The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-09-22

/ the ledge was reached and about the time tina
the mechanical force was ready with steam tn
work commenced in the rock.
The work of sinking at the odgers commence
on the 18th day OF November, 1915. and on the Is
day OF April. 1916, the first level drift wa'
run of. The hoisting OF commenced OF
the Srd day " May. and at the close OF shipping
season the odgers was accredited with Safe
! tons OF ore.
The Odgers shaft is one OF four compartments
! two skips for the handling OF ore and a ladder
way. 1t measures 22x65 feet inside of timbers
and the first level was run OFF at a depth OF 15t
feet from the grass roots.
The Mine Building Program.
One OF the very first questions that Capt. Rich
ards had to decide was the matter OF mine build
ings, their location and number and kind of con
struction. II was at a time when material wa
hard to get and the fact that ore was wanted
from the property that year necessitated haste
an item that had to be taken into consideration
The list and size Of buildings finally decided upon
was: An engine house, 9Gx3s, boiler house 5OS
4O captains office, 21x1S barn 1Sx46, shops 24x50
warehouse and office 22x22, dry house, the main
part OF which is 23x96 with ell 22x56, garage
1Sx30 and oil house 12x12. The offices, barn
garage and oil house are ranged along the east
and west township road that connects with Forest
avenue and are easy of access. Back OF the
warehouse and barns is the mine yard which Is
fenced In and kept strictly clean orderly.
The construction is of wood with iron-clad COW
erng and all Of them are painted and kept up by
frequent inspections.
The shaft house Is OF wood construction west
ern fir timber being used exclusively in its make
IL The crusher house is OF the same construc.
al
The buildings were started as the
plans were approved, the Corrigan- McKinney
crew OF carpenters doing the work and on Oct
%, 1916 the last spike driven, and the car
penter crew turned It's attention to other work.
The shaft house and crusher house construction
work progressed remarkably well considering the
distance from which the material had to be Sc
cured Work wen, along at the same time
the temporary structures being employed 10 allow
Of ore being hoisted so that there was no delay
Of any kind because OF construction work being
carried on at the mine
Machinery Program IiasteRed.
The matter Of machinery more difficult
one to solve. AS stated, the equipping OF the Cd
gers mine was carried on at time when the bus
mess OF the nation turning its attention few
ershly to the matter Of producing munitions and
livery of mining machinery was therefore inter
fcred with. Captain Richards carefully laid out
his program and then invited the machinery men
to figure the stuff.
The requisition called for two 72xls horizontal
boilers each rated at 150 h. p these boilers TO be
used for heating purposes and emergency work
| work
main hoisting plant with n capacity for 2,oOC
NJ ~ I fact mar mil
ute. A cage hoist with capacity of 1000 feet OF
cable and a speed OF 500 feet per minute.
compressor with capacity OF 200 feet OF all
per minute. crusher No. s and full line Of
cable and OF electric motors for underground
Motors for power purposes OF 1900 volt {,
| drive the hosts. and compressor.
In very short time the manufacturers hat
figures in and orders were placed for every item
! that was necessary to equip the mine with a.
/ speedy delivery arranged for was possible I,
| obtain
Foundations and Settings.
Al soon as the selections werc made and tn,
! mechanics knew what the measurements were
work was started upon the foundations for th'
buildings and the settings for the machinery an,
most cf thom were ready when the machinery ar
| rived
In the meantime the temporary plant was doin'
\ duty 20 that the work OF developing undcrgroun,
was not interfered with in any way and when th
new pieces Of equipment were ready for use the,
we're connected W and one plant merged int
tho other so well that the transition no
noticed and before realized what big tasl
II was the odgers mine was fully equipped and a
work.
The Steam Generating Plant.
The two boilers set in an enca5ed Toma
hawk steel setting. The plant is very compac
and as It Is used only for emergency and heatn
purposes, the strain upon II is not great. II {
rugged up for efficient and economical an
ev ry appliance is provided TO care for the plan
with little extra work as possible
The coal lzdock, which is remarkably small 70
a mining property when compared with what sue
docks where steam power plants used is clos
by and arranged that an economical handlin