The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-25
DOLLAR ROCK"
ALMOST HERE
Cost of Handling Copper Rock Be.
ing Gradually Decreased

How the head has been made
save the hand has been shown to goo
advantage i'm the mining industry, No
long ago. all drilling in mines VA
by hand with hammer. The air drill
came and cut costs IN two. a teN
years ago lighter type of drill
one-mau drill was introduced, am
drilling costs were again sliced, SOM
years ago few seers of the copper
mining industry began TO have visions
OF dollar rock'-rock broken, hoisted
and ON board cars at one dollar d
ton. The recently published report
uu the Copper Industry in Michigan
compiled by r. +. Hore of the Michi-
Gan College of Mines tor the state
Geological Survey, shows THAT one
mine is breaking. hoisting, hauling
and stamping copper rock at Ia a
ton. that five mines are doing all this
under Sl5O a ton. Whereas I'm 1908
there were eight mines with costs
over $500. today there are but three.
Ouc mine has reduced its costs by
Sogi i'm four Years, others by $o.3S,
SU31. and 5000. Every dollar saved
In handling rock makes a mine So
much the richer increases by So much
the resources, the taxable property
of the state. There have been similar
reductions i'm cost in the milling OF
copper The best talent of the mining
engineering profession is today be-
ing devoted to reducing costs. The
men sent out from the mining schools,
notably in copper mining from the
Michigan College of Mines, have be-
come efficiency engineers" and the
share they have had i'm reducing costs
is fully recognized in the profession
NJ c. NJ. Students at Marquette.
Conservation realized as To every de-
TAIL ID utilization of by-products, as
complete as in mcat-packing estab-
ushment-this is what the Metallurgy
class of the Michigan College OF Mines
had chance to study last Saturday
at the blast furnace and by-products
plant OF the Pioneer Iron company at
Marquette, Michigan.
The company has it's own mines
aud it's own forests From these it
makes the charcoal iron of the trade
which n used i'm car wheels and sells
at premium of 50 ton. Incidentally
ju The making OF cordvood into char
coal for it's blast furnace, In the blast
ing and other operations. it produces
accuc acid, alcohol chloortorm and
even kidney pills. The smoke and
gases from the charcoal kins, the
heated gases from the blast furnace,
are all put To use. Some of the pro-
ccsscs are kept secret. because work
cd out at great cost by their expert
chemists. 80 great is the economy at
tanned that it has been said that the
plant could bo operated AT profit
Gwen # It's iron did not sell FOR as
much as IT'S cost of production,
This "trip t1 the Marquette Smclter
is ana annual even, Tor the classes in
mcmlurg,. The mon went down ou
Friday evening and returned Suuda'
morning. thus having FUN day at the
plant. and d chance 10 see both the
forenoon and Afternoon castings
N. c. M. Winter Courses.
The general course u the priuri
uIre OF mining at tr, Michigan College
u0 Mines docs NOT start until tho win
i.r torn The features of this course
arr Professor Sporrs lectures ON tho
various phases OF mining prospecting
diamond trHurl HrraE.ug ground. 2
lol.tu.. .,uraIuu.ud the Samr-
Ga. trips go tHr copper mines of Tho
district The men -rr uu boo tilc morn
.u. boo Jm, ta cate. 30 slA o'clock c.,r.
and got tu rhe mines u time to go
.owu .Itu tine day shift They spend
fHs whole forenoon underground. tho
mining captains leading them to tH.
newest and deepest parts Of tho mines. .
-Four Thousand feet underground DIS ar
experience not yourUsafcd to oyeu
mining student u tbc c"untrg
Tho mining department of Tho ruI- !
I,e, starts four other ucN rugrso-
um u,.amtor term Mine suvDtua
mining engineering, mime ventilation !
mine management and accounts. Sew
COURSES .re starting In all ot the other
departments. The winter term begins
after .ho holiday. oH January 1th.
Many new students enter at this time
every year
First Aid to Injured"
Mr. O. vs. Spwks new physical di-
rector of tho Michigan COLLEGE of
Mines. offers for tho winter term %
course .u First Aid To the Injured.
Tho course viii cmbody somewhat the
usual features Of such "a course, but
will consider especially accidents anD
injuries boo mines, stamp mills and
smoltcrs tho transporting of a man in
iured 10 mine mine hospitals mine
rescue mine hygiene and poisonings
in the mining industry
The winter term begins after the
Iolidays January 9Th Now courses
begin iu am the departments, especial
ly iu Tho Department OF Mining En-
giuccriue Many new students always
enter 1t this time