The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-07-04
WILL BUILD TWO
MORE FURNACES
S5RRIGaN, MCKINNEY co. WILL ADD
TO SMELLING CAPACITY
CONCRETE WESTERN SHAFT
That Portion Between Ledge and
Surface Win Be Improved and
New Shaft House Erected

Announcement was made from Cleve-
land last week that Corrigan, McKin-
ney * Co. had contracted for plates
for two more blast furnaces 10 provide
pig iron capacity for their steel mills
The announcement caused some sur
prise, even among iron men, as the
Cleveland firm have been investing in
furnace capacity heavily during the
past few years.
The policy of the Corrigan McKin-
ney people seems to be to get into the
manufacturing game and thus get the
profit out OF the ores which 1t owns
and mines instead Of letting some
other manufacturer get them. Ii is a
we'll known fact that the ora miners
are getting the small end of the profits
and as all manufacturing is based on
the ore, the miners think that they
ought 10 get more Of the profit that is
known TO result from the manufsctur.
cd product
MADE LONG TERM CONTRACT
A couple of weeks ago tho Corrigan-
Mckinney company surprised the iron
world by making long term con-
tract TO supply contemplated steel
plant ia Ohio that will take consider
able furnace capacity. In addition,
the plant which the company is erec-
ting in Cleveland is expected to be in
operation by the middle of next sum
mer and with its basin furnaces the
manufacturing capacity Of the com.
pany will be sufficient TO care for all
of the ore produced by the Corrigan-
Mckinney mines.
The projects Of the Corrigan- MoKin-
pey people are distinctively OF interest
10 Crystal Falls people for the reason
that the concern has large reserve OF
ores In this city that have peculiar
tiles which put them at a disadvan-
tage In the open market especially In
times like the present when ore prices
are away down 10 rock bottom buyers
are paying starvation prices for the
best Of the ores The placing of the
Corrigan- Mckinney company in the
manufacturing column means that the
ores from It's own mines will be used
ard the idle properties of the company
will be kept working. IN this county
the company owns the Great Western,
Tobin and tienesee mines, all idle and
have half interest In the big Col.
umbia property which will certainly
develop into big property when tho
owners get ready 70 do something
with it
THE GREAT WESTERN
Some improvements will be made at
this property getting ready for the
time when it VIII again be placed
upon the operating list The present
shaft house will be rszed and the shaft
concreted from the surface 20 the
ledge, a new shaft house will be built
and second shaft for the crusher.
The present shaft house is too rotten
TO sustain the weight OF the crusher
and sustain hoistinR work. The shaft
is Of the old type with a crusher con-
tanned In the shaft structure itself
This arrangement will be changed in
the new structure so that the shaft
house will contain only the hoisting
works, the crusher being placed on the
ground witsya separate hoisting struc-
tuse alsre u similar TO the Tobin.
The lpper section of the Great West
rn shaft extends through quicksand
Tor distance of about eighty feet.
This condition makes the upper works
a.treacherous affair with the open pit
so close 90 It, In order TO preserve
the shaft il has been necessary TO keep
[xhe hydraulic pump working all OF
these years that the mine has been idle.
The timber have rotted and. in short,
the upper portion of the shaft is not
safe as IL now exists. This condition
will be remedied by the concreting OF
the shaft from the ledge 10 surface,
making that part Of the shaft perfectly
safe and impervious 10 water
The work will be commenced at once
and carrid on through ont the summer.
When the concreting is completed the
work will be suspended. according to
present program, until there is a
liability at the mine being re.opened
when the ehaft house structure viii be
built.
The improvements at the Great
Western mean that the company has