The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-12
PLANT ABOUT COMPLETE.
Miami Mill Will Begin Operations on
New Years Day.


OF 600 men now employed at tn
Miami Copper Company only about 10
are engaged IN underground work. Tn
remaining 500 are working on the con
struction OF the new concentrator an,
auxiliary parts Of the plant. Amoni
the 100 men occupied in mining are in
cluded pump-men. carpenters and sucl
ether surface men as are necessary I,
the working of the mine
Rapid Roadway Is being made, how
ever. I'm completing the connections un-
foreground so that all should be IN
readiness FOR ore eXtractions bctore
the mill is put IN operation on Janu3-
~ /. says the Globe Silver Belt. The
bulk of the underground work coutin-
ues To be done on and above the first
main haulage level 42O feet from the
surface. ON this level several drifts
are being driven. but most of the wcrl,
consists OF putting up raises to the top
of the ore body so that they may he
used as ore chutes when production Is
commenced Among these raises are
ANh NAAAAn NAAN lhN w hANNt NtA' ~''f
GOO ton stock pile from which the first
ore to supply the mill will be taken.
These two raises are now finished All
the orc from the stock pile and from
the various sub-levels of the mine
above the first haulage level will be
shot down through the raises TO the
42O-foot level and will be hoisted from
there The ore pockets on the 420-
foot level are complete and all the nee
ossary mine equipment for haulasc
and lighting purposes has been in
stalled.
Except for the putting in place
some shafting and installing the cleo
trio motors the concentration and its
internal equipment is i'm readiness for
use. The motors have just arrived
and viii be set up at once. All the 9TH
er milling equipment including crush |
ing rolls. Deistcr concentrating slime. /
and sand tables and Chilean mills are
i'm their respective positions and ready |
To begin their work on New Years /
day
The construction of the power house /
which is located at the foot of the hill /
below the mine and on the outskirts of
the city of Miami has been finished
and nearly all the machinery forming
its equipment has been installed The
piping for the steam exhaust and the
requisite wiring TO connect various
parts OF the plant with the dynamo
have been finished. The pumping sta
ton on which construction work was
a few weeks ago has al
ready assumed definite form on the
Miami Ranch about two miles from
the mine. The building which shelters
the pumps consists of "A wooden frame
covered with sheet iron. The long
line from the power
house to the pumping station has been
finished.
The three churn drills being used in
the unproven portion Of
the Miami property are continuing
their explorations in the northwest
rart OF the Miami territory. The COM
,any intends making q carefully CORE
ated report on the results Of this drill
ng early In January.
The large mill which has sprung up I
)n the Miami property is an imposing q
structure extending along the crest Of I
he hin. II Is painted gray and is the I
most conspicuous object In the land I
cape for miles around. Although the
resent fun capacity for the mill is
1000 tons every twenty-four hours, y
he foundations for three additional d
nits have been built so that by extend ,
lg the mill over them at any future a
lime the capacity Of the concentration
an be increased 10 5000 tons daily
-ithin "a period Of nine months. The q
lill will begin treating 1000 tons OF =
re each day and will gradually in n
rease its ore supply To 5000 tons dali
y within period OF nine months. The
alto OF concentration which will main {
ain is supposed TO be 20 tons into q
ne. a
The number Of men 10 be employed
I the Miami Copper Company will
robably be smaller than most people b
nticipate after the construction period @
past. Whereas now the force num- s
crs about 500 men. the total number "
Z employees after the plant IS COM Z
leted will probably not exceed $50 as s
o large force Is required for operating o
concentration and the minc is in such p
pndition that the ore TO supply the
iil can be expeditiOusly removed with
minimum amount of labor. q