The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-01
Brokers' Gossip
Giroux Will Be Shipper.

Work at the GirOuX mine will b,
conductcd in future with the idea OF
putting the mine on a shipping basis
just as quickly as possible, while de-
Nclopment work on the deeper levels
Is in progress said Joseph -. Cotton
OF Duluth, vice president and general
counsel of the company, who has re-
turned from Ely, New, where he in
spected the mine, in company with
Thomas H. Cole, the president of the
company, and J. A. Snedaker the con-
suting engineer OF Denver. Mr.. Cole
did not return with Mr. Cotton. but
is expected back in two or three days
"Thc shaft of the mine is fully re-
paired down to the water" said Nh
| Cotton this morning. THE water is
now about ninety feet above the l..
! 2O0-foot level The balers were in
stalled Saturday and should be at work
now. and the water should bc down TO
the 1,2OO-foot level in very few days
The big pumps can then be started.
and the mine cleared.
1T is evident now that the fire was
confined chiefly to the 1.OOO-foot level
and not on the 1900 as was at first
believed. Whether there was any fire
ON tho 1,200-foot level or not. we viii
know when the balcrs complete their
work. The shaft is all repaired down
to the water
From now on there will be great |
activity at the mine II will be placed |
cn paying, operating basis just as
rapidly as possible. 1t will be within
few months at the latest. and per
haps much sooner than that. ore suf-
fciont 20 last for many years. shipping
1T the rate Of 1000 TO 1.5OO tons
day, has been blocked out. 1t is the
intention to continue the development
work, but meanwhile make the mine a
shipper"
Mr.. Cotton also brought back with
him an official statement from Mr..
Cole regarding the mine, which was
made public at Ely, and which is as
follows:
"rhe plans for immediate develop
mont and equipment include a con-
contractor Of 1000 tons capacity daily
the building of a railroad from the .
Bunker Hill to connect with the mill ]
the equipment of the Bunker Hill {
shaft and the stripping of the sulphide {
zone where it crops near the surface. {
"Plans are already being drawn TO {
increase the capacity of the present {
TO 1000 tons capacity. II lC
q Ia. oil 4
he new plant will have been worked i
,ut within thirty days from the pres i
mt time, when actual construction c
Will be commenced. In the meantime c
he old plant will be ovcrhauled where c
necessary and put in shape for oper- !
ltion, but viii not be started until I
lfter the now section has been COM L
,leted, It being the opinion of the Il
management that the enth plant can Il
De operated relatively much cheaper X
han one section only. Il
THE work Of connecting the Bunker l.
Iill shaft by railroad with the con- L
entrator will be commenced within n y
CIV day and will be rushed rapidly y
O completion, as it is desired TO have n
he road in operation before the severe n
winter weather sets I'm. The road will n
% about a mile and a half in length, n
nd will parallel the line Of the Neva- y
la Northen railroad from the shaft n
o the crest of the divide between Kim n
,crly and the Veteran mine, from O
which point it viii be DETECTED to the O
O
"Tha work Of rctimbcring the Nor O
is No. shaft is already in progress, p
nj viii be rushed rapidly as It will @
e made the main working shaft, from r
which ores win be drawn for the mill s
upply The shaft has three compart- :
lonts and is sunk i'm solid lime. It :
s. "a depth Of about 500 feet at tho :
resent time, and is connected by II
riffs with other shafts along the sui V
hide zone. II will be equipped with W
lc first motion hosting plant now in "
AZ the Giroux shaft, which "
.ul soon give place TO the new and
lrgcr engines now I'm commission
here The foundation for the engine
nd the new engine house for the Nor
Is win bc under construction within
fow days
"Two churn drills viii be put in y
.orll Immediately in the demonstra y
ION Of the extensions Of ore bodies. q
me win be in operation 10 the south a
nd west Of the Liberty pit Of the Ne ,
ada Consolidated. which is now re- ,
loving ovcrburdon from Giroux i
round in order TO open up its orc !
o6les in it's own territory" {
Goldfsld Consolidated. G