The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-18


trv. Lone before GllG WAS discovers
IN California copper was known Ia
exist in Michigan MininE bcs.n In
| 1874 and has continued almost with
out Interruption to the prcscn, time.
The copper district extends along
/ What is known as ;he Copper range.
/ a line of rough roohy hills. which
! begin ON the shores . Lake superior
/ at the northern extremity of kcvce-
nav peninsula, ami run In south
/ westerly direction through Ike. ccna~.
/ lloushtor. Ontonagou aud 'iog,hic
counties Ia the Wisconsin Boundary of
! Northern Michigan.
But Houghton county Is by far the
most important producer OF The four
eouutics. Its $1,000 people are almost
directly dependent upon the produc-
ton of copper This I'm fact can be
ala of almost the cutirc population
of KeVeenaW aud Outonagon also.
Of course. i'm a territory Of this size
several different companies can upcr-
ate And they do the good, bad and
Indifferent The majority. however.
mr." I'm The first rank. The larcc,j. and
mpst important of these mining com
pauiCs is the Calumet and lIecla,
which OWNS and operates fifteen differ
cut properties ds follows: the Calu-
met and Hecla mines proper, in aud
about Calumet, Mich. the Tamarack
and Osceola Consolidated. the st
Louis, Centennial. Ahmcck, NloUcz,
Seneca, Gratiot, Laurium, Tronteuac
Nauitou. La Sale, Isle Ruydlc and
superior These properties extend
from the southern part OF Eewcenaw
COUNTY south along the Copper range
FOR twenty niles
Active operations Oh some of these
properties began as early ~ 1866 In
ISL the present Calumet aud ueCla
Mining company WAS formed and has
Grown until il is now the largest SIN
sic producer Of copper IN the world.
From the very first the company Wa
known To be progressive corpora.
ton that adopted the most up tod date
methods of the times. Aside from the
fact that 1t possesses the best copper
producing properties IN Michigan its
success can mostly bc attributed to
this policy Of adoptirs up-to-d date
methods
Nowadays the use of electricity by
any concern in a barometer Of thc''up- |
io.dateness" If that concern. In this !
connection we might say the Calumet
pioneer IN the use of electricity la the |
mining industry. Almost fru,n tile
beginning electricity was being used |
wherever the perfection of the use of |
this form of energy was surh as to |
warrant its adoption, always keeping
IN view. Of course. safety aud ecVno.
my
Because of the nature Of the mining |
business and the growth IL the PROP |
critics OF the Calumet and Hcrla com. |
Jiny, these properties are somewhat |
scattered. The miTcS must be located |
" here copper bearing rock is found |
he stamp mill must be- located where !
an abundlnt supply of water Is a: |
hand, enormous quantities being used |
Tor washing the crushed rock rrorl the /
r2N copper. The smeter must De To-
,dtod where shipping facilities ara /
rooG, because at the smcltcrs the raw
copper is put into shape and shipped |
10 the market
IN these two essentials the copper
country is especially fortunate. being |
surrounded on the three sides by Lake I
superior, aud divided at it's most im-
)ortsnt point by tile Portage Lakes
md Canals These afford abundant |
Il alter for the stamp milk, and excel.
ent shipping points for the smelters. /,
For good and sufficient reasons, |
hen the fifteen different properties.
he stamp mills, and tile smelters. are
scattered over q wide territory. How
10 manage and operate efficiently anl
.hese separate parts has. been prop
ON, The mon in the mines, in the /
machine shops, in the smelters. staml
Mills and along the railroad which |
pnnGcts the mines and mills. not t.
peak Of the men in the saw mills. !
water works, power stations and coal |
locks, ana even in the general Office !
hell, must he in constant touch with /
lac General manager and engineers Of |
.hc Ereat concern. II has been the |
uw ct General Manager james Mac |
NsuShtUu and Electrical Engineer
frederick y. Bosson. TO provide a sys-
.em Whereby this is possible, SO that
'ich part of the great inductrv could !
." uadc To respond at "a moments no
Ice. Here enters the telephone
ST in the office OF the manager and .
on viii say: Certainly here are the
hiottle, the brakes anu the steering;
gear or the whole machine" New
'orE started. policies discussed, or
iers given. questions settled at the
mere tinklc of the telephone bell
Gould al this be done withou; the .
telephone, one wonders. Possibly.
'ut certainly not with sucl, dispatch
what an army of messengers would !
DC needed, and how they must dash
about until one shipddcrs at tn. bed
ain and uuise' hut all this has not
been accomplished in q day. At irst
: single private telephone line an.
'Wcr"d, and Jll were satisfied AS tn,
properties grew in size and number
ne" systems were adopted, until now
he Calumet and lIccia Mining COM