The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-24
CO A. STRIKES
DEVELOPING WELL
IMPORTANCE OF THE RECENT
ORE FINDS is GROWING
DAILY. SAYS BIS5EE
REVIEW.

INilIff AhbN AthhlAs Ablllt AlAlii AllN
G. q A. relative 10 the two new strikes
that were reported last week. says the
BisLce Review. The importance of
these two strikes grows daily. They
have been termed two remarkably good
prospects and TO term these recent de-
yelopments prospects, occurring as
they DO i'm developed properties, is eX-
tromoly conservative.
Last week il was stated that there
had been strike of oxide ore work
ings from the Briggs shaft In the di-
rection a. Don Luis. the fartherest in
that direction that any oxide ore had
been encountered up 10 the present
time and hence of more than ordinary
Importance i'm extending the limits
of known ore I'm the district I'm the
past week development exploration
work has been under way At that
point and this body of oxides has now
been cut twenty three feet The work
ings are still in oxide ore Of the same
character ana same values as report
ed week ago.
The second strike mentioned last
week was OF high grade sulphides
from the workings of the Junction
shaft a little more than half way be-
tween that mine ard the Briggs. De-
vclopment exploration work has also
progressed most satisfactorily here
and the workings of the past week
cut that newly discovered body of
sulph.des thirty feet In the ore mt an
times and at the present time and
the high percentage of value coutin-
uiHg as last reported
At the Cole shaft the boilers were
fired mp early last week and this
gave rise 10 reports Of resumption
there The fires were rekindled for the
purpose of letting down timberings
and other supplies that were at that
point instead Of sending them cross
country TO another shaft and lowering
them there.
It had been expected that directors
of the G. q a. company would arrive
i'm the district this month and definitely
approve plans for the proposed new
sm,lter as we'll as 10 determine wheth-
er or not such smelter should be erect
ed az the present site i'm Douglas. II
was announced i'm Douglas last week
that such meeting had been postponed
for a month and the directors would
pay their visit next month. and that
after such visit IL was % be expected
that positive announcements relative
to smelter plans would be announced.
Men Now Employed.
There were employed by the c.. & a.
company in it's mine i'm the Warren
district last month 1910 men. This is
about the average number employed
and for months past there has not
been variation from month 10 month
Of more than twenty or thirty men.
II has frequently been asked what
effect upon the district the new g. & A..
smcItcr will have so far as employ
mcnt of increased forces at the mines
providing that the smelter were TO OPP
crate at the full capacity. The capac-
ity Of the smelter at present is 1900
tons daily but Il is only operated To-
the extent OF 1900. The figures desired
could be easily arrived at If il were on
ly necessary TO divide the number of
tons output by the number Of men en-
ployed To obtain the productive power
per man and then multiply That result
by the number Of tons increase. This
plan will not work however, since the
man I'm the stope produces about six
tons daily instead of a ton and hall.
Thus TO run the full capacity of the