The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-08-07
RAvENNA Mine
TO RESUME WORK
WILL C0NFINE ATTENTION TO NEW
lEHsE TO THE NORTH
TO BUILD TEN NEW HOUSES
First Of a Lot to be Constructed on
the MonongaheIa Location--Iron
Men Feeling Good

The visit OF Jas. ID. Ireland, and
number Of the members OF the NJ. A,
Hanna Company to Crystal Falls
brought good tidings in its wake. the
Maid tidings being that the Ravenna
mine will resume work with about 40
men 10 develop the north lense, found
shortly before the mine closed last
winter.
The work will be In the nature OF
exploration and development and
will have q great deal 10 do with the
future OF the property. The ore that
is opened up in development work will
be loaded into cars and shipped, the
sales OF the company being extensive
enough 10 provide for all OF that ore
that can be taken out this fall.
In addition to ordering resump-
ton OF work the orders were given
out for the erection OF ten new houses
on the Monongahela location. the
first OF lot OF new houses designed
20 serve the Carpenter, Monongahela
and Ravenna mines. The location will
be on the north forty OF the Mononga-
heia property, close to the new school.
IL is the sport originally set upon for
location purposes and the logical
place for housing the employees OF the
company.
Those acquainted with conditions
at the Carpenter were surprised when
the contract was let for the houses at
that Location for they are built in an
out-of-the-way place and one that is
really needed for operation purposes.
Besides the houses are hid by the
big hill and In hot weather the location
is very uncomfortable
Supt. Martin informs us that the
ten houses TO be built on the present
that will eventually cover the location
) at the Monongahela.
The new water line TO the school
viii be continued to the houses and
the power line to the Ravenna passes
along the line of the property so that
the new houses will have water ami
electric lights, conveniences that are
greatly needed
All Ore To Go
We learn further that every pound
of ore in stock at the Carpenter and
the Ravenna mines will be sent for
ward this season. Mr. Hanna says that
II may be late in the fall before il Is
all cleaned up but that II surely is
going so that question is settled.
The Carpenter will produce all the
ore that can possibly be got out OF
the Sine this year and that means
heavy work next winters for the men
employed at the property.
The shipping OF the Ravenna ore
means that that property will have
plenty OF stocking ground and that Il,
too, will be operated throughout the
winter months
The hiring OF men was commenced
last wednesday and in short time
enough men were secured to starr
operations, The Ravenna had been
kept free OF water all summer so that
u didn't take long to start sending ore
to surface.
Iron Business Better
= Operations showed general increas
e. s'nd hundreds OF additional mer
were taken on at the various steel ant
iron plants throughout the countr,
during the last week.
One Of the features OF the trade /,
said 70 be the continued improvement
In structural steel demand. The cal
FOR high grade steel Is reported 10 b,
extraordinary and consumers are ex
peNencing difficulty In securing con
venient deliveries Pig iron trade /
more active with buying in larger pro
portions
Merchant furnace operators In IN
shenango valley are confident thu
with the steady Improvement in IN
pig iron market and the probability o
an. upward movement In prices. mos
ofthe Idle stacks will be In operation
during the last quarter OF the wear
f Plants Of the Republic Iron & stae
company are In full operation. and
Is estimated that the company is no,
earnibs more than 10 per cent on Il
common stock.
Demand for lathes and other ma
chine tools for export and for the US
fContlnned on Pare Al