The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-24
DATES SET ron INSTITUTE
This Years Meeting VIII BE Held ON
September 6, z, s and .

september y, 4, ana
Secretary A. ]. Yungbluth, OF the
Lake Superior Mining Institute. has
announced that the council has decid-
ed TO hold the 1915 meeting on Sep
, TENDER 8. Z, s and 3. starting on the
Gogebic range, with Ironwood as the
headquarters.
The last day OF the meeting, which
will be Labor Day, will be spent on
the Gogebic range. and several OF the
mines OF that district will be visited.
The big attraction at Ironwood will
be the second annual frst-aid meet.
with teams entered from all OF the
mining ranges OF the Lake Superior
district. This contest is now being
arranged for by the Institutes COM
mittee on the practice for the proven
vention OF accidents, OF which Chas.
Lawrence, OF Palatka, is the chairman.
The other members OF the committee
are W. III. Schacht. OF Painesdale, M.
II. Godfrey, of Virginia. p. S. Williams.
of Ramsay, and William Conibear. of
Ishpeming Ed. Higgins. engineer for
the Bureau of Mines in the Lake SUI
perior district will be the master of
ceremonies. and the judges will be Sc
lected from outside district.
The party will leave the Gogebic
range during the night on a special
train for the Guyana range. the new.
est of the Minnesota ranges, where
one day will be spent sightseeing.
This win be the Institutes first visit
to the Guyana, and will undoubtedly
be an interesting one. This range
has a number of underground and
open pit mines, but has not sent a
great deal of iron ole to lower lake
po, is thus far having started the min
ing of ore just about the time that
the big slump occurred in the iron
market. 1t was only two years ago
that the first cargo of Guyana ore
was shipped.
After spending one day on the Gu
yuma range. the special train will car
ry the members to ST. Paul. where
two days will be spent. visiting the
Minnesota State Fair. which is consid-
cred the finest state fair that is held
in this country. A trip will also be
made to the Minnesota School of
Mines, many OF the Institute members
being graduates of that institution
Some form of entertainment will be
arranged for there. but II is not known
at this time what the nature of II will
be.
The meeting will come to a close
after two days in the Minnesota cap
itol, and the members will be free to
20 home by any route which they
choose. Many OF the Marquette range
members will probably visit Duluth on
the return trip.
L. M. Hardenburgh. of Hurley. Wis.
is the president of the Institute for
this year, having been chosen at the
meeting last fall. Luther Brewer, OF
Ironwood. is the chairman OF the gem
eral arrangements committee, and 1t is
certain that he will leave nothing un
done to make the trip a successful
one. Business sessions will be held
at Ironwood and on the Guyana range.
Mr.. Yungbluth states that the Mar
quette range members will have TO
leave here at midnight on Sunday,
September 5. in order to be in time
for the first days session at Ironwood.
and that the Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic railway will offer rate of
fare and a third in Michigan. In the
other states the rate will be the regu
lar two cents per mile as no reduc-
tons can be granted.