Vol. 4, No.4.
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What C. IJP H. Folks Are DoinglJ
A. E. PETERMANN GOES TO WASHINGTON
TO MEET WITH MICHIGAN CONGRESSMEN
LOCAL MINES CANNOT
PRODUCE COPPER AT 12c
Albe rt E . Peterman n. member of
the board of directors of the Calu­
met and Hecla GonscHdated Copper
Company appeared before a meeting
of the Michigan Congressmen in
W as hington recently to plead the
case of copper, in an effort to have
th e gove rnment continue the present
price subsidy on copper. He pointed
out th e fact that the Michigan cop­
per produce r s will have to suspend
unless th e Premium Price Plan 15
co ntinu ~ d or th e OPA price ceilings
be lift ed to permit the mln'e s to se­
cure a more r easonable price for
their produ ct.
All Michigan congressmen evidenc­
ed dee p interest in th e prob lem of
produ cing copper in the Lake Superi­
or dist rict and went t.horoughly into
the subj ect wi t h Director Pe te rmann.
Some of th e fa cts he outlined to them
at the m eeti n g were as follow s :
About half of the copper mining
indus t ry in t h e United States cannot
produ ce at t he prese nt ceiling price
of co pper , which is 1 2 cents p er
pou n d . No n e of the indu stry in Mich­
iga n can o per ate at that price level.
Th e Pre mium Pri ce Pla n, which has
provided a d ditional paym ents for
hi gh e r cos t produ cer s , a n d has per­
mitt ed th ei r continued op eration,
will end on Jun e 30, 1946. If OPA's
existe n ce is not continued a fter that
da t e it is expect ed that economic
conditio ns will fo r ce cop per pri ces t o
r ise to at lea s t 1 5 cents p er pound.
To perm it this increase , t wo things
a re n ec essary. Immediate passage o f
t h e so-ca ll ed St ockpiling Bill, which
will r e move f rom the mal"ket, and
store for use in a future eme rgency,
the immense surplus of copper now
owned by t h e Gove rnment, is impera­
tiy e. It is eq ually vital that the tariff
on co ppe r remain at 4 cents per
pound a'nd not be reduced by the
Presid e n t und e r the power gi ven him
by th e R eciprocal Trade Treaty Act.
T h ere is a distinct possib!l!ty that
OP A w ill be continued a ft e r June 30 ,
1946 . In t h a t case , an adequate in­
cr ease in t h e ceil ing price of copper
wo uld be d ifficult to obtain because
of th e wide d ilIer e nces in production
costs betw ee n va ri ous producers, and
t he well-know n antipathy of OP A
and th e Ad mi nistration t o co rporate
profits. To k ee p higher cost produ c­
e rs in opera tion the Pre mium Price
Pla n must be extend.ed after June 30,
1946, if OP A is continued.
H o we \'er , co n tinuance of th e Pre­
miu m Price Plan will no t permit cer­
ta in m ines to remain open. Those
mines which had costs ab ove 17 It pel'
pound operated und er s peCial Gov­
e r nme nt contracts during the war.
These contracts have been cancelled
and some of these operations have
already stopped. In most cases this
xr.eans permanent abandonment ot
ore
bodies
having
substantial
amounts of ore developed and r ea dy
to produc.e. An exte nded shutdown
will cause deterioration, whlch will
make it Impossible to r ecover this ore
in a n y fu ture emergency.
In the interest of the long-term
National welfare the copper in th e
developed g round in such mines
should be extracted before abandon ­
ment. Otherwise an irreplac.eabl e
National resourc e will be lost forev­
er. Gove r nme nta l purcha se of such
copper und e r supervision of a ll a ge n­
cy such a s the Burea u of Mi nes see ms
the only possible m ethod of a voiding
t h is loss. A plan broa d enough to in­
clude all producers of crit ical me tals
must be developed a nd placed in op­
eration by the Governm ent wit hou t
further delay.
\\"OLV J.;RI NE TUB E IS
WI NNER O}1'
CIT.~TIO N
The Committee of Awa rd for Che m··
iea l Eng ineerin g presen t ed citatio n s
to a fe w indust rial fi rms and univer­
s iti es a t a banq u et a t th e W a ldo r f­
Astoria, New York, on F eb r ua r y 26.
Th e prese ntations we r e mad e to those
ins tit u ti ons which had a pa r t in th e
r esearc h a n d produ ction of th e atom ­
ic bomb.
Ca lum e t a nd H ecla 's Wo lve ri ne
Tube Div ision played a di rec t pa r t in
th e a to m ic bom b proj ect, a nd a s a r e­
s ult, Mr. E . R. Lovell , President, wa s
in vited t o atte nd th e cere moni es an d
r eceive th e cita tion for Ca lum et a nd
Hecla.
Co ngr a tula tions a r e ext e nded t o
W olve rin e Tube fo r th·e s plendid job
they perfor med. \Vhll e deta!ls of
their part in the project are not a vail­
able, it is known that their work was
ve ry importa nt.
The Calumet Division, althou g h
n ot directly concerned, did its part.
lJ y furnishin g Wolverine with th e
necessary copper for r esearch and
rJroduction.
COPPER STORY RECORDED Th e Atory of cop p e r was r el!ord ed
fo r r a dio t r a nscription, by t echn icia ns
of t h e Michiga n Con!!e rvation Com­
m ission at th e Tamarack R eclama­
ti on pla nt las t Th urs day. Mor t Neff
and Bob McLa ughlin of th e depa rt­
me n t' s edu ca ti ona l division, se t up
t h e wire-r ecord er and m ad e th e r e­
cordings.
A disc ussion of copp er and th e r e­
clam a t ion process , lJy Pres ident E. R.
Love ll, ope n ed the re cordin g program
a ft e r whi ch th e pla nt a nd eq uipment.
we r e desc ri\}ed and s eve ral of th,'
l:1. e n e mp lo yed !n th e p lant we r e in ­
t <; r vie wed by th e visitors.
Th e r ecords w!ll be used in t h0.
Conse r va t ion Depart me nt 's w ee k ly
lJ roa d ca sts which are h ea rd over a
I:et work o f n in eteen s ta tio ns in Mic h·
i!;a n . Picl urt's ta k en d ur in g t h e
hr oa d east will Le s hown In th e n exl
i f. ~ Ll e o f th e Ne ws-Yl e ws.
February, 1946
SETS PRECEDENT IN
RESORT PLANNING
T h e r ece nt a n n o u n ce m ent th a t C.
& H . would soon off e r its va st acre­
a ge of r esort lan ds to leasi n g, has
me t w it h e n t hu s ia s ti c ap proval in t h e
no rth e r n pe ninsu la . The company is
th e firs t of th e large land-owner cor­
pora tions to e nter this fi eld and it is
fe lt th a t th e an nounce m e n t will lead
to simil a r aclion on the part of othe r
o rga nization s.
In co mm e nting on th e announce­
me nt, Geor ge E. Bishop, secretary 01'
th e Upp er Peninsula Development
Burea u, stated at th e annual meeting
of the ' "aca tio nis ts' Lea gue in Calu­
met r ece ntly, "The a nnouncement
t hat Ca lume t and H ecla Consolidated
Cop pe r Compa ny wi ll lease its vast
holding s of r eso rt lan ds, Is th e big­
gest news in th e tou rist and r e sort
business in ma n y years. Thousand~
of a cr es of most desir a ble summer
co u ntry w!ll be open ed to peopl e who
m ee t t h e r equi r e m e n ts of the leasing
plan. "
Bish o p's r e m a rks follow ed an ad­
dr ess by A. E . P et ermann , memb e r
of th e Boar d of Directors of C. & H .,
wh o expla in ed th e compan y 's plan to
ope n th e l o n ~ s tre tch es of sh or eline
pro pert y t o leas in g . \Vell-planned
I'eg u la t ions will gove r n t h e leas in g of
t hese la nds , a ss u r in g t he dis t r ict of
stt'a d y a nd des ir abl e r eso r t e rs to
populat e the r esort a r eas .
J ac l( Wi ll iams , t r a ffi c manage r of
Grey h o n nd I nco rp ora te d s pok e on
t h e pr ogra m , pointi ng to a b ri gh t fu­
t ur e fo r th e t ou rist busi n ess in t h e
Co ppe r Countr y.
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John Handber g , of t h e Ce ntr al Office lan d de partm ent, is 8hown a bove 011
t.h e ri gh t , as h e e nj oys t ea in a Buddhi st T e m pl e , with F eydor Sch e rbaicov , a
Ru ssian officer, and Huehka K yung, a priest of th e t e mple. The t hree m a na g­
ed to con verse by means of s om e Fren ch words a n d t h e sig n la n g uage .
John r eceives th e Ne ws- Vie ws r eg ul a r ly a nd look s forward to each issu e
fo r th e news from home about th e C. & H . fa m!ly. He is a lie utena nt in th e
United Stat es Army a nd is st ationed in Seo ul, Kor ea. In a lett e r t o Irvin g
Sincock, h e told of his €,<periences durin g the Korean rioting, when natives
violentl y protes t e rl th e proposed fi ve year t ruRt eeshi p plan fol' Kor ea .
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HIRED BY CO;.\lPA Nir
Hi ri ng in th e u n de r g ro u nd de pa rt­
men t s incr eased durin g F e bruar y,
and mi n e produ ction sh o uld s how an
inc r eas e a s soon as th e n e w m e n are
ins t r u cte d in t h eir work.
T he large r numbe r of men hi r ed
th is mon th is du e to th e program o t'
coope r a ti on b et wee n Calumet and
H ecla a nd the United St a t es E mploy­
m ent Se rvice in th e lat te r's eff orts t o
pro vide johs for all workers in t h e
a r ea. R e t urnin g se r vice me n ac coun t­
ed for a po rti on of th e incr eas e , with
m e n f r om the south e nd of th e cou n­
t y a nd a fe w fr om t h e industria l
ce nt e r s ma kin g up t h e bal ance .
W ith th e n um\}er of j obs avail a bl e,
t h e pro g r a m of u n emplo ym ent is re­
d uc ed to t h e individu a i"s wi lling n ess
t o acc e pt the work o ffere d. No man
in th e distr ict n eed be wi t hout a jo/)
if h e is ph ys icall y a ble a nd willing t o
w ork.
Applica tions fo r und erground jobs
ca n b e made a t th e Company' s P e r ­
sonn e l De par tm ent, Ca lum et.
or. & ~. NtUt.6-]ltW.6
Publishe d Mon t hl y b y th e Ca lume t and H ecla Con soli d a ted Copp er Co m pa n y In t h e Inte r est of I ts E m ployees E di tor- Ger va se T . Murph y A ssociat e E di t or- J . W. A lt P . O. Box 23 1, Ca l um et, Mich igan N e ws a nd Views of Michigan's Gr eat Cop pe r Min in g Com pan y an d its Va rious Br a n ch es . Yo!. 4.
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F E BRUA RY, 1 9 4(:
C. & H. NEWS - VIEWS
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F e bru a ry , 194 6.
\Ve Wish
o. 4.
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Clyde Mill e r would t e ll the Lake
R eclamation boys how h e broke his
big toe .
That if you have any sugges tions
on how to improve the Ne ws-View s ,
y ou would let us know about th e m.
S u ggestion s a r e a lwa ys gr eatly a p­
preciate d.
To thank "Bob" Thomas of the
Calumet Motive Power for his safety
suggestion .
Albert Stimac of Iroquois Shaft
would tell the bo y wh y he is ca lle d
"Yinko. "
W e h a d a pictu r e of t hat fi s h with
th e horns th a t "Ch a r le y" Brinkma n
o f the Lake Boiler Plant s aw be low
th e ice a t th e "eu ts."
To th a-uk "Jac k " Morrison of th e
Ahm eek Mill Boll e r P lant for th e
complime nt h e paid th e la st iss ue of
the New s-Vie ws .
To apol ogize to H ilar y Godin and
Ed wa rd Kram er bo t h of th e Ahme e k
Mill. A mistak e was mad e in th e last
iss ue of th e News-Vie ws wh en th e ir
n a m e s wer e plac ed und er th e wron g
pictu r e s.
John P a stor o f TO . 3 Allou e z would
t ell th e boys wh y h e is ca ll e d " Cla rk
Gable."
You could see Geo r g e Cron en­
worth's 1946 ca lendar. Ge orge iii
compressor man a t Iroquois .
To thank Fred "Swed e" Mattson
of Ahmeek Mine for his sa fety su g­
gesti on .
Ed win Impola of Iroq.uois Shaft
would tell th e boys why he is called
" The Reno Kid ."
Antti Palkk i of No. 3 Allouez
would tell th e bo ys h o w a fish ex­
ploded a larg e water ta nk .
You could h e ar Henry White of
No. 3 Allo u e z t ell his " cousin-jack"
s tori es.
That if you have ·a hobby you
w ould le t us know a bout it. We
would lik e to tak e a pi cture of you
and your hobby, it would be of in­
tere st to our lllany r ead e rs.
That you would r eport your sm all
injuries to your forema n on the sam e
day that they happ e n. Practically all
of the infections ar e caused because
s omeone has failed to take the prop­
e r care of a small scra tch or puncture
wound. It's the same old story, "I
didn't think it amounted to any­
thing."
F 'ergus Then'ian of Iroquois shaft
would tell the boys why he is called
"Judge."
August Koukkarl of Ahmeek Mine
would tell the boys why he always
fe e ls like the young horses.
Ed. Hebert of the Tamarack R-ec­
lamation would tell the boys why he
is called "Drummer" Hebilrt.
Mary Kowacic of the Payroll De­
partment would give us some of the
d etails about th e sleigh rid e party.
The party was h e ld on a Sat urda y
ni g ht a nd on Monday s h e w a s s t ill
la ug hi ng a bou t it.
" B ill " Ware h am o f t h e Ahmeek
Mill w o uld t ell t h e bo ys w h y h e Is
call e d " Xan thate W ill y."
\Villiam W olfe wo u ld te ll th e boys
why h e d r ove fro m Cal umet to No. 4
K earsar ge on a Saturday n ig h t whe n
th ere was no wor k at th e m in e.
ST EE L SHORTAGE FEI,T H E R .I!:'
Th e s hor tage of s t eel fr om the
m al'k e t is being t e lt In th e ope r a tions
of th e company h er e . Drill st eel and
bits ar e espeCia lly Importa nt In min­
ing a nd every elIort is being mad e to
cOllse rve th e se important Items so
that no work short a ge may r es ult
from t he ir scarcit y.
C O) (PE NSABL"~
ACCIDENTS January No.8 Allouez
January 1 8- John P. Panijan,
mine r . Placing a rock under wheel of
loa.der , the loader was mov·ed and
th e wh e el of the loader went over his
fin ge r and thumb. Amputation of
right index finger and one half of
thumb. Foreman , W. Dower.
Douglass U nder ground
J a nu a ry 2 5- E dward Ho ye l', min ­
e r . P u lling dr!ll out of a hol e, drill
struck m a chine and something w ent
into his eye . P iece of stee l remov ed
from le ft eye. 8 days los t ti m e. Fo r e ­
ma n , E. Djerf.
&tter Safety De pe nds On Yon!
CANADIA N VISITOR H ERE
P erc ill Liddicoat, of St. Cat h er­
in e ' s, Ontario, transacted business a t
t he company' s gen e r a l o ffice in Cal u­
met r ecently.
DIESEL E NGINF. P URCHA SE D
T h e compa ny h a s ordere d a ne w
seventy ton, 660 h or se po w e r diesel
e le ct ric locomotive , which will be
used in switching ore ca rs at th e Ah­
m ee k Mil\, The n ew locomoti ve will
expedite the handlin g o f cars o f rock
delivered to the mill and clea rin g the
omp ties for t h eir r eturn to the mine.
( Boys and Girls
th e parents of a son , born February
3, 1946. Edwin is employed as a min­
er at Kearsarge .
Mr . and Mrs . Marvin Dessi1lier are
t he pare nts of a son, born January
18, 1946. Marvin is a s urfa.ce laborer
a t th e Smelte r.
Mr . and Mrs. Frank Rost are the
parents of a daughter, born January
16, 1946. Frank is employe d at Cen­
t ennial Mine .
MI'. and Mrs. Hugo Hendrickson
are the parents of a daughter, born
January 23, 1946. Hugo is a miner
at Ahmeek Mine.
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert LaRoux are
th e parents of a daughter, born F e b­
ruary 8, 1946 . Norbert is employed
at the Tamarack Reclamation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Richards are
the parents of a daughter, born Feb­
ruary 13', 19.6. John is employed at
the Calumet Electrical Department.
Mrs. A ugusta Brill's family helped her to celebra t e her 88th birthday on
January 9th. A gathering w as h eid for her friends and relatives In the Cluj)
Rooms cf the C. & H. Fire Hall.
Standing : Harold Ba s tian, Fre d Brill, Harry Brill ( Calumet Surface).
George Brlll ( formerly at Ce ntra l Explora tion). Chris Brill (Rallroad ) , and
John Brill (Foundry).
Seated: Mrs. H enry W arth, Mrs. W illiam: Nelson , Mrs. Augusta Brlll.
Mrs. Anna Bastia u.
It's always sma rt to work safe ly.
In a contest held in 1926, "Touy"
A be of Iroquois Shaft was voted th e
best looking youn g man of his High
School Class.
Fra nk P echaweI' of the F ound ry ,
e njoys a g ood size pork loin and a
loaf of bread f or l u nch.
Frank Brula of th e Taman.ck R ec­
lama tion clai ms h e is th e champ ion
chick en eate r-at on e m eal h e will
eat a n 8 pound chicken.
"Dick" Buzzo of the Lake Recla­
mation Plant says the only evening
he g oes out is when he attends a
sa fety pa rty.
George Mehre n s of No. 3 All ou ez
says tha t th e first twelve d a ys of J a n­
uary d etermine th e weather f or t he
balance of the year.
On F e bruary 7th, Clarence Lide of
Ahm eek Mine stopped at a r esta u r a nt
and had a littl e lunch of 4 bowls of
chile, 4 pa sUes , 9 hambur gers, a
piece of pie and 5 cups of colIee .
For a small fee, Oscar Peterson of
Ahmeek Mine, will k ee p you inform­
e d re garding w eath e r conditions.
Our safe ty rules impose no h a rd ­
ship, but th eir violation may.
On F ebruary 7th, Fre d Ziems g ot
22 e g gs from 22 chickens .
On J a nu a ry 25 th, Geor ge " Pop "
Werner s a id he h a d a f r ee evening
after 7 o'clock.
"Wes " Williams of the Ahm ee k
Mine Office was seen pushing a s now
scraper. This is an annual event fOI"
·:Wes ".
Philip Ne imark would like to chal­
lenge Clar ence McGa nn to a hundred
yard d ash, to be run up 01' down hill.
Both m-en are watchmen at the Tam­
arack Reclamation.
You r s h ift, shaft, plant or depart ­
m ent can have a good safe t y record
it you are doing your very best t o
work carefully.
FI!JBRUA RY, 1 9 46
C. & H. NEWS - V IEW S
Smelter Team at the Top
In C. & H. Bow ling League
As th e t ea ms in th e C. & H . Bowl·
in g Leag u e e n ter the la s t quarte r of
t h e sc h edul e , t h e Sme lte r t o ps t h t)
pe rce n tage colum n with 19 gam es
WO ll a nd ij lost f or a .791 sta nding.
T h e Sm elte r team Is be ing close ly
pr esse d by t he La k e L inde n R ecla.ma­
tio n at .750 a nd th e Foundry at .708.
Bef or e th e sch edul e is comple t e d
o n March 24 , mos t anything can hap­
pe n as t h e oth er t eams are d et ermln­
t d t o t a k e t h e m ea sure of th e prese nt
lea g u e lead e rs. On Ma rc h 3, th e La k e
Linden and Tamarack Reclamation
t eams m ee t, Foundry bowls against
Ce nte nn ia l, and th e Raiiroad is op­
pose d by th e Ahmeek Under ground
March 10 s ees th e Office faCing the
A hme ek Sur fa ce t eam, Construction
a nd Allou·ez contesting, a nd Iroquois
m eeting the Sme lte r . March 17, St.
Patrick's Day by the wa y , F oundry
a nd L a k e L ind e n R eclam a t ion , Rail1'oad and Smelter, and Construction
a nd Iroquois, are the matches sched­
ul ed. The Irish members of the teams
are ex pecting t o have a field d a y and
bi g wa gers are be ing place d on the
t ea m with the gre a t es t n um ber of
Irish playe rs . The schedule windup
d a y, March 24 , wllJ witness matches
by th e Office and Centennial, Ahmeek
Su rface a nd Tamara ck Reclamation,
A h m ee k Underground and Alloue z.
The loyal supporters of ea ch team
con tin ue to plug for the ir favorites,
!;.n d k een interest is shown in t h e
leag ue.
T h e Smelter with 838 h as th e
h ig h est Average T eam Score, and
lead s in the race for High Team
Ma tc h Score with a m a rk of 2762.
J a ck Mugford r ecentl y overcame
E d. Messner's lead for High Individu­
al Average whe n Ed. bumped into
some tou gh luck, as a r esult of which
his average skidded to 179. Jack's
mark Is 181. George Dower, Rail­
road's " Bowling Find", is right up
among th e leaders with 175. This is
George's first year as a membe r o r
th e C. & H . League. Doug. MacEach­
ran , Smelter , still leads in the H igh
Individual Match Score with a mark
of 672 . H is nearest competitor is
George Schneller, Lake Linden Rec­
lamation with .646 . In the H igh In·
dividual Game, MacEachran again
leads for top honors with a mark of
2G7. Lake Linden Reclamation's H er­
man Haller is his closest competitor
with 248. It is expected that both of
th ese marks will be topped It some
of t he other boys in the lea g ue Jive
up to the ir promises.
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t h e la wn. "Well, sir," h e said , "I'm
gla d to see you engaged in cutting
your s e rmons short ~"
An ira t e hu s band disguste d over
h is wife 's a ctions addressed her r e­
proac hfully:
" Believe ru e. I certainly would give
an ything to know why God made you
wo m e n so beauti f ul a n d yet so
a wf ully dumb ."
" W e ll , I'll t e ll yo u , m y d ear ," an­
s we r ed th e wife . "God made wo m e n
bea utif u l so you me n would lo ve us,
a nd H e ma de us d u mb so we could
l ov e you me n. "
Mrs. J 0nes had just been pr€se nt­
ed a bea utiful new f ur coat by h er
h u s band .
"You know, Oswald," s h e sa id as
she s tood admir in g h erse lf iIi the
lon g m irror, "one r eally can't help
fe eli ng sorry for t he poor thin g that
was ski n ned fo r this."
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Smiles . !
Jon es: ' 'I' ll be t you t h in k t wi ce
before le a v in g th a t wife of yourll
a lo n e in th e eve nings. "
Sm it h: "I'll say ! First , I h av e to
t hin k up an excuse for going out, a nd
t hen a r ea son wh y sh e can' t go with
m e ."
A minister , during a n addr ess said ,
"In every blade of gra ss t h ere is a
s e rmon ." The follow ing day one of
his con g r egation found him mowin g
T he Nav y cook had just w hi ppe d
up orde r s of f ri ed eggs for a hu ngry
mo b of sa ilo rs . W earied by h is h e r­
c ulean etror t s, he sat down , yawne d,
lit a ciga r a nd w rote a le tter to his
sw eet h eart.
" Dar ling," he began, " for th e pas t.
three hours shells have been bu r st ·
ing a ll a round me."
Th ese holes in Swiss cheese wh eels
are naught
B ut senseless os t e ntations.
Limburger is th e stuff that ough t
T o have the ventilation.
E d. Hjort , drift trammer ; Andrew Moilanen, Leo Lutz, drift miners.
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ES born 1 8 41.
12-U . S. POSTOFFIC E esta blis h ­
ed by act of Co n g ress 17 8 9.
14- PAY DA Y I N TOR CH L AKE
DI STRI CT.
1 5- PA YDA Y I N CAL UM ET-K E ­
W EENA W DIST RI CT.
16--WEST POI NT ESTAB L IS H ­
E D 1 8 0 2.
17-ST . PATRI CK 'S DAY.
21- FIRST DAY OF SP RING.
22-·PATRICK HEN R Y deliver e d
fa mous a d dr es s a t Rich m ond,
Va .. 17 7 5.
29- P A YD A Y I N TORCH LA K E
DIST RI CT .
3 0- P AYDAY IN CALUM ET-KE ­
WEENA W DISTRICT.
llUILDING NEW '.rA Nl':S
The crew of the Calumet black ­
smith shop is kept busy with many
projects, the latest of which is th e
construction of reaction tanks for th e
COCS plant at the T a marack R ecla­
mation building. Six t a nks will be
built. 'each being s even feet In dl·
am et er and thi r tee n and a half fee t
lon g .
The ta nks will be used in manu fa<'­
turin g the ch e mical p l'oducts which
the company is m a kin g from the sup­
ply of seconda ry co p pe r.
The hum a n bod y is r e markably
sensitive. P a t a man on th e bac k and
his hea d s we ll s .
ICE FLOE THREATENS
CALUMET WATER SUPPLY
Th e s up ply of wate r to t h e com­
mun iti es a nd pla nts of t h e n or t he rn
pa rt of th e Co pper Cou n try was cur·
t a iled recentl y lJy la r ge fio es of ice
whi c h pil ed up a lon g th e s h or es of.
La k e Supe r ior a nd clogged t h e in ta k e
lines whi ch co n vey wa t er to t h e
pum pin g statio n s . whi ch d eli ver wa t ·
e r to t he entire a r ea .
The diffi culty is ex perie n ce d oc·
casionally when southeast winds
drive th e slush i nto th e s h ol'e. bloc k­
ing the intakes at both the Calume t
an d T a marack pumping s tations.
Usually th e situ a t ion is correc t e d by
fo rCing th e ice a way from th e in tak e
Jack Ste phe ns of t h e Ah mee k Mill
Po wer P: a nt pro udl y displa ys t wo of
his 1 3% pound capo ns . R ais in g ca ·
pons is a hobb y fo r Ja c k a nd in 193 3
h e had iln exhib it a t the Chicago
World 's F'll ir wh e r e h e won fi r st
prize , a Sil"", 1' cup , wh ich was in­
scribe d "Bes t Displa y of Capons,
Chicago World's F a ir , 193 3 , John
Ste ph e ns. "
SI NIHNG AT Ji: E ARS ARGE
Sinkin g of th e s h a ft at No . -1 K ear­
s a r ge is und e r way with plan s to c u t
do wn an a d d itiona l 3 80 fee t to th e
thirty-fift h le ve l of No. 1 K ea r sa r ge .
Gl'ound is being ope n ed f0 1" stopln g
o pe r a tions in No. 3 K earsa r ge t e rr i­
t o ry from the t hirt ie th level of No. 4
K ea r s a l-ge .
with compresse d al l' f rom a compres­
s or in t h e plan t. R ece n t l y h o weye r ,
t h e pa c k was so h ea vy t ha t th e com­
pressed a ir m eth od co u ld n ot cope
with t h e s itu a ti on a nd th e com pa n y's
fi r e tru c k pu m pe r was b l-o u gh t in t o
sE.rv ice t o pump wa t er direc t fr o m
th e la k e in to a reser vo ir fr o m whi ch
th e pla n t p umps fo r ce d th e wa t e r i n­
te· t h e d e live r y ma ins .
T h e porta b le fire pu mp, whic h t h e
village of Ca lume t pr ocured s ome
tim e a g o fr om t he Office of Ci vilia n
[Je fense , wa R brou g ht Into pl a y and
bo th t h ese units provided sufficient
\Va t e r to pe rm it th e normal operation
of 1J0 t h pu m ping stations . A chan gp­
in the wind dir ection later in the day
move d th e Ice fi e ld out Into lake Su­
pe rior and t he em e r gency was e nd­
ed.
Chris. Brill, Clayt on Ma cDe rmott , George Bigando , P ete Curt o , Joe R ogina
C. & H. NEW S - V IE WS
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Pictures Show Mining Operations l
Drift min er!!,
"Ik ~ "
Dahlgren, "Tom" Filipovith.
This m echanical shovel In ge ne r a l Ull1e underground, is o n e of th c
mod ern m ac hlll ~ s which e liminates hand-and-shovel work In tramming
r ock.
Skilled Men, Mod,
Required in Reco~
A la r ge n u m bel' of sh a fts h ave bf.e n
th e years go ne by . A t th e prescnt tim e . h(
f r om w hi ch co pp er r oc k is he in g hoi sted
opera t ed by th e Ca lume t a nd H ecla Co ns
Ce!lt e nni a l. No.4 No r t h K ear sar ge . No. 3
As m a ny of th e Ne ws-Vie ws r eade n
visit th e und e r g round. to see for themse l
ered fr o m th e g round. th ey may gathe r b(
a nd fro m the followin g paragraphs. som e
min e.
Matt "Shorty" Fink, stope miner .
.J O;lll t·jstad. (lr if t tramme l'. op erating a scrape r
( llg-il1 l:' .
Start ing frolll th e mine shaft. drifts
men who cut through the rock by drillir
rock, for several thousand feet in Borne c:
is found . 'Vhen the drift is finished tho8n
openings called chuteH above tho8 drifts . )
continues to open up between the chutes
rock. \Vhen three or four chutes have b
begin to stope.
The Illill ~ r bars down th e loose rock
and drillin g machin e. th e n Btarts drillin
with a machine driv e n by compressed ai:
ma.ny holes as are n eeded in t he fac e of
m e nt f r om th e area and prepare s t o bla
This drilling and blastin g contiu es unt!
abo ve th a t f r om whi ch the stopin g was
more.
Afte r th e ro ck is blasted loose it mu
by scrapers operate d from an engine. T
rock to r oll to the bottom. Whe n th e b
~hut e s, th en th e tramme l'S empty the chu
cars have bee n fill e d th e n th e tramm e r, (
t e ry. locomo t ive dr a wR th e train of ca rs
th e loade d tram cars a r e emptied into th
surfa ce . Wh en th e skip a rrives at th e I'oc )
ally unload e d into th e crushing plant. th
bins. From th ese binR th e rock goes i n to
r e d to th e Ahm ee k mill.
At th e sta mp m ill this rock from th,
passes through po we r operated stamp hes
per min e r a l is r e move d from the rock by
Iy . jigs . tab les and flotation machin es, e t c
ing f rom th is action is loa dfld into ra!l rol
sme lting.
Oscar K a ura, min er. ri g ged up
a nd drilling ove r chute.
Oscar Pete r son. min e r, measur­
in g his fus e in pre paration to blas t­
in g . Two 3,000 foot r eels of f us e
a r e s t ored in th ese wood containers.
"Bil l" Ni em i, s cr a per e n gi n e r £'­
P:1 ir man .
At t h e coppe r sm elting plant the m!
m e tal is cast ir.to va rious shapes for shipr
shapes mad e at th e sm e lter a r e th e n d e
throughout the country for final fa bri cati
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C. & H. NEWS - VIEWS
Underground at Calumet and Hecla !\1 ounted on a t r ack t h e loader picks up th e rock a nd loads the tra m
ca r to its r ear.
On th e plat, dumping rock into th e s ki p. "AI" Za polne k, "Bob" Bon­
e nfant. tra m me r s.
lodern ~achinery
ecovery of Copper
'e b~, e n worked on the K earsarge lode ill
:im e. however , th ere are only four shafts
ho isted . These four s h afts, all being
a Conso lidate d Copper Co mp any are t h e
o. 3 Ahmeek and No.4 Ahmeelc.
readers hav e not had an o pportunity to
:hemse lves just how th e coppe r is reco v­
Lth er both f rom the plctu res on t his page
l, some idea of th e ope r atio n of a copper
d rHts or tu nnels ar e dri ven by cr ews of
d rillin g , blasting and muckin g o ut the
some cases, until no furth e r coppe r r ock
d t h€ n t h e miners will begin to cut out
rifts. After th e chutes are cu t the miner
~ hutes by dr illing and bla s t ing do wn the
have been cu t th rou gh , th€ m ine rs will
Drift t r a m m ers , "Rud y" Bykkon e n, Ray Karty.
Chute hol e min e r s. Ar t . Korby (right) h e lps J oe
n a s lmowkz ri g up h is drilling machine.
e r ock afte r eac h blas t, ri gs u p t he post
drilling a seri es of holes Into the r oc k
Ise d a ir. "vh e n the miner h as drill e d as
'ace of th e r oc k, h e r e m oves t h e equip­
to bla st t h e h oled-rock w ith dynamite .
s until th e sta pes r eac h th e n ext level
was begun , so m e tim es 1 ;:'0 feet and
, it mu st be scraped down to th e chu tes .
ne. Th e lode is too fiat for the broken
t h e bro k en rock is scraped i nto th e
l e chutes into tram ca r s. Aft er the t r am
tmer, ope r ati n g a n e lec t ric, sto r age- bat­
f cars ou t to t h e s h a ft. At t h e shaft
Ilto the s k ip , ready for shi p m€ n t to the
le rockhouse o n s u rface it is a u to matic­
Lnt, i h rou g h which th e r ock passes into
s int o the railro ad cars and is transfer­
)m the nunes is cru s h e d still finer as it np heads. At t h e Ahmeek mill th e cop·· ~ k by m eans of several mach ines , llame­ es, etc. Then the co pper min e ral res ult­
railroad ca r s for lhe final process of l e mi n eral is h eated and th e m olten . sh ipment. The ba rs a nd ro ds and oth e r e n d eliver ed to man u fa c turin g plants ,ricatin g an d sa le t o the consu m e r .
Stope m in er.
ba rr ing loose.
J ohn
H eikk inen ,
" Jim" W aara, stope min er .
In stalling
ve nti latio n
tu bin g.
Eenry Ch y now et h , Ab el Utriainen .
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F E BRUARY . 1 94 6
Journalist Urges Continuance
of the Subsidy on Copper
I n a letter wh ich h e mail ed to each
of Mich iga n 's seve ntee n m e m bers of
the House of R e pres e n ta ti ves in
Wash in gton, Anton D. Leon att i, a
wid ely k no w n
political r esea rch
jour na li st u r ges t h e m t o s u ppor t th e
m ove t o co nt in u e th e gover nm e nt's
s u bsid ies to Michi ga n Copper Prod uc­
ers.
Th e le tt e r foll ows;
" I hop e you will s uppo r t A. E.
Petermann, a ttor ney for th e Ca lumet
& H ecla Co nsolidate d Coppe r Co m­
pany's proposed pl a n fOl' co ntinuance
of gove rnm e n t subsidies to Michi ­
ga n 's U. P. coppe r m inin g companies.
I am su re t h at you a pp reciate t h e im­
por tan ce of such continu a ti o n of this
su bs idy . This measu r e is not onl y
hum a n e in t h at it provid es work in g
a nd h ealth ful livi n g condition s for
th e worke rs in t h e Coppe r Co un try,
bu t Is als o good busin ess because it
will mate r ia ll y ass is t t h e s m a ll bu si­
n ess establi s hm en ts as we ll as t h e
wor k e rs . B ut pe rhaps the greatest
be n e fi t of a ll is th at it wlll f urnish
th e rig ht bac k grou nd for better cit i­
zensh ip a nd a m ore effecti ve d e­
mocracy ."
eHAS. GRIBBLE HONORED
BY FELLOW EMPLOYEES
t o th e food problem an d Am e rican
g row e rs wi ll be called up on again
next fall to suppl y a large pa r t of th e
food to ree d th e un fortuna t e peo ple
of oth e r n a t ions. It will be n ecessary
t h e r efor e , t hat Am e ri cans grow a
larg e cr op of home gard e n produce
t o help maintain an ample suppl y a t
home.
C. & H . will assist a ny of its e m­
pioyees who d esires additional gar­
d en a r ea fo r the summer . The ground
is availa ble. T h ose inte r ested ar e ad­
vise d to ~o nsult th e ir forem a n for
fu rth er infor m a t ion.
Charles Gr ibble , who r e tire d re­
cently from the construction d e par t­
m e nt in which he h a d been a fore man
for man~' years, was honored by the
e mployees of th e departm ent at a
pa rty at th e Miscowaubik Club r e­
cently. H e was pres ente d with a gift
fr om his associa t es, the presentati on
being mad e by Willia m Cornish,
superinte ndent of the d€ partment .
T h e Copp er Co untr y Choral Club
rend e red tw o numbers in his honor
a ft er which Mr . Gribble responded .
H e s poke of his more th a n seven ty
y-ea rs of res idence in Calumet. H e r e­
ca lled th e ea rly days of th e com­
m unity, th e con st l-u ct ion of th e firs t
b oard sid e walks In th e villa ge a n d
t h e building of some of th e early
m ining a nd oth e r buildings.
G.'\RDENERS BEGI N TO
SELE CT THEIR SEE D
Spring is just a ro u nd th e cor n er!
March 21 , just three wee ks a way ,
brin gs th e fi r s t d a y of s prin g an d n o\\
is t h e tim e fo r a ll wise ga r d en gro w­
ers t o or de r th e ir vegetab le seeds. I n
a sh ort ti m e t hose who r a ise t h eir
own t l'ans fer pl a n ts will be set tin g
o ut th e ir seed t r ays so t ha t th ey will
h ave ea r ly t om a t o pl a n ts for trans­
p la n ti n g .
Las t yea r th e C. & H . gard e n pl ot s
wer e a mo ng t h e best i n th e co u nt ry
a nd It is hop ed t ha t th e numbe r of
ga rd e n s e nter ed in t h e contes t thi s
coming summ e r. will be incr ease d.
T h e wa r 's end did not bring an e nd
S AFETY PARTIES
~larch
2nd
Em plo yees of th e Ahm ee k Min t'!
Blac ksmit h Shop, Drill Shop , Elec­
trica l L e pa rtm e nt, Machin e Shop and
Mec h a ni cal De partm e nt.
Mardi l6th
E mp lo yees of J . fam m es' shift ,
Ce n t e nr.ia l Min e, W. P ryo r 's s hift,
P en ins u la a n d e m plo yees of No. 3 Al­
lo u ez Stll' fac e.
~larc h
2lJrd
Und ergroun d em plo yees o f Centen­
n ial Shaft .
Lunr. h time for a scraper ga n g . Pau l Leh to, E d. Str a nd, Ya lme r Randa.
u s in g a sc r a pe r slide for ftllln g. This
n e w method furth er impro ves th e
method of shaft mucking , e limina ti ng
enti r e ly the old hand and shovel
pract ice .
GAR~ET LIZE~BrS SO~
IS ]\:lLLED
I~
A( 'TIO~
Garn et Lize nby, e mplo ye d in th e
e lec tri cal de partm en t of th e Ah meek
Mill , h as bee n ad vised by th e W a r
De part ment t h a t his son , P ri va t e
W illiam Lize nby, wh o ha d bee n r e­
ported a s missin g in acti on , wa s kil ­
led in th e ba ttl e of R e l p ert ~u ill e r,
Fran ce on J a nuary 1 8 , 194 5 , j ust
e leven d a ys afte r h e a rri ve d ove rs eas .
T h e d ~ce ase d, who was 1 8 YE'il r s of
age was a native of H ub bell , a g r a d ­
uate of St. Cecelia 's schoo l and i8
s ur vived by his par e nts and a sister.
Mrs. Rod n ey R oeh m , of Hubb ell .
SOF T BALI. IS POPUhlR
Soft ball , kn o wn as
baseball' s
youn ge r bro th e l', is on ly 1 3 years old.
Ye t , t h e r e a r e more than 1 5, 0 00.000
pa rti Ci pa nts in th e spo r t a n d one­
third of th ese are fem a les .
Wh en t h e captain was sho wn in t er
NEW S HA F T B UCK E T I N l'S E
A n e w s t yle bu ck e t, t o be u sed in
shaft si nking a t th e K earsar ge, was
ma d e r ece ntly at th e Calu m et black­
s mi t h s hop. Th e buck et is constl'u ct­
ed so t h at It can be load ed dir ec t
from th e shaft scrape r, ins t ead of
Shi ft Boss Willia m Paull and Captain Simon Hocking.
t h e col onel 's o ffi ce h e r pm a rk Ed;
' 'Tha t n ew clerk of yo urs sp.ems ,\
h ard work e r."
"Y es, " sa id th e COl on e l, "th at' s his
specia lt y ...
"Wha t ! wor ki ng hard? "
"No, seemin g to ."
DR. FRED HOSKING JOINS C. & H. MEDICAL STAFF Dr. F red Hosking , who was dis­
char ged from the United States :-<avy
with the rank of Commander r ecent­
ly, joine d the medica l staff of Ca lu­
me t and Hecla this month a s a ge n ,
eral practitioner.
Dr . H osking is a nat ive of this d ill­
tri et. H e was g raduat e d f rom Ca l u­
met h ig h school and s pent thr ee ~'ear s
in prem e di cal tra ining at th e t' n ive r­
slty of Michigan . He th en went t o
McGlll U niv ers ity In Montreal, Ca n a ­
da, wh e r e he spent fiv e yea rs , grad ­
Uat ing with th e degree of Doctor o t
Medicine. H e Interned for a yea r a t
Grace H ospita l in Detroit and spent
th e following yea r as r es id ent ph ysi­
cian a t the H erman Kiefer H os pital
fo r Con tag ious Diseases, in De tr oit .
H e e nliste d in th e Navy as a lieu,
ten a nt in 194 1 a. nd was ass ig ned to
th e naval s tation at Sa n Diego, Ca lii.
He was t r ansfer red to Pensa cola as
a fl ig ht s u rge on a n d t h e n se r ved 1 S
mo nth s in th e Ale uti an Islan ds. R,!­
tur n i ng t o th e Naval Air Statio n at
Sea ttle h e was assig ned a s seniol'
medica l o ffice r to t h e a ircra ft carrier
Sha m rock Bay, wh ic h s aw s e n 'ic:e ill
seve r a l m a j or e n gage m e nts in t he
Soutll P acific.
H e an d Mr s. Hosking a nd t h ei r
da u g hter a r e making th e ir ho m e ill
Laurium .
Prepa r in g to op p.n a stope ch ut e, to loa d an 8-ton tram car.
," T om" H odges a nd "Waldo" Maatta.
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On January 26th, Mr. and Mrs.
He nry Curtis of Coppe r City cele bra teel th ei r 25th weddin g a nnive rsary
He nr y is employed a t th e Ahm eek
l\iin e Drill Shop.
E ye injuri es hurt- th ey hurt YOIl
all d yo ur pa y. ,,v ea l' your goggles and
a void having injuries to your e yes.
Re me mber you canno t g et ne w e yes
a nd you r e yes a r e ve ry valuable to
yo u.
On February 23rd, th e stamping
a nd maintenance e mployees of th e
Ahmeek Mill completed 10 years
without a compensable accident. Con­
g ratulations to th ese men on this fin e
r ecord in a ccide nt prevention .
Our congratulations and best wisli ­
~f. t o Mr. and Mrs . Joseph Magnino,
who were married on January 19th.
.Toe, who is employed at the Smelter,
took as his bride Miss Margaret
Boyle . They are making their home
in Calumet.
For sale-One rolling pin in excel­
lent condition-by Clement Myers of
the Lake Linden Boiler Plant.
all January 21st at th e Ahmeek
Mine Pinochle Tournament , seven of
th e twe nty playe rs had scores of 5720
or be tter. High sco l'e was made by
"Essy" Chynowe th, who had a score
of 6220 .
On the e venin g of February 9 th ,
Mary Kowacic. Patricia Gray , B 2r ­
n ice Wai sanen. Ma rjorie White a nd
E unic e Jankila ente l'tained th eir
fr ie nds with a real old fashio neJ
s le ig h rid e party. The party star ted
frol1l t he Kowacic residence and r e­
tu rn ed late r fOI" lunch .
'Ne 're all hoping that the und e r­
g round e mployees of Centennial k ee p
up th e ir good work in accide nt pre­
ve ntion. On February 15th these em­
ployees had only 10 days to go to
compl e te a year w ithout a com pe ns­
B ble accld e n t.
Fres h eggs for sal e----by "Billy" l\fakolln of t h e Calumet Construction
Department .
Our congratulat ions and best wish­
es to Mr . and Mrs. Wesley Stein, who
were married on February 9th. Mrs.
Wesley Stein , who was Miss Rache l
A llen. was e mploye d in the office of
the Secondary Department.
February 2, 1916, John O. Ben­
ne tts of the C. & H. Office had been
advised that two first priz.es had been
awarded for his exhibits at the Northern Wlsl'onsin poultry show. At that
time John was president of the U. P .
Poultry Association .
The employees at Ahmeek Mine,
who are under the SU J}e rvision of Ed.
P etermann and Louis Bogdan , on
F ebruary 14th co mpleted 30 months
without a compensable accident. Con­
g r:Atulations to th ese employees on
th ese fine safety records.
For sale. for ",pring dellvery·- To­
mato plants-by Max Fritsche of Ah­
me ek Mine.
On February 11th , eighteen of the
e mployees of the Calumet Motive
Power Department honored Ltv.
Wareham with a farewell party. A
delicious turkey dinner was prepared
by "Bert" Sincock and Llv. was pre­
sented with a present.
At the regular meeting of the Cal­
umet Township Board held Monday ,
Ja.llu a r y 28 th, He nry Curt is of Coppe r City wa s a ppoin t ed to the offlctl
0[ Ju s ti ce of th e P eace of Ca lum et
To wnship t o fill a vaca nc y. H e nry Is
a n emplo yee of th e Ahm ee k Mine
Drill Shop.
P r esi de nt E . R. Lo vell has left fo r
a ll exte nded trip to De troit and the
ea st wh e r e he will transact compa ny
bus in ess. H e ex. pects to r e turn to
(:alum et a bout March 3.
Don 't forget that Sa fety is every­
body 's business and the more you
mak e it your business t he better th e
sa fet y becomE"s.
On Fp!)ruary 14th , the employees
of. the Lak e Dredge and Shore Plant
comple t tld 7 years without a compens­
a bl e acc lde n t - a safe t y r ecord that
these me n can be proud of .
Our congrat ul a tions and best wish­
es to Mr . and Mrs . Ernest Poilu to,
who were married on January 19th.
Ernest, who is employed at the
Smeltpr, took as his !)ride Mrs . Jan et
Maca rio.
Compensable a ccide nts to F e bru"
ary 1 5th, 1946- 3, 1945- 6. Wa tch
the s af ~ ty r ecord of your Shift , shaft .
plant or departme nt, if it's not goon
t here is a rea son.
For cooking and serving delicious
d inn e rs and luncheons, call Harry
Paull of the Accounting Department.
Albe l't E . P ete rmann, m e mber of
the boar d of direct ors of Calum e t an d
H ec la is s pen d ing seve r a l days on a n
ras te m hus ln ess t r ip.
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A job a s a police man- by " Les"
Chapnlan,
Bones for dogs- by Walte r Pare nt
of the Lake Linden Powe r Plant.
Your ideas and suggestion s on ho w
to Improve th e News-Vie ws. A fe w n e w t ricks by Clayton Mac­
De rmott of th e Calume t Machine
Shop. The boys are ge ttin g a lit tl e
tired o f Clayton's tie pnlling stunt.
An asbestos ironing boar d- by
Clar ence Kus of th e Lake Linden
Stili Rous e.
In s tructions on boil e r fi ring- by
"Russ" Be rr yman of th e La k e Linden
Hoil e r Plant.
An Income tax report advisor- by
Ed. "D n tch" Myers of th e La ke Lin­
den Power Plant. A h ea ted, lig hted and insulated d og h o use--by Clarence "Frog " P e r-
r ea ult of th e La ke Linde n R eclama­ tion .
Wa x fo r a mustach e -hy .E d. H a r­
ju of i'io , 3 Allou ez.
Ne ws for th e Ne ws-'"Ie ws.
volved In disa sters h a s earn ed for the
Red Cross the r es pect a nd appr ecia­ ti on of t h e wor ld . T h e an n ual membe rship is ope n to
eve ry pe r son In th e co u ntry and it is
hoped t hat vo l un teerin g in th e Arm y
of P eace m ay be the g r eatest e nlistme nt on r ec o r d .
7
T UNNEY MADE "MUNEY" No boxe r e ve r r eceived a mi ll ion
d oll a rs for one fi g ht, but Ge n e Tun­
ney came mig ht y close. Tunney's
s h a r e of th e sel'ond bo ut wit h J ack
De mpse y on Se pt. 22 . 19 27 . was
$99 0 ,4 45 .5 4.
Drafting Department Makes Plans For
Many of the Company's New Plants
Th e co m pany' s drafti n g de pa rt­
ment. located in th e centra l olIke in
Ca lum e t, has drawn t h e plans fol'
n E" arly a ll of the mode rn plan t:; useJ
by th e company. The de partment ;3
In charge of Chief Drafts man n. E.
Williams, who becam e the head of
t he departmen t in 1901. succeeding
Jam es Me rton , who was in charge
since 1893. The first c hief draftsma n
was C. W . Whitin g . who had charge
ill 1892 .
Wh en th e office of t he drafting d ~:
partm e nt moved into th e Central
Offic e It was located in the southwest
s Eecond floor offices, which are now
oecupied by Albert E. P e t e rmann. In
uno the offices we re moved t o larg­
0r quarters in its present location .
At one time the office e mplo yed 13
draftsmen .
Some of the major plans drawn by
the departm ent include: R e building
with steel and new equipment of th e
C. & H. Mills;
Plannin g th e Lak e
Linden Reclamatio n Plant, Incl uding
No. 1 and No . 2 Reg rinding l"\;j,nts
a nd th e north Flota tion Plant ; build­
ing the Lake Linden BoHer and Pow­
el Pla nt a nd th e Lake Lind e n Coa l
Dock ; making plans for the mode rn­
iza tion of the Sm elting Plant a n d
building th e E le ctroly t ic Plant; mak-
in g an e xte nsion of t h e T a m.arac k
R eclam a tion P lant ; bu ilding the
T a m a. ra.ck Re cla mation Pla n t ; plan­
ning t h e construction of the entire
surfacE" plant at North Ahmeek ; the
No. 2 Ahmee k shafthouse ; plannin g
th e e ntire Quincy Reclamation Plant;
modern iza tion of th e Tamarac k and
Calume t W ate rworks Plant and pip­
ing Lake Superior water to Ahmee k
locati o n a nd t o Lake Linde n.
Sve rr e Na gle
Thom.as W. Kn ight
Howard E . Williams Chief Dra ft sman THIS IS RED CROSS MONTH
March is "Red Cross Month"
throughout the United States . Eve ry
ci tizen Is asked to e nlist in this great
Army of Mer cy, which time a nd
again, has brought aid to suffering
people throughout the world. The
magniftcent job pe rformed by the
Red Cross In all the theaters of the
recent war has won for It the undy­
ing gratltud-e of the men of the arm­
ed services. The flood and disaster
relief for civilians who have been in­
Peter H. Ostiender
H azel L . Bennet ts
C. & H. NE W S - VIEWS 8
F E B R UAR Y. 1946
Schedule of Office Hours
For All C. & H. Physicians
D up. t o t he se ve r al cha n ges th a t
h a ve bee n m a de in th e pe rso n n pl o r
Ca lum et an d H ecla's m e di ca l sta ff
th e re seems to be som e con t usion re­
ga rding th e offi ce hou rs of th e s ever­
ai do c t ors. It is h ope d th e e mplo yees
v: ill k e·e p t h e foll o wing sch e dul e for
I"!'fere n ce .
Th e n ewes t a dd ition to th e stafl ,
Dr. Fred S. Hosking, has his office a t
th e Calumet and Hecla Hospi tal and
is avail a bl e for ge neral pra ct ice as
a n , all of th e oth er phys icians liste r!
~ e l ow.
Calum e t and Ht'cla Hospital
Dr . 1". S. H oskin g : 8-9 a. m.; 4 - ~
p . m ., excepting Saturday afte rn o ons.
Dr. F. E. Kolb: 4-5 p. m ., e xce pt­
ing Th u rsday afternoons.
Dr. P. J. Murphy: 9-10 a . m.; 4- 0
p . m., excepting Friday afternoons.
Dr . N . N. Wood: 8-9 a . m.; 5-6 p.
m., exce pting Thursday afternoons.
Ahmeek Mine Dispensary
Dr . F. E. Kolb : 9-10 a. m.; 1-2 p.
m., e xcepting Thursday afternoons.
Lake Linden Dispensary
Dr. W. A. Manthei: 9-10 a . m.; 2-4
p. m ., exce pting Wednesday after­
noons.
Dr. J. J . Burke: 11-12 a . m.; 4: 3u
5: 30 p. m., excepting Th ursday after­
noons and Friday mornings.
AhJqeek Mill Doctor's Office
Dr. J. J. Burke : 1-2 p. m ., exce pt­
ing Thursday afternoons.
Sunday office hours at Calumet and
Lake ' Linden are between 11 and 12
a. m. At the Ahmeek Mine Dispensary
the doctor is in atte ndance from 9 to
10 a. m. every other Sunday.
WILLIA:\( .L eCOMPTE PASSES
William LeCompte, Plant Guard at.
th e Smelter, di e d rece ntl y aft e r a n
illness of several wee ks.
Mr. L eCompte fi rst wa s e m ployed
by Cal umet and H ecla in 1913 as an
underground labore r . He be ga n work­
in g at th e Sme lte r in 1915 , and with
the e xception of a few months, wa s
steadily employe d th e r e un t il he wa s
taken si ck.
H e is s urvived by a sis t e r, ;\-irs.
Agn es Lewis, of Hubbe ll.
S~OWl<'AI,L
1!1 38 -19 3 9 a total of 2 26 inch es pil e d
up ov e r th e di stri ct fo r t h e hi gh esl
on r ecord , wh i:e du rin g t he winte r or
1 9 3 0-19 3 1 onl y 81 % inches fe ll fo r
th e low t!st on r ecord since 18 8 8.
While lll a n y be li eve Febr,:a ry is
th e col dest month of th e year, th e
C. & H . weath e r bureau r eco rds r e o
yeal th e r e is on ly a s light di ffer eu cn
in t e mpe rature in Janu a ry a nd F e b­
ru a ry . R eco rds k ept from 1 8 88 to
date r E- veal th e a ve rag e F e bruar y
t t':mp e r a t ure is 1 3 . 8 ;; d egrees ab ove
:te ro whil e th e J a nu a r y r eco rd ilO
; 4 .43 :lOov e.
Th e co ldest month on r ecord was
J an uary of 1912 whe n th e a ve r ag E'
for th e e n ti r e m onth was 1.16 de g- r ees
below zero. The coldest F e bruary
on r ecord wa s in 1936 when th e
daily temperature was 1. 7 abo ve ze ro.
Tak en all in all the aver age tempera­
ture, every day of th e year since 1888
is 39 . 55 above zero.
THREE TRILLION TONS IN
U. S. RESERVE OF COAL
Three trillion tons of coal reserves
- enough to supply the Nation with
Loth solid and liquid f uels for at
l(:'ast 1,000 years- lies buried with­
in the United States, according t G
records of the Bureau of Mines , De ·
partment of the Interior .
WORI',f)'S LARGEST PUMPS
r PI,.-\NN E D A'r COU L E E J)AM
Water pumps capable of "lifting"
a gool! sized rive r ov·e r a hill 300 ft.
hi g h will be installed at Grand Coulee
d~m !'I.S part of th e syste m for irri gat­
in g a million acres of land In the Co­
lumbia Basi n.
L eonard \Vaara, John Jukuri, drift miners; Norman Kendall, Yalmer
Kinnun e n, drift tr a mmel's, and F e lix Hjort. trackman.
C_ & H. E:\1PLOYEES STAR O~
('AIXMET HOCKBY TKU(S
Hock ey, which for more th a n fort y
years has bee n a major sport in tho
Copper Country, hit its stride again
this winter with Calumet entering a
strong t eam in Uppe r Michigan-1I1in­
r.esota comp etition. On th e iLI ' UP a rc
s ~ v€:ral Calum et ond H ecla em ployees
who have made a sp:endid r ecord for
t he ms e lves on the ice ~ur :a (!e .
Among the ve t e rans who s par k t h e
Ca lumet team this wint er are Jo !.n n y
Whittake r, who works with ( (10 s t C,}1
ga ng in t h e constructi on d epar tm : nt :
Che t Be rryman , th e goalie. who i ~
employed in the railroad d e pa~' l m e !1l;
Bill Koopik a, who has play ed on S 3 \"­
ETa l t ea ms in past ye a rs a nd who i ~
emp loyed unde r g round at Iroq uois;
a nd Jasper Murphy, who pla ys dc­
fE- n se, also is on e of Hoga rth P e n­
pra7.e's r eg ulars in th e Iroquois mine.
\Vlth th ese ve t e rans as a nucleus a
strong team was organized, makinp;
u very creditab:e showing in compe ti­
tion with some of th e best teams in
the Mlchlgan-Ontario-Minnesota dis··
trict.
OREGON BEACH S.\~J)S ARE
SOl"RCE OF R ..\RE METAJ,
Sa nds of Ore gon beaches may be­
come major sources of zirconlum- a
m e tal used in the production of radio
tu bes, hlastlng caps, and flares, the
Bureau of Mines reveals. Investlga.­
tions of methodA of reducing the zir­
con in th e beach sands of Oregon be­
ga n in 1944.
Th e r ea son Cupid makes so many
bad shots is b3cau s e h e 's aiming at
the h ':'or t and looking a t th e h osi ery.
HERE IS
NOT .'\BOVE AVER\GE
Des pite th e fact that there is plenty
of snow around to satisfy everyhody
th e total this winte r is be low that of
r ecent years and the winter in gener­
al has been mild . Th er e has not bee n
one r eal blizzard for the winte r.
Saturday, February 15 , the wind
l each ed a ve locity of 47 mil es an
hour promising to provid e all th e
f r e works of an old fashion ed storm,
but the snowfall was li gh t and th e
wind abated during th e a ft ernoo n
without causin g an y tieup in hi gh­
way traffic. Th e th ermom e ter did
r egiste r th e lowest poin t for the win­
t er, howev e r , wh en th e me r cu r~'
dropped to 12 degrees he low zero .
This mark was not a s low as s eve rai
localities mu ch further sou t h th a n
the Copper Country.
T he snowfa ll for th€ wint er tota ls
164 inches up to date, a pil e up which
is less than last year at th e same tim e
and considerably lowe r than some
pr e vious years. During th e winte r o E
An impro ve me nt over th e roll er syste m of winter ro a d maint e na nce wa s the "snowbo x" sleigh, which was filled
with snow shovE- led o ff th e, streets of the village by el-ews of m f! n. who WE-I'e k e pt busy all winter. Stations were estab­
lished In nearby fi elds wh e re th e snow was unload ed through the swing ing side-doors of th e box. As th e snow pllert
up fit th ese dump~ the sleighs were hauled up and ove r them, sn th a t by midwinter a small mountain of snow wat'
built, and rf-mained until the warm sun of late spring me lt ed it aw ay. Picture shows i)th St., Clllnmet, in 1900.
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