The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-15
1881 SAFETY
HON0RS GIVEN
Mines Receive Certificates in
Holmes Safety Association
Awards.

Certificates of Honor for outstanding
safety records during 1881 have been
awarded to several mining companies
and underground mines in the Lake
Superior district according to the an
nual report of the Joseph A. Holmes
Safety Association received by the Du-
luth Office of the United States Bureau
of Mines, of which Mr. F. S. Crawford
is District Engineer.
Certificates of Honor were given in
the following instances:
The Armour No. underground mine
of the Inland Steel Company, Crosby,
Mimi, for having worked from Sept.
single fatality. During this time
there were 3,O4O9O0 man-hours of
work
1.-The Greenwood underground iron
mine of the Inland Steel Co., Ishpem-
ing, Mich, for sinking it's shaft for a
depth of 1,031 feet without single
fatality and with but accidents with
total loss of time of but 95 days. The
entire job involved man hours Of
10000.
The Vinegar Hill Zinc Co., Platte
vile, Wis, for operating underground
zinc mines in southwest Wisconsin with
steadily reducing lost time accident
record since 1927 The number of days
lost in accidents decreased from 1894
in 1927 to 327 in 1881 and in 1881 the
company had its best accident record
in 20 or more years of operation in this
field.
1.-The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., Ish-
peming, Mich, for operation of six
mines more than year without
lost-time accident. At other mines OPP
Grated by the company remarkably low
accident records were achieved.
"Pickands, Mather and Co., Cleve-
land, Ohio, for operating % to 81 iron
ore mines in the Lake Superior region,
employing approximately 5000 men
with a remarkable record of no-disa-
bility months. This good record in
cludes the period 1927 to 1880, in
elusive In 1881 its mines averaged
nearly 10 months each of no lost time
accidents. Special commentator is
given the James Iron Mine, Mineral
Hills, Mich, for operating from Nov.
9, 1929, to May 80, 1881, without lost
time accident and the Newport iron
mine, Ironwood, Mich, which worked
from Aug. 20, 1927, to December 81,
1881, without fatal accident.
1.-The M. A. Hanna Co., Duluth,
Mimi, for operating 10 mines during
1881 with no fatalities, but 10 COM
pensable accidents and but 81 lost
time accidents.
Montreal No. 5 shaft underground
department of the Montreal Mining
Co., Montreal, Wis, for operating 583
days without a fatal or lost time ac-
cident. An average of 1886 man hours
of work was performed daily and total
exposure was 487, 224 man-hours.
Republic Steel Corporation, Duluth,
Mimi, for its remarkable reduction in
accidents and safety record in the
operation of four iron mines in the
Lake Superior district. There were
but four lost-time accidents in 1881, but
one being serious.
Champion No. l shaft, Copper
Range Co., Painesdale, Mich, for opera
ting from January 2, 1881, to January
2, 1882, without lost-time accident, an
average of 100 men being employed, a
total of 24,947 man shifts.
Frank j. Smith, general superinten-
dent of Menomonee Range mining OPP
erations of Oglebay, Norton Co., was
awarded certificate of honor in re-
cognition of the excellent safety record
of the Bristol mine, Crystal Falls,
Mich, and the Berkshire mine, SIAM
baugh, Mich, operated under his di-
rection both of which have won two or
more safety certificates or trophies"