft.
and is located ON the NV 4 of NV 4
Of Sec Z. 1884 This shaft is 6x l6I
within timbers and consists OF COM
partments Two compartments for
hoisting and the other for pipe and
ladder roads
"A new shaft Il being SINK on the
Fogarty property, and is located on
the sE of Sc Z Of Sec i. i2.85.
This shaft is 0 x 10 within timbers and
consists Of 3 compartments Two com
partments for hoisting and the other
for pipe aud ladder roads.
There Is a new shaft sinking ON the
Caspian property, No ?. shaft and Il