The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-08-06

ild"luldCUuTlnB CcuUcl. lOS CIlicl III
dustrles being paper, pulp and lum-
Der. The city OF Huh owes it's foun-
dation to the enterprise Of one man.
His name was Philemon Wright, and
being originally a resident Of Woburn
Mass, his history is Of particular in
terest TO Americans He first visited
the site Of the present city i'm 1895,
and four years later took up his per-
manent residence there. That it was
not sentiment that actuated him may
be gathered from the fact that at the
age of sixteen he fought at Bunker
Hill against the British. On the con
trarv his venture was a purely bust
ness one. In brief he came with his
wife and family both TO build up .
lumber industry and TO create a town.
although at first he met with sturdy
opposition from the Indians, who
wanted to know by what right he
felled the timber on their lands. He
finally subdued their opposition by
informing them that he was there
by the authority of the Great Fa-
Their" and they made him a brother
chief, kissing and browning and din
ing him a part of the imitation cere-
mony.
At six O'Clock the next morning we
had arrived at North Bay, "a rather
important railway and industrial cen
ter. Here Our train was transferred
to the tracks Of the Temiskaming &
Northern Ontario Railway. This rail
road Is owned and operated by the
Province Of Ontario.
We were now travelling through a
rather wild country. and somewhat
picturesque. We arrived at Cobalt a
typical mining town at ll:30 in the
morning, and were Immediately es-
corted to the theater where we listen
ed to the usual welcoming address
and the responses, and then were
shown a moving picture film Of the
underground workings of the silver
mines, and then were taken through
the surface workings for a personal
inspection Of the stamp mills, the re-
duction works and the smelter. We
learned a considerable about the mine
ing and handling of silver ore. We
saw the ore as it was brought up from
the mine, then taken to the crusher
and crushed, and then saw it pass
through thesluice pans and then saw
the smelter where the pure silver was
was finally melted and refined and
then cast into bricks about four OF
five inches thick and about a foot or
eighteen inches long. We were per-
mitted to enter a vault at one mine
aud view about a half million dollars
worth of refined bar silver. These
mines were discovered in 1908 and
since that date, up to 1919, 303, 6l0, 1886
ounces of silver have been shipped
from this district with a total value
of 1882, 039, 972. Besides silver, large
quantities of cobalt, nickel, arsenic
and copper are taken from these mines
After inspecting the mines the party
was taken for an auto ride, visiting
some of the nearby waste hills that
had been washed off with hydraulic
pumps, to discover more minerals if
possible. The a drive to several towns
along the shores Of Lake Temiskam-
ing. which certainly was a very beau
tiful drive. We also witnessed a very
interesting canoe race, some swimming
races and several other water sports
that were quite entertaining. Be-
sides mining there isalso considerable
Of q numbering industry carried on
In this district, on the uplands we al
SD observed a quite extensive farming
district, with nice well kept farms
and all looked quite prosperous and
the growing crops were good. At New
Liskeard, We visited an ice cream
factory and were refreshed with some
Of their Ice cream, which was truly
good. We also visited the Glengary
Dairy farm, where nothing but pure
bred dairy cows were kept, and saw
them milking the COWS with milking
machines in q very sanitary dairy
barn. This was the most pretentious
dairy farm we saw on our trip this
year. The towns along the lake were
connected up with an electric railway
that furnishes very good service. In
the evening we were taken on a three
hour moonlight boat ride on Lake
Transforming.
The next morning we spent at the
town of Timmins, where we were a.
gain shown a film of mining opera.
lions, and were then taken to a quite
extensive gold mine, where we saw
them mining gold,-that is, those who
ventured to enter the underground
workings, saw the miners mining the
ore and we were also shown the sur
face workings. which were very simi-
lar to the workings wa had seen the
day before at Cobalt, but instead of
getting silver they were getting gold
at these mines. Gold Is now SO CHEAP
that the mining DeODle are WORKING