The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-03
WITH THE LoooERS
cordwvod Output Cut TO one-shird Of last
Seasons Output.


Seasons Output.
TINS winter has been bad one on
loggers as the recent heavy SLOWS In
this vicinity have hampered operations
INN. ensely, especially in the case OF
those at work on pickup Jobs The
fore part Of the winner was excellent
for robbers doing that line Of business
aud the man that got at work early
and had his logs skidded up before the
heavy SHOWS Of this month came along
is the man that made the money
There were few 80 fortunate. though.
a. to be early birds. hence few will
make the money that they ought to
have made.
/ Another class Of jobbers are up
against it. = as the slang phrase goes,
and those are the fellows working in
swnmps The weather has been 40
mild that swamps have not frozen.
hence work in them has been prosecut
cd with difficulty. During the past
two weeks, the warm weather has
caused swamp roads to thaw both
from the surface and the bottom, ad-
ding TO the trouble
But. the winter has brought one
good feature The slipping Just
now IL excellent on snow roads and as
most Of the jobs are 80 small that the
,..-..a..a - a., g.a .0ad 10 not xyarrapt.
ed, the present ccld snap has been
great blessing The roads thRwed and
packed and then the cold snap came.
converting them into natural ice roads.
Another draw back To logeers this
winter 10 the condition OF the landings.
Almost al of them are open and the
teams cannot be driven on the ioe as
in other winters when the rivers were
heavily coated. II is necessary TO keep
a crew OF men a. the landings thus In
creasing the expense
Several Of the jobbers are about
through Mike Grafton. who had a
Job on the lower Michigamme from
Ed Mitchell. broke cam? last Thurs.
day He had more that ne could have
put in had the deep snow not interfer-
ed As there is enough for another
seasons work he thought best 10 break
camp now and not undergo the un-
necessary expense Of putting in the
uncut stun in this snow Mr. Grafton
did we'll this season He got in early
and was welt along when the snow
came
John .Hasselstrom is hustling ia
hemlocK logs for the Corrigan Nc
Kinney aud Bristol people, He Is bad,
ly hampered by the deep snow and will
have work 10 keep him busy until the
snow goes away. His road lies along
Briar Hill creek and has been quite
difficult 10 keep up at timeA
Chas Uren had all of his logs on
skids before the snow came and has
about six weeks hauling. He is hustl
ing the latter operations at the present
time and may clean up in less thal
six weeks.
Jas Uren was badly hampered by
the burning OF his camp bat is making
his headquarters with his brother
Charles and Is gradually over coming
the draw back He has about two
thiras OF his pick-ups in the river and
expects 70 finish that work next weei
when he will start at his skidded logp
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ha ling
Ed. Mitchell started out 10 max,
three million but informed the writer
early in the week that he has cut hii
estimate 10 1900. 900 because OF tn.
snow and. of that amount he hal
nearly two thirds ON the Ice 30 that h,
ought 10 finish in about four weeks
He has ice roads and has made an ex
!, oellent record this winter. As he hal
another year work in that vicinity Il
doesn't make 40 much differenc,
whether he makes his three million
this winter or not
II Halada Bros. have cedar job near
the Hope and are getting well cleaned
|, mp on It. Andrew Rundqulst has hi'
teams at work on his land near Tulen'
. spur and Ia we'll along with his work
I Nose Jondrow and Alex Dalpra have 1
tagging job near the Dunn that they
4 have well along. Ole Hager Is putting
In timber for the Oliver company and
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