The diamond drill., 1921-11-19
ORDERS RECEIVED BY sUpERINTER.
DENT MARTIN LAST SATURDAY
WILL EMPLOY 800 MEN
Will be Worked on Double Shift
Basis and Mine as Well as do
Development Work

ohpt. Alfred Martin OF the Hanna
Furnace Co. mines received instruc-
tons from Gen Mgr. Hummer last
Saturday 10 start work full force on
Dec. at both the Monongahela and
she Carpenter mines. The order means
the putting back at work OF 900 men
which, added TO those now being em-
ployed by the Mckinney Steel Co.
VIII put Crystal Falls in a pretty fair
position so far as taking care OF the
idle Is concerned
The wage scale win be the same
as that in force at the mines OF the
McKipney Steel Co. and steady en-
ployment Will be given all of the men
employed. The development work
which Is away behind at both proper
ties, Will be pushed, IL being prob
able that one shift will be devoted
entirely TO development while the
other shift (probably the day shift)
viii be devoted to both mining and
development.
The Monongahela shaft, work In
which has been carried on all sum
mer and fall, will be reary for hoist
Ing operations when the mine re-
sumes work on Dec. /.
Not Entirely Business Considerations
The resumption OF work AT these
mines Is not entirely business con-
sideration with the Hanna people.
They have mixed considerable of
humanitarian sentiment with their
business in resuming at this time and
while there Is a disposition TO criti-
else the wage scale--and all admit.
even the operators themselves, that
the wage scale is low--one must take
into consideration attendant circum-
stances. to get q full view OF the en-
tire matter. According TO be very
best information there are on lake
docks and in furnace yards at lower
lake ports, 37.0O0.0 900 tons OF iron ore.
Estimates OF the winters consumption
is 12,000,000 but suppose that one is
real liberal and puts the winters con-
sumption AT 20 100000 there Is still
17,00O000 tons left for next years
consumption so that our mining com
panies might have remained idle un-
I'll shipping season starts next spring
and then start up. thus saving much
in winter operating costs.
Thus IL can be seen that, while un-
doubtedly good business sense is
used In starting operations now, II
is not all cold business there is
much humanitarIanism mixed In and
that makes the action SO much more
acceptable.
The Carpenter and Monongahela are
now employing about 40 men. Captain
Martin expects 20 add 800 more on
the rolls. II can readily be seen that
such an addition means much TO us
al this time.
Expect Others TO Start
II Is confidently expected that other
mining companies in other parts OF
the county, especially at Alpha, will
resume operations on Dec. 1.
Caspian Is another place In the
county that Is hard hit by the contin-
ued idleness OF It's mines and II Is
likely that something will be done
there 20 relieve the distress which Is
fully as great as Is that at Crystas
Falls.
The operators which are expected
to do something are the Pickands-
Mather interests which are heavily
Interested In those two sections. II
these people start up there Will be
just as much OF the Humanitarian
sentiment in their action as there Is
with the companies operating. here.
Iron River Is not so hard hit but Il
Is suffering greatly just the same
Several OF its mines are working but
they are employing only mere hand
full compared with what they did
employ and many men are idle la our
west side neighbor as result
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