The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-13
LOOK 70 R GOOD
YEAR IN ORE
MINING COMPANIES BEGIN TO
THINK THEIR TIME IS COMING
cORRIcAN co. SELLS BOATS
Blower Stopped at Western Mine
For First Time in Ten Years.
Men Being Changed About

/ There is feeling among the iron
ore miners that there is something
coming their way soon and their rea-
son for thinking so is that the finish
ed product men ale talking so buoy
antly.
AS an additional reason II is point
ed out that the Steel corporation is
increasing its output right along and
that about go per cent OF IT'S capacity
is now engaged. This is one feature
that is mighty important in showing
the trend of business.
The entire equipment of the steel
corporation is never occupied at one
and the same time as there is GER
tain amount of Iepair work to be
done right along that keeps about 10
per cent Of Il out Of commission all OF
the time. So. when It is stated that GO
per cent Is in commission II means
that the corporation is employing
over two-thirds that of normal times.
The heads OF the steel corporation
and other large manufacturers arc
talking optimistically right along
and are doing their best to keep the
spirits of the public up to the normal
pitch. Mr.. Farrell announced during
the week that construction work will
be resumed by the corporation and
that means a great deal.
In the Local Field
The principal item i'm the local
field is the putting to work of more
men at the different properties, such
as the Bristol and Dunn. The addi-
ton of men at those properties means
a general shifting about as many OF
the Bristol men were at work in the
Ravenna and at the Carpenter. When
the Bristol resumed the other mines
had to put on a large number OF new
men because of the men leaving their
employ.
Woods work suffered greatly be,
cause of the resumption at the mines.
some of the jobbers losing all or al
most all of their crew.
There is much anxiety as to the
course the Corrigan-McKnney peo-
pie will pursue IN regard to the To
bin Supt. Richards went to cleve-
land during the week and his return
is anxiously awaited Those CONVEX
cant mill, condition. hcu,n.,n,. hotto,t.
that the Tobin will not be started up
soon.
COrrigan-Mckinney Sells Boats
What is regarded as one OF the |
largest deals in the lake trade re-
Gently was consummated in cleve-
land, last week, when the Pioneer
Steamship Co. took over four steel
vessels OF the Con rigan- Mckinney |
Co. The boats are the Price McKin-
ney, Amazon, Australia and Poly
nesia. and brought 100000 The sale
will put the Corrigan- Mckinney Co.
out of the vessel business and will
give the Pioneer Steamship Co. a
total of IA steamers.
The understanding is that the four
boats viii continue to carry the
output OF the Corrigan- Mckinney
mines, which are the largest OF the
independent ore shippers in the Lake
Superior district The firm has op.
Grated a fleet OF vessels in the ore
and coal trade for 25 years, but
hereafter all ore II sends down the
lakes will be carried by outside boats
While the boats were commonly
known as Corrigan-M Mckinney boats
and the trade reports class them as
such Il Is understood that they never
really were hrm boats but were own
ed by some OF the firm and engaged In
hauling the firms ore. II is also
claimed that the firm purchasing the /
boats Is owned largely by corrigan-
Mckinney interests.
AZ the Great Western :
The blower" which has been doing I
luty AZ the Great Western mine all {
he years the mine has been idle was
slosed the past week, the concretipg
'f the shaft having so changed condl-
ions that this move was allowed. The
blower was kept at work TO take care
u the surface water and prevent Il {
rom washing away the shaft al the b
'oint whore the ledge Is encountered u
The water in The pIi has been kept
'elow that point an 81 the time bus n
When the interior OF the shaft was &