, 1906-04-27
DEEP MINING IN CALUMET DIS.
TRICT DESCRIBED BY MINING
MAN FROM THIS SECTION
OF THE COUNTRY.
Ore Running Less Than One Per Cent
Hauled More Than Mile Straight
Up and Worked to Make Dividends
of Millions of Dollars-lnterestina
Letter from Louis Miller to the
Readers of The Republican.
Special to The Republican.

SpeCldl 10 Inc republican.
Calumet, Mich, April ga letter
from me may be OF some interest to our
mining people at home. This is the
great Lake Superior copper country,
where they mine copper which goes as
low as one per cent at a large profit.
They have here the finest machinery
and equipments which can be found
Calumet and Hecla Mining company
produces refined copper at a cost of s
cents per pound, which sells at the
present market price of 1917 and 1874
cents per pound. There was paid to
its shareholders during the last year,
1906, 6 100000 in dividends.
One of the Deepest Shafts.
Number one shaft is down over 5000
feet. At each 100 feet is a level run
ming in different directions. The long
est drift connects with shaft No. 2 and
is 9,6l5 feet long. Here the ore taken
out goes less than l per cent The ore
is hauled by the company's own rail
roal to the stamp mills, where it is con-
centrated over 400 Willy tables. 1t
is a great sigh to see them work. The
copper is her loaded on steel cars and
hauled to the smelter where it is
smelted and cast into ingots and ship
ped by large freight steamers to the
Atlantic sea ports.
Saw Thousands of Tons.
l saw thousands of tons of refined
copper stcakedon the wharfs of Portage
lake the past week, and the first steam
l~erloaded and started outward. The COM
pany's stock, which at it's first issue
was $40 e share,is now selling at sos a
share, which is mostly held by Boston
and New York parties.
Yesterday was pay day. 1t took five
clerks all day to pay the men off. l
am told the company employs about
1000 men in the mines, mills, smelter,
saw mills, logging camps, railroads,
etc.
Many Towns at Mines.
Within a radius of Ten miles around
the mines are the towns of Calumet,
Larium, Red Jacket, Albion, Yellow
Jacket, Wolverine, Centennial, Lake
linden, Hubbell and Dollar Bay, all
connected by electric cars n the Cop
per Range and Mineral Range rail,
roads. The above towns have a popu-
lation of from $4,000 to 10000. Each
town maintains separate city govern
ment. They have fine w~aterworks, nice
parks, a splendid volunteer fire depart
ment, which showed its efficiency today
when there was a large fire. Upon the
second call a general alarm was sent
out, when the whole fire department OF
the surrounding towns responded and
seven steamers were at one time
throwing a steady stream of water and
soon had the fire under control.
Schools, Churches and Saloons.
They have twenty-five schools and
one high school, thirty-six churches,
seven newspapers of different Ian
guages, also LAG saloons.
There are many more large mining
companies working here, such as the
Osceola, Quincy, Franklin, Wolverine
and the Tamarack. This mine is at
present idle, a fire started on the
twenty-first level (2,100 feet deep and
the mine with all its shafts sealed to
smother the fire. They are down over
5000 feet and also are mining copper
less than one per cent.
Closing Down a Hardship.
The closing down of this property
shut up the stamp mills at Dollar Bay,
throwing LOO men out of employment.
A wire mill is still running, making
all kinds and sizes of copper wire.
While 1 was there last week they were
loading five car of telephone wire for
shipment east. They claim that they
are away behind with their orders. The
merchants all seem to be doing a large
business and prospecting. All proper
ty is enormously high in the various
towns. LOUIS MILLER
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