The diamond drill., December 03, 1898, Image 1

About The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996

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DIAMOND
RILL
TWELFTH- YEAR No. 46.
CRYSTAL FALLS. MICHIGAN. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3,1898.'
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
3 TERSE TOWN TOPICS.
Every article guaranteed as represented or
money refunded, Prices always right.
Stocks complete in every department at the
old reliable,
A t .'in 1 ii 1 r 11 1-v iiiiMii'li 111 b h -Ii
srrvisl on Unirnex & Jacks on, n-tt.iin-;
iiii; tin 1:1 from rnttii'- II;'- timber 11
lands in I In? IN 11 h I.aKe country, l.i h
Ikim Inh'U liietl on liy uii'j.Ih r il rt 1 1 1 tm
rtHidin in Stjun!nii!i. 'PI'." In. I i-
clainK'il l.y tin! .Mi 'iLaii L iti.l I'-i:
I'ornpiin.y, lut u ii.ihi'mt .f years it'4-)
wus taken up Ity settl-rs, wh(iljt t t.
tliotiinln r U.-ina leiimvetl. llnlnn V
Jackson are putting in tin ttmU-r fr
S)iH of .Menominc'', who m barking
thrni in this contet with tl.e - t 1 !t.
Tlic'work of cutlinu t he timber 1 1- i
ti as tlioiili iu injutieli. n hail Ihi ;i
htvm1, ami llioenil is 111 l ,vt , as t le
l.iiiMte;t(li h a re Iiiuii. to pn'u nL the
cutting of the timln r. Len.i tei .
leo. onliu brings fro;n lnn Uisei
tilinK of uiiothi-r fan l al pi ot-eenl i"ti f
Kamo l.tw violateis. 'l'he pilties aie
from lower Michigan ami hail m i iihiI
liet-riM-K but h.ol in their pn-.Mimi,
In fore t he Heaon op iictl, u iiuimIh r (
leer hen rt; some say iln r In ails 11 1 I
Home nay lit , but at any rate t I t ii line
w itnh n t nrneil t he roll heart in I at -resteil
them. Ponlin jippnin-il i:s
rouiiHi l ninl ail ise'l them to "uil" ami
Ihev "ot." hie of tin in fought at.'' an
,luan and whs vviiMialeil in the ntek.
I'ictty tou-h if a fellow that. off. re.l Lis
1if ill ilefeiiM of his count ry nin'l hive
th? privilege of hhoot in ;i h 1 liuiini;
the pel io.t of his M um i a t ion.
The impiec-shin has p'ln' ".t li.it
there is 11 boin on in tins iiw
Any peiHtai that has that ioa
H vei V nan h ilecei"(l ft I it i- to he
Iiojh el that our people w ill il private tle
Htaeail of this idea ax mm h as po -ihle.
The result of booms is to iinluc" oi1
siih is to cio-Afl ill nii'l oveulo The
various lines of business with the result
14
01 c and one-hall year old. It camo t
j my phue at Crystal Falls ininv
j two month ao, I have taken taio
of it jn.il would ik the owner to
l o.ne au I prove piopeity, pay rhaiges
, and b.l.e it aay. I PisheaU. j
j O 1 ,iioti.i!ly 11 n nno U Kkipjn d in j
j a 1 itii; th'j ity mail mid as 11 conse-i
ipi- m e :i ult-t i ilu r fails to U't his
ipipiiitthi 1'osV Oiliee. Poli't think
tl.it si. eh i.iitn!.e ale intentional.
.1 1. -I e n.i; or m nd to t his oII'k e and tho
l.oti.k-! w ill In? I iu'lleit. j
j J loii't win ry alhMit wlmt to get for
! Chris' mas presents for your fi iendi ami
Jrelitives. We have done considerable
I thinking for you and are in hhao to
i Mjppl.V any order that 11113' Ik; made.'
j Come ntid.M'e us at the. Fair, A. Lust-
rail.
j .lohu Frikoii HhipH'd t he heail of t he
11 -1 1 1 . 1 1 k 1 bii ilet r that, we hpoke of lat
wt'i k to Chicago w hen- it will lie mounted
.ad placed in the Fi Id inuseutii. lie
ree. ived lifty dohars for the HKciineii.
.b.hn Lunduien carries the banner,
so Tar as we know, lor surressful ihrr
limit 1 1 : u . Last wirk he killeil three
bui-ks Hi it weighed W hi tl dresMil , 2 1 7,
'J ! S ainiL'l!) pounds respectively.
S'e w i-h to call the attention of the
villave nut h a i I ies to the practice w hich
the bovs have of coast inn on the hide
w.dks. It hhoiild In- stopped at once
Ik hue someoin; is hurt.
W. .1 . Hi own made a biisintHS trip t
MriMuiiiiK'u I.i.l Tuesday re-turning
Thutday. The .lude figures to do il
'teat iimoimt of business at his mill in
l'..ite- this winter.
The buiiiess mi"i of this city gave a
vi ry pleasant danemtj party at the
opera house last Thursday evening.
1'iof. Hall, of Fond du Lac, furnished
I he music.
Mi-s Mable Sin, of Saiilt. Ste. Marie,
arnveilnt the home of her uncle, Hen
mit, of Maple tlrove. She will make
that the condition of the busmcf-s m-iu i ! Cr ht.il Falls her home lor n time
( (
PV GO OAS. CAOTHAfG
jsottj f-v?Yje Goods
i
hO
CAVE IN AT TH Ii DUNN.
Tliat Once Valuable Pioecrty wit! now he
Numbrrrd With the PaM.
Last. Sunday morning w ool w as brought
ito tho village that thehiift at thepunn
juiiie had ca vi d about 1 o'clock that
itnornlngniidth.it the mine was a hopi -iless
ruin. The news created u i ifiple of
4'Xcitrmi'nt , but it, had ! n expected for
iHOino time past joal, theiefore, sorrow
vhh the expression upon every tongue
instead of surprise. Sorrow I nth use
everyone knew that the news of the
ravo told of the abandonment of the
mine.
Tho Dunn w a-i i n her day the most
import mining propnty epoti thiinil
of the Menouiit'ie I iiige. It was the
largest mine in the Ciystnl I'all t district
and employed I he most men It was
lieix that eVidaiatul Srhlrsiuger got his
htait in tl e it . hi mining buiu!s vi .ok
iigo when l e took out enough from the
ore len. in one car to pay tin- pun hat-e
price of the mine and il handsome divi
dend In sides. It piodured a urade of
ore that vvns isp.ciall.y desirable for
foundry pnipi.Me. It was a i.on-llense-mer,
liijji in iron and vvns, in fact, it
Hort of a standard with the furn.iecnien
in figuring on Crystal Falls on s just as
Q-Nori ie is the standard (logebie ore.
. t) mine was win kid oir the ojmh cut
'plan it iii I w Ian in the latter part of the
right ies the h n. seemed to be giving out
. another w an mi t with that was l.uger
Unit tin first. The Punn was an excel
lent mining proposition producing im it
lidadry ore w ith containing walls that
t Htood like the locks of the pallismleH as
. the oro was mined from level to level il
ojlcpth of eeveral hunlnl feet. It is
.iloubtfullf tluie w.'is in the whole m-i-.
insula, unth r the old mining regeme, a
nnine in whieh th'- mining ch.iiges were
iHO low us they we i e at th" I'unn. The
iroyally up'ti the ore minetl from this
tprocrty w .i" forty cents per ton and
amide its owner', the Shcldeii entitle and
I.ukc Wch h i ich.
The'Yoik Iron cunpany which was
npvratilig the propel ty went to piiccs
with the rest of the SchleMnger coin
panieH in lSU:i. At the time of the
ra"h both, -haIts hail Iwrn sunk an
other lift ami the hmg di ills that were
ncc 'ssary to reach tie ore were lNing
III veil. It was w i-p i l ed at the time the
pumps wrre "pulletl" that the ore was
liOlmet with as expected. The mine le
inainctl rlosotl from the spring of 'f."J
until May, IS') 1 when it was reopened
by n company of which Colrigan, Mr
Kinney & C. rc the promoters.
J'urthi r ili ifting nhowed that the very
choicest part of the oie, that in No. I
whuftj had cut out and that the No. -
notjisgood as when The limes are hard.
There are jut about enough bu-inesK
houses heie now for the number of
people at work and none of the bu-iner-s
places an making more than a living.
Then is iu boom on lit re and I heie N
no bppoi I unity for more bur-iin ss nt
a profit.
; The lib rary -o i. ty v a:. i . o v n 1
j lart ni-h! with 'iof. l. Ilri, I'r .:
Hi. K. Voos, Vice Pres.; Ann i Koe,ir!.-
, Sec.; Mrs. Pill I Veaw.; Muieconunit tee
,(i. P.. Voos, Henrietta l-'itv-.immons and
Puby Powli'y. J!ecuat is i commit tee
Tin. Conlin, Marg net, Fauldsinid V.
V. Ssnborn. The lirt meet ing will be
next Thin sday evening The subjeet lor
debate i-: '"Pestilve that the P. S. gov-
beg it-.
dominion Im'voikI the Aue-iican conti
nent and its.nlj.iet nt .islamls." SM.ikers,
II.
1 loi i.i i ty ,
P. VoilH,
lenz was beginning t narrow. Fro tit
that, time on the Punu has had il
checkered eaner. The next winie r,
i i i...,t v
. , , , . ' . . ' , eminent is not hut i!i d in et
supposed had deserted iron iiiunni: ii M . . ...
ev er, -pi ling a surprise iiion the mi nil R
worhl by purchasing a controlling uitei
est in the Punu Mining company and th )
mine has been under his management -ever
since. An incline shaft was nunk
near the ore body and a tiausfer made
at the sixth level to obviate the tbiving
of the long rock cions cuts. A couple or
levels were atlded to the mine ftouitllis
iu-iili; shaft but the en kept, narrowing
witu the depth although there is a
piece ol ore sin i ouinhng tins shall. 1 hat,
seems to make as depth i - attained and
may Im- tin? stinting. of another hn..
The co-ds of mining were t-o inlieli, liew
evtr, that, the company was losing
money and t hiv th ti i mint d tot"Ja'oilt
the pillllls tll.lt stood upon the lippi I"
level about ti e shaft. fhl-t wolk w.im
stopped u vtar ago by an injunct ion but
it romptom ise w as made and woik I e
Miaud. From t ha t t line 1 o the day of
t he ca e t he out put t nine ii'.o-dly front
the pillais and it. was known to all that.,
t he days of t he Punu mine, as an active
producer were numlwred. There was n
one in I he mine a t t he t ima of the cave
as it was n diced that tin ( racks nlxait.
the side of the pit hack of the shall vveie
opining. It whs the falling away ollhir.
ground rally Sunday morning that
stopped operations. Tin? ground is.
caved down to the Filth l el. There
is a gangway through No. 1 hhaft and a
pal ty iiHpt ctetl the condition ofatfairs.
iintlcrgrouud Monday. The m otion of
further woik is not di tiniP ly s -tiled but
word was tt le had from Mr. SchleMiigi r
yestei day t ha I would sel.tle that, ipies
lion. What has lnu ttvi-ivul wo lire
not in posit ion to say.
Laii.i;: -Wool just nieivnl from Mr.
Schlermmer sh vh t ha t. t he h-w tons of at
icmaiuiic in the open pit will be tahtii
out nml tht n the in n him i y and tools.
of it wnti h-
. r.
'h.f.4.
w ill Im put under the aie
man.
Cor Lijlo.
A team of heavy draft horse , one
fiva nml the other i yiars old, a
th i ing hor-e ainl four In-.d ! c a 1 1 le, 'J
pair if bob sleigh, two wiuaue', me new
1 he tit Iht old , h.irnes-cs, bngL'.v, plows
and other fai tiling tools. Will also m II
or irnt my farm o! forty ncies near
Shafer mine. I'arm is all under cultiva
tion, well fenced and ha a hay-slml and
nn oichaid of KKl n'ple tnes that vary
in ages from two to nix years. All these
will In' sold cheap for cash. For pai tieu
l.irs in pjite of Casim:i: Aiiic:ili:.
allh mat ive, M.
Ilandv. Niat.iv
(onli.'K
lrrr-s were tiled in the oiliee of tie'
Pegistcr of Peids in th" eases of the
.Michigan Land and lion company , The
It-i rooolil.in ciiiMii,! ny and th" Ki l v.-e-
I M W I
i.iv a snoc la 1 1 o 1 1 i ,i. i , ii.n- .n'lo:, o.
i Hopkins and other hom-tead i s in
th western part of this county. These
JMp.TH CoVlT the timber lands whieli
Mr.-4Siispuled ami set t l. 'nent l eiei id
lietttivii tin homesteaders nml the
rjifferent companies mi nt ion. il.
A visit to the woikfleM) of Pf.nd.
W'idsl i, I ud c via Is a cotidif io! of" ad i
alieaul" that cannot If found at my
other institufJoii in the city. We n f.-r
to the great number of tl er heads,
whole lei T a nd o! her a iiim;ls that have
In-cii left with him for mounting. Mr.
Widstrand i r a expert at the hie-ii.-i
ami he t m tin out as fine it lincofwoik
as can Im had any w lu re.
Tht? Park's Mei rant ile company
uittui exhibition in th" Park's
building ns line a line of cut b i s
sleigh as cm be mi ii anywheie. fill-,
enterprising firm m e er look mg ali r
the needs of I he publi" a ud Pile is no
need of anyone bin ing fi oui a ca I a !o Me
when they can step light in and se. the
ai t icle itself. A fine ut ti. r may be ha I
foi 'J.'i.OO
The Iron Mount. tin (i.i.et te n pp a n
in ti new dress the f.ist of the wiik.
TIs' ihlishers announee tha I t hey hi k ,
it llsil sevcial pi esses, much job and
newspa ht tvH t t he olli-e and tiiil
the services of Ihnty S-'lotell. n!. n It
havclHeii secured for city woik. We
are glad to see our neighbors prosjn ? ing.
In tin report of the state bo nd of
control, ManpieTTe prison is leported
with a population of jno. The le
inuiieiti t i e industries are ral lied on
Pev. II. Tender, of I ron wood, the
Finnish mini-ter, was in the c i 1 y last
S 1 1 ii m lay com I net ing t he funeral wcrvict m
of ( i i hi it I Kaukola.
A (ai load of mineis, .I'J m iiuiiiIkt,
arrived in Crystal Falls last night from
the Mei-iibi r iiigi? for work at the Columbia.
I-'tank Piown, anot In r of t he 1'rown
ie ot hi rs, a ii i vi I in t he rit v last T hill h-
il.i.v ami v.'il remain hi ie this winter.
Mis. C. X, Henry left last Wednesday
la oieing foi a vi-it with friends and
1 1 la t p es a t. Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Mis-! May Flewi lling returned from a
vi;it vitli friends and lelativi-s in tin
lower pcimeml.i lat Wednesday.
Pobei . Muans purchased a new driver
l i d wi ek and le'nowsports a team that
I c hi .-t'-p as f i-t as an v in town.
(i.o. Poalin, agent for the Mulua
i e'(h :d Assoeiatioa of Peltoit is in the
tit v
M. 15. Met Ice was a business visitor to
1 1 e (tog. hie rangu the foil? part of the
wee!..
A. P. Stiles of the Iron Mountain
i, e w a?, im t he city last Wednesday
.l,nol' I'.aiu r will log on his land
In twee ti le -I e and A In a mi this winter.
I .laf it it logging upon tho fence
lb- w ill put in jon.ond feet of pine.
M -. iot t ami Minnie Harbour were
at Iron .Mountain Wednesday.
Mis. S. .1. Muiphy is very sick n In r
liome on 1'ift Ii st i et I .
iuvi'iitv Fuot.
. a Finnish miner nu
ll. as
iron
and
O
fell
Mat Mais,
ploved at the Columbia, fell seventy hi t
in fee te-w shaft last. Monday. Matson
was w oi king about the Fifth level put
ting in t le1 new sk ip road, lie was out
in the shaft upon a plank scaffold when
a limner that was In ing lowered slipped
fti-in its lathing breaking the scaffolding
a i,d h ei ipif a I ing t he unfoi t iiiuite man
do mi the remaining portion of the slut It.
I.u kilv tlnii' was about nix Uvl of
of w.i't hi the skip pit which served to
boa!, the effect of the fall, lie was
t a I. en I o ha mo fire in nn unconscious
cond t ion anil i ema ined so for a couple
of 'lavs. He i", nt this date, lecoveiing
audit is thou. Id that he will come
a i o mil a II i ight .
N'.:lit Schools.
A i umber of p r- ons interested in the
form it ioi of night, schools met in tin?
high r---hool room I ist Wednesday even
ing. Prof. Hill, Lev. A. A. Miiywood
anl Com-nis-iioner Conlin were prestnl
an I obi lite tl t he w ishet of tin persons
plead in ii'Miil to studies mid hours.
under the contract system, I pi -on-; I' as o, ei.a ( mi uum in ineeTings on
v'b Is being einploved in the m inufari me I Moiida v , Wednesd i and 'i iday even
of cigars, for which the state nuini IL' ;iugi end that my the elementary
t outs Jm r day for each t onv ict . j In .iiic' c, w ni be taken Up. Piof. Hill
and !! v. May wood will iiltertiitle in the
woik of in-ti net ion, Commissioner
Conlin dividing his time Uttvet'ti the
n-hool heie, at the Western, Shafer nnd
M insliill. fliesa si hools are designed,
Hot. for the pal lore of il d V H IK'i'd S t lid ,
I.o I.. ' ,. ' 1 1 II., -,, u'l.i, I I ... l:..v ....
Ui . i i r ii i . . n. iU- i hi i. 1 1 ii rc or
it value f ( .iluiiicl V Ibfla luuiiag , , . ... . ..
ttM j. j n knowledge of the l.nghsli language to
j get ftaititli'i I his (ii ,t icpiisit c il citi-
l''oi M) A idra v c.tlf : black and wltilc, 1 ren-hip.
' ': :' '. I
Tin coper mining indulry i-t ju-'
now monopoliing t he attention oflli
N-ople, how great this indu-trv is, mav
In inferred from the fact that tie- ui'n
ey rtspiired to iictpiire the Chi ago S:
Alton railroad is but about twodhiols
EVERYTHING
COMPLETE
STORE.
HONEST
PROFITS
and
HONEST
GOODS.
THE
VERDICT OF
OUR TRADE.
PARKS
MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
7
TO EAT
Just Received
SOMETHING NEW AND NICE
WHOLE SHREDDED WHEAT BISQUITS J
v
Willi now and iniporPint directions for
Kervinir.
A new line of C0F'FEE5 and
TIIAS added to our stock
We arc also in line with
Lemons,
GROCERIES
ft TT T T
an ipndg.
o
Hay,
Feed,
Oats.
ALL GOOI)S PROMPTLY DELIVERED.
Crystal Falls Provision Co.
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