activities at the more miners are various shafts 0

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Vol 4 No 1

ACTIVITIES AT THE VARIOUS SHAFTS

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T h e s h a ft is down pa s t til e 11th le ve l Cu ttin g the 11 th le vel pl a t is a lso co mple t ed Sleep er s stringers a nd ra il s as wel l as blas ti n g th e 10th level pe nt ice s hould b e fi nish e d shor tly Drifti n g on th e 10th le ve l south is fini shed a n d ra is ing h a s bee n sta rted Th e 10 t h leve l n orth dri ft is pa st the 500 Dra ft Mark and is st ill going a h ead Some stoping is bE- in g carri ed on in th e 9th level 110rth

lt(ntflIniRl No2

The wa te r h a s been low er e d to b eshylow th e 44 t h level a n d is bein g h e~ lt1

a t th is point Th e s h a ft has been timbe r ed a nd s k ips placed i n opera shyt ion dow n to t h e 44 t h lev el D rift ing on th e 41st level sou th is still goin g a h ea d in bette r tha n avera g e gradp g round This sh aft is n ea ring its p eak hoisting capa c ity of 100 0 tons daily of cop pe r rock Last month t h e a vershya ge daily hoist wa s 996 ton s A new round bottom ski p is being used whi ch has n e w rolle r bea ring wh eels of specia l alloy s teel

Iroquois No 1

A hi g h production of fail q llality rock is the performance fOl the past cou pl e of months for this shaft Stopshying is he in g done on the 18th level north 19th level north a nd south and a new stope is goin g up on the 20th level south Drifting both ways beshyyond the 1 3 00 D M on the 20th level is still progressing The 20th level so uth drift has heen about average but t h e n or th drift h a s been poor

No4 K earsalg(

This shaft has been keeping up Its hoist and sailing along quite smoothshyly Drifting both sides of the 29th level is finish e d and ope nin g up for stoping is in progress a t t h e p resent tim e T he 30th level north dri ft is fi ni sh e d an d t a king d o wn ba ck and get ti n g r ea d y to cut ch utes is being ca rri ed on T h e l Oth leve l sou t h drift Is goin g around a n old stope o f the 32 n d level in No3 sh aft This drif t s ho u ld hol e t he No 3 rt r if t befor e t h e (n d o f t h e montil

-HSENT~E IS[ R E IHJCED I)lmiddot ]IXlt Tt-n J- ST IONTH

In spite of th e opening of the s ma ll ga m e h un ting season t here was a mark ed d ecrease in th e n um bel of sh i ft s lost d ur i ng October as comshypa red with a n y mon th in the last few yea r s October records reveai that 18 ~ - shirts 0 1 3 8 6 7c of t il e number sch edul e d were lost

I roqu ois r eporte d t h e low est pershy

What C fP H Folks Are Doing

centage o f absen tee ism o f a ll u n dershygrou nd d epart me n ts with 279 T he Electric ians lead t he su r face d eshypa r tm e n ts wit h 048

Nove m bers reco rd may n ot eq u al tba t of October du e to t h e o pe nin g of t he d eer huntin g s eason H ow ever as t his a rtic le goes t o press in dicashyt ions are t h at most empl oyees are u t ilizi ng th e wee kends fo r thei r hun tshyin g trips

Bar r in g seve re weat h er con d itions Dece mbu is e xpect ed to set a n ew lo w recor d fo T s hif ts los t It is h oped th a t t h e dow n ward t r e n d in absenshytee is m will continue d ur in g the month s ahead

VICTORY LOAN GETS OFF TO AVERY GOOD START Ha rry Bennetts who h a s supervisshy

ed the Pay-fto ll De du ction P la n fo r Wa r Bonds d u rin g t h e period of the wa r r eports that g ratify ing progres s has been a ccomplished in su bscripshytiOIlS to t h e Yictor y Loan Campaign which is now being conducted Indica shytions a r e t h a t the employees of this Company will a gain m eet th e full Quota s e t for this Loan

I n every War Bond L oan to date we have succeeded in m a kin g 10 0 of the Quota and th e e mployees are to be congratulated on the splendid Epirit of patriotism eviden ced by this fa ct A limited number of withd rawshya ls from the plan have been r eceived since the end of active warfare but t he large majority have continued in the pan a nd are activ ely inte r es t ed in continuance of th e m ethod of savshyings by m eans of reg ular deductiolls of amount s to be invest ed in Bonds of 011 governm ent

It see ms to be d e te rmined th a t th pay-roll d e du ctions will be con t inu ed as 101 g as th e e mploye es of t~ e

co u n try (cntinue to te intereste ~1 i l t his sa lin gs plan As a resu lt of sue avi n g-s lllost of the C amp H employshyees hUH ac(unlllated a n ie lot 0shybo n ds which a r e bei ng kep t 10 eme r gency need s or u n li l mat urit y S u(h bon d p urch asEs a r e s ti ll th e safest investmen t t h a t ca n be m ad e and the interest r e tur n is better t han t ha t rece ive d f lo m m ost in vestme n ts We may well be proud of our r ecord during th e past a nd be g la d t o h a ve t he oppor tu ni ty t o continu e thi s ea s y su re a nd profi ta b le m ethod of savshyin gs i n the fu tu re

Th e m e m be rs of th e Pay- ro ll d eshypartm ent an d t hose of the Per sonne l departm ent are to be con g rat ula t e d on do in g su ch a fine j olgt in h a ndlin g the d e tails of ente r in g su bscription s makin g de d uct ions obta ining a nd d eshyli ve r in g t he bonds ctu r in g th e pa s t t11 r ee yea1s Th e a dd ition a l wu r llt ot ha ndli n g th e P la n h a s been ch eer ful shyly a n d will ing ly don e wi th ap pa ren t sa tisfa ction t o a ll eonce ll1 ed The s plendict eoo pera tion of th e Me r chshya nts a nd Min e rs Ba nk o f Calumet h as a lso be en a large fact o in th e su ceeS8 of our effort s a nd our sineer e g r a tishytud e is dn e to t h e m for th e ca r eful attention g ive n to the issua n ce of th E Bonds

THESILI IS R R P ARE))

Th e la Ige ra illoa d tlesti e s panning th e H uugarian F a lls c r eek n ea r t h e Ahmeek Mill has been re paire d a n d is now in excell ent condi t ion All th ) timberwork and ties h a ve been r eshyplaced with n e w m at erial a nd th e found a tion re pa ired The e nti r e strucshyt ure has been g iven a coa t of paint G e r 3 40 0 0 fee t o f tim ber went into th e st ru cture in two days Th e W OIK

was a joint p ro j ect of tile Con st ru cshytion Ra ilroa d and Ahmeek Mill d eshypa rtm en t s

The K eweenaw Co u n ty Honor Holl located IJPtwee n Ahmeek village a n d Mo hawk on highwa y US-4 ] a n d M-26

November 1945

MORE MINERS ARE EMPLOYED HERE

D u ri n g- ell tember a nd ea rl y OctoshyIer a smal l n um ber of e m poyeefl was a dd ed to th e un d eurorground payshyl o ll w it h m ost o f th e me n co min g from t h e Qu incy a n d Cop per Ran ge compan ies In sp it e o f th is th e r e cord s s how a d ecrease of un d e r shyrOil lld e mployees co mpa r e d wi t h t h i Se ptem bel tota 1

It was h ope d t hat t h e re would be a mat e r ia l increa se in unde r g ro un d emp loy me n t du e t o th e s h uttin g d own 01 opera ti ons a t th e t wo compa n ies nentio n ed a bo ve R eturnin g s er vicemiddotmiddot m e n we re a lso e xp ec t ed to h e lp sw ell th e und e rground force Howeve r t h e r e have been e ry fe w former se r shyvice m e n r e tu rnin g t o wo rk This si tshyuat ion may im prove a s mo r e m e n a r e d isch a rged

Ma n y form e r Quincy e m p loyees h ve e nter e d oth er industries alshyth ou g h a s ubsta n t ia l num ber a r e r eshytfi vin g un e m plo yment be ne fi ts Th e sa me is t ru e of form e r Copper Rang e m e n exce pting that un e mployment pay m e nts we r e held up pending a d eshycis ion o f th e State Un e mpl oym e nt Co mpe nsa tion Com m ission re la tive to t h e el ig i bility of th eir claims fo r ben efits Th e Co m mission wa s s ch edshyul ed to h ol d a h ea rin g Nove mbe r 1 9 on th e case

A n in c r ea se in unde rground proshyduction is essential if th e e tIec ts of exhaustio n of t h e con g lomerate sands i~ to be offset to sOlll e d egr ee Naturshyall y a n intrease in th e num ber o f und e r g round pe rsonnel would have a direc t hea rin g on incr ea sed producshyti on

IlSI SE(lTIU PERUT TO (UT CHRISTf-S TREES

Atte n ti on of Calumet a nd Hecla e m p loyees is ca lled to the provi sioll of t h e Michigan Sta t e Law cove ring th e tra n s porta t ion of Christmas t r ees ( nder t h e law a bill o f sale must b ~ obta in ed fro m th e ow n er o f the la n d t POll wh ich t he tree is cut be fo le it ta n be tra nsp or ted All la w e n for ceshylllEut officers lHll e th e a ut hor it y t st op n person tra ns porti n g t rees and inspect t he hill of sale io ia tors of t his provisio n are su bject to ar r est

Any e mp loyee wis h in g to o lgttain th e necessary perm it for re m oving Christmas trees from C amp H pr opershyty is advised t o make ap plication to CI icr or Pol ke P e t er J Murp hy 11 Ilulphy tan he (middotontac ted at t h e Gershypral Office Calume t between th~

ho u ls (If 8 to 9 a 111 a n d 1 to 2 p m 1I1on days throu g h Frid a ys and 8 to

11 a Ill Saturdays

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C amp H NEWS - VIEWS O EM B ER 19 45

01 amp 1 NtUlB-1IJtrUlB P u b lish e d Mon th l y by th e

Ca lume t a nd Hecla Con so lidated Copper Company

I n th e I nte r es t o f Its E m ployees Editor- Ge r vase T M ur phy Associa t e Edito r - J W Alt

p O Box 2 3 1 Ca lum et Ilich igan Ne ws a nd Vie ws of Michigan s Great

Coppe r Mining Compa n y a nd its Va riou s Branc h es

Vol 4 Nove mbe r 194 5 N o 1

On e day last s u m m er a t ouris t s t opped to a s k A ndre w B eHr ic k of A hmeeh Min e wh e re Co pp e r Cit y is Wh e n Andre w t old h i m h e sa id h e h a d jus t dri ve n throu gh t he r e b u t d id n t t hin k t ha t i t was Co pp e l City be(au s e h e h a d expected to s ee large q u a n tities of copp e r t here

Vh en Rob F a Ue r or t h e Sm e lter go t hom e a n d showe d h is wi f th e two panr id ge h e shot hi s w ire said Wh e re is you r g un Bob haJ

iert th e g u n lean in g against a stUIllP at Rice Lak e He went ba( k th en middot a n d t h e gl n was st i ll wh ele h e h ad

IE- t t it Th e olcl fa mil iar sto ry 1 cl idn L

t hi nk it amoun ted to much is ti llt ca u se of m a n y in fec tion s S m aU s eratc h es an d cuts p ro m ptl y tak e n cu r e o t will not beco m e in fect ed First A id ma t e r ia l is a l ways a va ilshy

ltt b le J all Cad we ll o f Ce n t ral 8 x plor shy

alio n c1tims h e is t h e Sunda y ( ook George Pop Ve lll e r of the S m elshy

t e r Iee ps t he ne ig h holllO od su pplie(

w it h r ah bits J ac Le n7- of t h e Lak e L ind e n

H ec lama tion says h e ca n t ta ll( A t n igh t J imlllY W hi tfo r d o r

0 1 Allo ue z uses a flash li gh t t o s h o w hi s ch ic k e ns the way to till

COOI1 J oc Co te o t No4 K ea rsarge los t

aU his g ray h a ir d u rin g t h e World

Ha ball S e ries Vll ti l ~oye Jllb e r 10t h 194 4 Pet~

l1u rp h y IHld a lw ays ce le bra te d his bilt h da y o n Jun e 6th I n 194 4 a rte J u ne 61h h e foun d ou t the r ig h t d ate

p re Jos f p h St efa n ic who was min e r a t - 0 4 I( earsa rge hefor e n t ( r ing t h e a r med ser v ice is n o w w it b t h e arm y o f occu pat ion ill Ge rm any H e- wou id l i k e to heal f ro m so m e of t h ose with who m h e wo r k ed h e r e His a ddress is Co H 40 7th In AP O 10 1 0 2 c o Postm as t e r Ne w York K Y

of hi s birth was Novem bel 10th Tha t yea r h e celebrated h is birth day twice

Som e m e n say t h ey can t h a n dl e sc r a pe r cable wh e n th ey wear g loves W e w onde r if t hos e same men e ve r thin k o ( what they d do if th ey had a ba d in fection in t h ei r ha nd or on e of th e ir fi n ger s Glov es w il l protect you r h a nd s a nd fi n ge r s f rom puncshytu r e wound s

Whe n F erg us Th err ia n of I roquois S ha f t was a dril l boy at A h m e k Mine h e saw three g hosts- Ho t only did h e see th e m but th e y ch ased h i m

Vi c G iacole tlO of Ah m eek Min e is ra is ing a pi g th a t is 6 feet 6 inch es le n g an d we igh s 200 pou n ds

W h e n Osca r K a u ra a n Ahm ee k m ine r was ~ years o ld he was a drill boy in Fin la n d a nd was pa id 1 2 ce n ts clay-middothe was ear n in g his ow n livshyin g

Just try to w ork safe ly a nd you w ill succeed

On Oc to be r 18th Joh n Hankin en C amp H Office Yardman h a d spl ing fev e r

P rom 1917 to 1920 T a na Go so n 0 th e F o un d ry was w it h th e llic h iga n Sta t e Poliee a nd was locate d in Sou the rn lIlichigan Du r ing that tillll he worlpcI o n severa l n otoliou s cases

Fo r the past four years Rrock a ~

Myers of the Lake Linden P owe 1middotlanl h a s gone dee r h unting a nd hasnt had on e shot at a bu ck He r es ishill g him s u cce~s t h is year

Ed Hj o rt of Ahmeek Min e d roe ou e hu nd r ~ d mi les on 25 cent wortl

of gasoli n e h ell Les B urgan of t h e Lake

Li ll d e n Pow e r Pla n t eat s a quart o f ilec rea m a t a m ea l h e puts p le nty o f salt and pe p pe r o n i t

Bat Diga n do C amp H P a in t e l

claims t hat t h e w ea t h er is co lder ill Lake Li nd e n t h a n it is in Cal u m et whil h e wo rked d own there h e h ad to ke p his ea r -laps dow n

Lawre nce Brouille tt e of the Lake L ind e n Ilec lama ti on lost t h e k e y to Lis cahine t an d cou ldn t shav e

Previ o u ~ t o t h e ope n in g o f the d eer sea so n t h e r ea l hu n ti n g star ted in th e T amara ck R eclamationmiddot- As J c rdan sa ys-Str e tch yo u r sto r ies h u t n o t yo ur hags Pl e nty o f im aginshyary shots we r e fircd a n d giant hu ck

we r e s lain

(() IIE~ S BLE ( WE~TS Octobe r

( lItJal ]xplolat io n rnllltI1lOUlld

Oc t obe r 2 2- W esley H Clark Shirt Boss Pi eCE- o f roCk fell from th e bac k o f a drift a nd struck his s ho u ld er Fracture of right claviltlc a nd (o n t u sed h ip Time lost

Twu boatloads of ltoa l tota lin g sOllie 18OOl tons were received at the C I H Dock duri ng the past month It is hoped that ad d ition a curgoes will be r ece ived before Lhe ltlose of navigatio n

lodifi ca ti on of t he ban o n (oal s h ipm e n ts m e ntion ed in the last isshys u e of ~e w s- iews accou n ted fo r th e

Nove mbe r clelive r ies Eve n if a cld itio n al coal is r eceived

the ut most economy must be prac ticshye d in o rd e r to m ak e th e coa l stock

pile last u n til th e openin g o f nav iga shyti o n n ext season

[ Boys and Girls J THE RESP NSIBILITY IS

Mr a n d Mrs Emil Primea u a r e th e parents of a son born Octobe r 21 1l4 5 E mil is a Warehouse Man a t t h e Sm elter

Il l a nd IIrs Lou is Gribaldo are t he parents o f a daughte r born Oct 25 1945 -ouis is a tra mmer at Ah middot mee k Mine

11r and Mrs Sam u e l Juvingo a le th e parE n ts of a s on borD Nove mber 4 19 4 gt Samuel is e mployed at th e

Sm elter MI a nd Mrs Albert K orkk o are

t h e parents of a daughter born No vlln bcl 6 1945 Albert is empl o ~ei

a t Ahm eek Mine as a trammer

VISITORS AT CA IUMET

W W L yn ch New York sales repshyr esenta tiv e for Calumet and H ecl a and K S Willia m s or Pittsb u r g SeCshyoEdary De partme n t sc rap metal JlUIshye haser were in Calumet d urin ) t h e wee k of ~ovember 5th T h ey I r c a ccompanie d by Messrs Rangs all([ Dietz of th o Nassau Smelling a n d npshyfi n ing Company

Th e Nassau Company lik e Cainshymet and Hecla is inte res ted in th e nonferro us metal scrap bll Sillf~ f

lroblen ls of th e husiness whic-h ClllIshy

ceuro r n 110lh companies we r e disc ussed

UOW UG T E iHlS G OLrG STHOG

Th e C amp H Bowling League I S

mov in g r ight a long as per schedul ~

An inte rested glDUP of ho w cl s a nl spectators a l tend lll ~ middotatclws el l Sunda rt Iloon at the ~ u)Jc ri n AImiddot leys Calulll e t ald Ih e White 1I011 S

Alleys loh a wk Se o re~ of 200 a nd ovel alc )p middoton middotmiddot

ing Inole freque n t as th e pin s ll dl middot r ega in t h e ir form Bill Chapman wh)

won the l ion s sha r c of the indiv idual h o nors in t he loo p last seaso n is u p a mo ng t h e leaders again bllt fi n cli n g more c()m Jl ~ tit ion this year As thi s a r ti ltl e g oes to press G eorg~ Schn 31shyIe I a m e mue r of Rill s Lak e Lind ell

ON YOUR SHOULDERS

1 ~e1a m a li on l eu m has th e ind iidual top S ~o r e with a m urk of 241 He i followe d by Ja ck l1 u )fold Office anrl Pat Ra pso n Ahm ee k Surface who nr o liecl fo r ~e(o lld p a( ~ wiTh 2middot~3

The l lagll~ s Ched ul e rOj Uece mlJ e [olloll~

rk c 2--Consl Iltcmiddott ion S Sm e lter 01 ~ uperior a l e ~ Foundry s Ah IIHlmiddot SUImiddotrae at S uper ior alle~middots

()i iel middotS Ah n( k l nderground aL hi[( 1-Ot~S2 a ll c~ ys

i~Fl l - Constll l(LioJl s T a m arac ~ cehn at inn a T Superior alleYR O ffi ce S Iroqu ois 11 S UIlPrior alle~ middot s nailmiddot roa d vs Ioue( at Whit e Hous

a l le s De~ IG- r~ou nd r~ vs hI IlPe llt lJl shy

d c rground Jt SUIJ ~middotri olmiddot al leys SIllPltcl middotS L1k Li ndell R Ee1amaLioll a t Sushyp riol alloys hmeek S ur hp vs

Ccut( n nia l at hi t e H ousc a ll eys

dmiddot S 1 1middot IST LE U

11 ( Ii I) - tol Eca Ip has hee n inshy

~ t111ed at t h e Tamarac lte clamul io1 l allt Tle eOllnetl ilnse for th e sca lt IS pou r ed in t o Ila c e in on d ay lI h -1 th cre w in c hal p wo rled t wlt consccati vc h irts to COlllp Jc t the joh II I~d[r un aorah l weather co nd ishytio ns

Some of the em ployees of the Ahmeek l1 i ll a nd T a ma la c k Rec lamation enjoy in g a Safe t y Par ty at the c lubroo ms of I he C amp H Fire h a ll

NOY BM B E R 19 4 5 C amp H NEWS - VI EWS J

c amp H to Manufacture Chemicals at Lake Linden Plant Th e ne west d eve lopm e n t in t h e expansion of the Calumet a nd H eela

is its e ntra n ce into th e lipId o t ma nu fac tu r in g cop pe r chemicals F or t his p urpose a D~w t o r po la tio n ha s been oqoanized under th e nam e of Th e La k cshyC h 2Jn iea l Compau] wi t h nn ll tho ri zlmiddotd apital o f $3 00000 Th e Calu m e t a nd H ecla has Ru bscri bed t o h alf o f t h is stoc k a nd th l Harsh aw Chemical C 0111 pa n y cf Clevela nd h as t aken th e other half Calu met will d o t h e manu shyfact u r ing a nd th e sa les w il l hr ha ndl ed hy Ha rsh aw Th e o ffi cia ls of t h e La ic Ch e llli (a l Com pa ll Y a r l ali preRlnt o ffic ia ls of Calum et a nd H ec la and

HarRha w This is a Vfr Y na tu n il d e ve lopme n t of Com pan y aetiv ity beeause the

prin c ipal basi c fa w mater ial go ing in to each o f these prod ucts is something

that is a lreadgtmiddot b e in e p urch a~( d fo r or ma n ufactu r ed by t h e Com pany in its o t h er o pe ra t io ns Th e locat ion o f th e new pla n t will be at Tamarack where abso le te Blach in ery iR n ow be in g removed to pr ovide space fo r the n ew com pa n y

Wit h t he e xhau s tion o f th e conglom erate sands a t Tamaraek about a year ago th p fl o w sh eet was lw)difi etl an d sim pli fi e d for t h e treatment of

Hmvg daloi d Sltln ub resultini in t h e e li m ination of mueh of the eq u ipment used in th p orig ina l process A eltolflin ) ly t he pant as a w hol e is losin g its form e r ph ys ical fltt r uetu r eo ltl IHI wi ll ve ry sh ortly house three Company acshytiv iti es and operations instead or on e all w ith in t h e for m er b uild ings In treating Con gl ollltra t e ra nd s bot h l eachi n g and flotation were used In

t reating a m ygd a lo id leac hi ne is o u t e nti rely a n d flotation eq u i pm e nt is m ate ria l1gtmiddot rpd u ( ed a s t o a mol1n t o f requ ired fl oor ~pace

Th e firs t s t q ill th e f undion a l ex pansion o f t h e plant was in the u se o f t he lEac h ing plant t a nk s a nd oth er eq uipmen t for the t r eatment of secshy

ondary co pper T his op erati on und e r th e s u perv is ion o f Mr K e n ny has a lJrodu c ti ve capaci t y o f a mill in l1 pouncl ~ o f copper per m onth as copp er o xid e and with s li gh t a dd itions to t h e exi s tin g eQ uipment th is can be do u bled

Th e sout h half of th e st ruetu re fo r m e rl y housi n g fl otation equipment is no w be in g reconstr ucted for t h e man u facture of t h e initia l t wo ch e m ica ls t o lJ e produ ced ]~ L a k e Ch e mi ca l Compa ny T hmiddotese a r e copper oxyeh lor ide s ul phat e k n own to t h e tra d ( as COCS an d cupr ic h ydroxide the latt er aeshy(ord in g to th e ) r ocess d rve loppd b y P er cy R o we The space d e vote d to t h ese products will lJ e in excess of (lOO sq ft with a m ple fac il ities for eXlJa n sion as it ilecomcs n ecessary e ith er to increase t h e conte m p la t e d outshyput of th ese two 01 mo re lik el y f o r th e ma nufacture o f a ddition a l co p per

( he mica Is I n th e m a nu fact ure o f COC S co ppe r will be d e liv ered d irectly fr o m

t h e Se condary CopPf- r De part m e n t 10 th e operating floor of th e COCS pla n t It is cont emplate cl tha t t h e capacity of t hi s p lan t for the time will be 1 5 0 tOIlS of fi nis hed product 11I0nthly which will requi re a co nsumption of be-

Showing Pictures of the Ruins at Delaware Mine In Keweenaw County

ti m e t he Delawa r e Mini n g Co mlJa n y Th e ti rst (o p ]J er m in e a t Dela wa r ) was olganized in 18 76 In 1R8 1 a n ew

was orga n ized hy th e ~orthwfst Millshy o rga niza tion was fo r m ed again th iti in g Associa tion in 1847 Two ~middotea 15 ti m e bein g call e d th e Conglom cratmiddot la t e r t h e co mpan y was leorga nized as )1 iHin g Co mpa n y T his fir m o perated

t he Non h wes t Min in g Com ]Ja n y va r ious p rop erties s uch as t h e North shywh i(h dur in g th e pe riod fro m 18 0 west th e P ennsy lvan ia the De la ware to 1 86 0 spe nt $9 3 90 00 in d e ve l o p middot t h e Ma ryl a nd a nd t h e Wyoming I n

m e nt o f the min e 188 8 after th e ope rations h a d su sshyThe company was r eorganize d pended anothe r company wa s organshy

again in 1 8 61 as the Pennsyl van ia izd as the Lac La Be lle Mining Co mshyMining Compa ny In 1863 th e ope r ashy pany but did not get into actual proshytors divided the ir various inte rests duetion

and the Delaware produced about 4- Shortly afte r th e turn of th e censhy

000000 pounds of copper be twee n tury the Calumet a nd H ecla did COllshy

1863 and 1867 wh e n t he property side rable exploratory work in th e s uspend e d operations In the m ean- Delaware sec tion

tween 85 a n d 90 tOIl S of seeon da r y copper T h e ot h er r a w ma t e ria l e ntershyin g into t h e man ufactu r e o f COC S arp sulphu r ic ac id am mon ia a n d Ral t a ll o f w h ich will be deliverer to th e plant in hu ll sh ipmen ts e it h er in tan l

far for the two liq ui d p rod ne ts or by box lt~ ar fo r the sal t Thi s COCS is at p resent being man llfa(tllrpd by H arshaw at h(ir El y ria planl at a less(r c-apaci(y t h an )lan ll lt d for Tamarack Th ere is no room for IgtXTHlnflti on at E lyr ia wit h ou t hui ldin g a n e ntire ly new nn it so that the loca l plant inatshym u ch as a sli t lt) le ~tru(t u re is availahlf middotill aV(li d t h e n cltss ity o f a n e w bui ldi n g

Th e manufattu r e of tupr ic h ydrate is sti l llIore c losely relatpd to curshyrent Compa ll ) ltle ti vit y lha n is t ha t of COCs T h e has it raw m a t er ial in t h iil

caSf is the (OpPPI soitl1i on thal if p rod uced i n the leachin g of second a r y eopper At IlleSf)nt a ll t h is so lution is di sti ll e d in ord er to produ ce the lt o pshy

per oxid e w hich the Compa n v h as been m anufactu rin g for m any yea rs To the exten t that thi~ co pper sol u ti o n wil l be used for t h e m a n u faet u re of

cupric hyd r ate ) portio n will be dive rt e d f r om sfCo nda ry o pera tio n a n d f t Oled in tanKs a t p resen t a ui ahle from which it will be p~l lll p ed to th hydrate plant Th e o n l~ oth (r raw mat e ri al req uired for t h e m a nu fact u re of cupric h yd rate w ill he Cltl ustie soda In t hi s opera tio n a ll t h e copper is converted to (UIlriC hydratE- hu t t he a m monia tha t was in th e o r ig in a l s o ushytiOll wil be recovered by dis t illa tio n a Hd r e t u lll eurod t o t he leaehi n g ci lmiddotc u it

Both the coes an d tlH cllp r ic hyd ra t e wi l l he d r iE- d an d t h e dr ie d proshydu ct will be s hi pped in ha gs ot a p)l Imiddot0gti11la t e I ~middot ~5- lb we ig ht A tra d e Ila m e

will be selpcted for n il o f tlHse nltw pro c1 1 ( lt and attr ae ti ve eon tai n e r s wi ll be llsed This packagin g is a new c ti vity fo r th e Com pany which h as bee n accustom e d in the past to perm it the coppe r p nH ti cally to sell i tself beshy

cause of its r e putation- th fgt new products will hav e t o be bu ilt u p to a n d

t he n ma intai n C amp H standa rds W ithin t h e space leaspd to the Lak e Chem iea l Compa n y t h e r e is s ti ll

room fo J a d d itional product s wh ic h a r e a t p r esent o n ly in t h e experi m e ntal OJ pilot p lant stage of deve l()p ment It is fu lly a n tic ipa t e d th a t othe r ch e m shyiea ls related to t he produe ts now iJ p ing m an ufact ured or in co n t e m pl at ion wil l be p roduce lt1 very s hortly in q u a nt it y The co ppe r ox id e wh ich u p t o t his tim e ha s bee n sh ip ped in baJrels and co n ta inin g consid e rabl e moisture will ~d HO be fu r the r r eti n pd to th e ex u nt t h a t d ry ing a nd haggin g equi pm e nt

has been orde r ed a n d t hi s p rodu et t oo wi ll sho rtly he s hippe d in paper bags A pou n d of eop pe r as a ch e m ica l rOlJlma nds a h igh rr price t h a n tha t sanw pound as m e ta l a nd t his pxpa n s ion is ail part of th e progress iV e policy at the Com pan y t o continu e opera t ioll s at any price for eo p per

R esponsible for t h e desig n o f th e p lant a Hd its successful ope ration arc R A Luch t a nd Joh n Porvasn ik of H a r sh aw Ch e mica l a nd C H Be n edict H 8 W illi ams an d Pe t er Ostla nder for Ca ill m et a nd H ecia

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Companys Foundry and Pattern Sh

Ho raee Ba rret t a nd Charl euros Larson molde rs clamping a mold Albert Sch mid cupola operator repa iri ng eupola iron r ece iver For eshyman Leonard Yeo inlpecting the job

Martin Sterbenz operating inside era lie

John Vilson patte rn mak e r sanding a part of a pattern In Sepshyt ember John r e turned to his old job in the P a tte rn Shop after se r shying 3 years and 3 months in the Navy W hile in the Na vy he wa s J

Patte rn Makampr First Class and had seen se rvice on the Atlautic an(1 Pacific ocea u s

THE Calumet a n d Hecla in 1907 at Calumet The for the La k e Linden B

year Since t ha t ti me t h e s te rn s At t h e presen t tim e t fo r th e improvemen t of th e 1

During t he r ecen t war pou nds of di rect war cas tin o pe rat ions in conn ec tion wit

Since 1 9 4 0 th e foundry ba lls whic h are u sed in th e c t he fou nd r in 19 4 0 pro ved in sta ll ed I he fo ll owing year halls hav) hee n tur ned out f

Tn the past fi ve yea rs n ha ve befn ma de fo r com pa ma de of Cop pe r Bra ss Alu Hard The la s t n am ed Plodt whe r E a iJ r as ive mate ria ls a I

T here a re t wenty- seven

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R icha ld W ehb machin e molder 111 a ki n a m ul tiple mold

J oseph H a l John C Sul ll (or e box

Bal l cast in g machin e cre w Do mi nic Massogl ia Alfred Kump Cla ud Ba yles Frank P eCha wer a nd Joseph Natario

i r g il Marine ll i brass molde r set ti n CO Ia in a mold John Sa ndre tto John B

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tern Shop Are Scene of Ve

ring cupola iron r ece ive r F ore-Caesar e Zubiena chi pper comple ting and inspecting a g rindin g job

T HI Ca lum e t a nd Hecl a foundry a nd patt e rn shop we re built in 190 7 a t Ca lu met T h e firs t patte rn made In t h e n ew sh op was for the La k e Linden BOiler h ouse w h ich was er ected the same

year Since that t ime t he shop has construct ed n earl y 30000 patshyt erns At t he present t ime the shop Is engaged in making pa tte r n s for t he improvement of t he boilers a t t he Ahmeek Mill

Durin g t he r ecent war th e foundr y turned out over 56 0 0 00 pou nd s of di r ect wa r castin gs a ll o f t h em u sed by t he govern men t o pe ra tions i n con nection with t he wa r campaign

Since 1040 the fou n dry has been ma n u facturing steel gr i ndin~ ba ll s wh ich are used in t he co nica l mills The steel ball ex peri me n t a t th e tou n dr v in 1940 proved uccesst ul a nd a castin g mac hi ne was installed t he follow in g yea r More tha n 10 000000 pounds of thes~ balls havJ hee n turned ou t at the foun dry up to date

In the pa t five years more t han 18 000000 pounds of castin gs ha ve be~n made for eompany ope ra tions T he casti ngs have been Ill a de o f Coppe r Brass Aluminu m Gray I ron White Iton a nd N ishyHard T he last na med produ ct is used in casti ngs which o perate whe r e a hr as ive mater ia ls are h a nd led

T hee a re twenty-seven men em plo yed a t th e fou n dry and patshy

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Dominic POliu to core makemiddot ra m m ing a core

J oseph Harris pattern maker a n d J ohn C Sull ivan helper making a co re box

J oh n Sa n dretto John B rill a nd Ta na Goson ni ghtm en

Jose ph P r im eall Cu pol a Cha r ger shoveling coke in to cu pola ee ttin g r eady for the m e lt

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cene of Very Much Activity

) mpleting a nd inspec tin g a g rindin g job Joh n Trlt ven cl e l k a nd Milton P ridea ux super int endent c h eckin~

ove r th e r~c l)rd

Dominic Poliuto (o r e mak e r ramming a core

Hilding Taube mold er makin g a joint of a mold

Th e outs ide crane operated by Cecil Shannon unloading a car- of pig-iron with the help of P eter Curto yardman

J os eph Primeau Cupol a Charger shove lin g cok e into ( upola ge tt in r~a d y for t he m e lt Vil lia m Voge le r and Cla re nce Dunn mo lde r s dosin g up a mold

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Qe WiSh) To th a nk J a m es Barinotti of th a

Smelter for h is safety suggest ion Geo r ge Pln i of the Ahmeek Mill

wo uld t e ll us why he is ca ll ed 0

Gat Pi n i W ilbe rt Bisson of t h e La ke L ind ell

Power Pla nt wo uld t ell th e hoys wha l part of th e dee r h e was prom ised if l rock way 1yers e ve r gets a buck

Pat Sh eeha n of Iroquo is wou ld tEll us ho w he lost his non-hrea la bk atch crystal

Joh n L S ullivan of t h e Motive Powe r wou ld te ll t he boys about th 2 exper ie nce h e ha d wh e n be tried to eat a pea l

Dan Erickson of th e Moti ve Po we r would te ll th e ho ys how he got hi s one a nd on ly partr idge

To t hank Claren ce Geige r C amp H Wa tchm a n fo r hi s safe ty suggestion

Ve cou ld see every em ployee of the C amp H a t a safe t y dinne r a n rl rarty d urin g th e next tw e lve m onth s T his is possi hle if e ve ry ma n in e very d eparment p a nt hift 01 shaft woul rl wor k sa fe ly Wi ll you t r y to do it middot

Bill Li t tl e o f Ahm eek Mi ne would t e ll th e bo ys wh y b e is ca ll eu Sidewal k Wi II ie

To tha n k A P Jim Le Bea u lt 0 1

t h e Emelte r for his s uggestion Ieshygard ing sa fe ty pa rties

H o ward Steele of th e Smelte r Lashybora tory would t e ll th e boys wh e r hc got t hat c url y hai r

Andre w Be nri ck of Ahmeek Min I would k eep his promise

W e had a pictu re of th e chicke n t hat Art Jarvela of th e Smelte r claims b e ha d served him at a safet y dinner

Jay Bastian ot th e Lake R ecl a mashyti on would s ing the sung tha t h e COIll shy

losed fo r t he boys

A t h ree ro un d boxi ng ma tch heshyt ween Ca n non Ball F a rley and Curl y Steele This match to de t e rshymi ne the fl y we ight championshi p of

th e Smeiter One pair of hip boots to be u sed

for crossing a stream on th e way to wo r k- by Jim Paull of Ahm ee k Mine

YOUI ideas and suggestions on how to improve the safety or your shift shaft department or plant

Pictures of those big bucks tha t you shot during the past deer hunlshy

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ing seaso n Ma il 01 give th e pict ures t o J a l e Alt Safety E ng ineer

F lood Jig hs fo r horseshoe co urtshyhy Wes Will iams o f Ahm ee k Officf

T o buy- middotFresh eggs- by Ca r l Po ~shy

ey o f Ah m eek Mine

T o buy- -a ri din g horse- one that will match co wboy boots- by Gordon Kin gstrom of Cente n ni al Mi ne

Ev er yhod y workin g a fe ly ever y day not on ly on t he jou uu t at h om e iI th e woods and on th e hi g h wa ys

To uuy-on e pail of overa ll s size 42 -- by Hecla ~aara of Ahmeek Vlin p

In rormatio n on how to ohtain an invitation to a safety dinn e r and party- by Ma r ga ret Simonich of the C amp H Offi ce

A job as r a dio a nnouncer-by Geo Dahl All ou ez No3 truck d ri ver

Foundry (Continu d From I age 5)

te rn sho p Milt Pri neatlx is th e su pershyintende nt of th e p lan t The staff of t he p la n t is prou d o f the fact that 1I ine t een 111 e m hers o f th e e mployees fa mil ies sen-cd in th e al m ed se rvices durill ~ th e war

Consta n t improve m en ts to th e e c uipm ent of th e pa nt mak e it OIlC of th e hest sma ll foundl ies in th p (ollntry At t he presen t ti me t h e e n shyli re lightin g system is being mode r nshyized

F o r m all Y yea rs th e fo u nd r y cr e has bee n kno wn for its partic ipa tion ill ath le tics For t h e past several yea rs th e bowl ing tea m has stabl ish shyE d an e nviable r ecord in th e company a n d th e pu blic bo wling leag ues 01 th e base ba ll diam ond t he Found ry Tea m has a lways proven a form id shya ble oppo ne nt On se veral occas ion gt th e soft ba ll t eam of the pl a n t WOll the loca l cha mp ionship

T he record of wh ich th e m en are t h e most proud ho wever is t he safeshyty reco rd Th e enti r e pl a nt r a n a to shyta l or 2 14 59 shiftmiddot witho u t a com pensabl e a cc id e nt unt i l one of th e m e n was inj u red in an un avo idab le mishap f mm~dia t e l y t h e cre w start shyed ou t to mak e a he tte r reco rd an d liP t o th e p resent date 20 401 shifts have been worked with out a s in g le mish a p

Ll NraquoJltR JOB COIPJETEJ)

Emil Marcotte and his cre w have comple t ed const ru ctioll of the launshyde r at th e Lake Linde n Reclamatioll plant and expe llenced an inte r esting time while the work was going on The launder is built on a sand bank

EWS - VlhWS NOE MBER 194 5middot

v1rs John Sandretto who I(s ides n eal the Call1me t Wa te rworks is pro u tl of her fne flock of turkeys

the surface of which was whipped up irto a sand storm by high winds dur shying t h e opera tions

Bents to accoll1odate 300 feet of e ig h t ee n in ch d ischarge pipe we n gt mnde ancl e r ec t ed Ove r t hi rteen hun d red fept o f t he fou l inch tai lin g I und e r was re pa ired a nd jacked-u lgt

FEWEH IXJlHIES

Du ri ng the month of Oc to he r 1

nel a ll tim e lo w was establ ish ed ill inj ur ies repor ted for o u r e nt ire un shy

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Days Since La st Compensable Acci de n t

CENTENNIAL SUIlace ( S tar t March 1 1l44) Underg rou nd 2- 19 4 fi Accid e n ts

IROQUOIS Surface Und f 1lTOUIHI 1middot-194 5 Aceid ent

NO4 K EARSARGE Surface Undergro uncl 7- 194 i Aclt id ents

LAKE LI DE RECLAMA TION Powe r Plant a nd Sub Station

ti ll House Black m iths Mill Mecha nics Mach inists a nd Mi chi gan Pum p Surfa e and Wa trllm E n DIedge a nd Shore P lant Coa l Doc k No2 R egrindin g a n d FlotOlt ion Leaching Pl a n t Boile r Pla nt

Blac ks m it h Shop Elect r ica l Mec ha nical Dri ll Shops Su rface No 3 Ahm eek Underground P eninsula Unde rgrcund Douglass Unde rground

Blectrical Mec hanical Furnace Laboratory Surface

Electrical PoliCE Hospital Offic e Blacks mith Shop Supply Machin e Shop Foundry R a ilroad VI otive P ower

dUgloUIHI opelmiddotations F or th e month there wpre 15 injuries r epo r t ed wh ich is the lo west t h is prope rty has eve had- one of 1hese in ju ries was COIll shype nsabl e Thi s includes t he und e r shygro und op ~ rat i ons of No 3 Ahmee k Pe n insu la Do ug lass Ce n t e n nia l No 4 Kearsa r ge -1 0 3 Allouez Iroquo is 1nltl Cen tra l On t he Sur face o pe ra tio ns of t hese prope rti es t here was not an acciden t of a u y nat ure Th eSE sdf ty reco rds are i nltleed encourag shyill g an d we hope t hat the good WOI Ilt in acc iden t preven tion will conti n u e

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1- 19 4 5 Accident 1- 194 Accident

A HM EEK MINE

1- 194 5 Acc ident 2- 1945 Accidents

4- 1945 Accid ents 2- 194 5 Acc iden ts

SMELT E R

1- 194 5 Acc ident bull H 1- 194 5 Acc id ent

1- 1945 Accident

Me n of W Pa ulls hlft No3 Ahm ce k with members o f th e Smelter Mecha nica l De pa r tm en t ce le hrating good sa fe t y r ecords T h ey are listenin to t he music by Leo Schi ck and Cap Sorvala

CAL UMET DEPARTMENTS

Surface ClJ~tnl( t ion Masons Pai n ter E 2- 194G Ac(ide n ts

ALLOUEZ NO 3 Surface l lnderg ro nnd 3-19 4 ~ Accide nts

AHMEEK MILL Stam pin g a n I Mlln tenHIWf Power Pl a n t an d B()il ~ r Plant ~Vash

CE T RAL EXPLOHATION S u rface (Start J lIn e 20 J 942) t nd e r g- r ound 2-1945 Accid ents

-New Best Reco rd

62 4 Da ys 263 ~

106 3 Days ~

144

1197 Days ~

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~ 70 6 Days 5506 3686 ~

32 66 ~

2465 1714 11 0fi

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97 62

2016 Days 195 4

8 77 38 7 13 4 259 103

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-shy85 6 Days 78 9 250 128 112

5 5 48 Days middot 28 70 bull 2701 bull 1872 1320

96 5 772 477

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69 8 Days 165

3 592 Daysmiddot 1065

88 7

1 236 Daysmiddot 23

Entire P ~operty 1 0 Da te- 194 -3 1 Com pp nsah le Acci dents Entire Propfr ty to Da te--1944--3 0 Compensab le Acc id ents

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OUI congratulations and best wi sh shye s to Mr and Mrs Anthony Kowa cic who we r e marrie d on Nove mber 3rd Tony who wa l e mployed in the P e r sonne l De pa rtm ent be fore enter shyin g th e Army t ook as his b r id e Vl iss Ma r y Casso who is e mplo yed in th ( C amp H Offiee Tony rece ived his honorable discha r ge from th e Arm y in October and now pla ns on e nt ershyi n g a photograp hi c coll ege in Ne w Yor k

On Ortobe l 20th Becka Wa a ra of A h m ee k Mine shot s ix par tridge n d one ra bbit

F or stea m a nd showe r ba th s patshyron ize Pau lso n s mode rn bath h OU S l~

at 1402 Pine Stree t Cal u met Emil Pau ls on t h e o wn er is e mplo yed in the Ca lumet Car pe nter S h op

On Octobe r 29 th th e e m pl oyees o ~

th e La I e Still H o use co m ple te d 1 ii years without a ~om (l en sahl a t ei shydE n t wond e rful reeord in acciden~ pr eve n t ion an d a record t hat e ve r y Inan ill thi s p la nt (a n he mi g hty p ro ud or

Jlr and 1111S An tti Palkk i and family hav e moved from gtle w Al lou ez nd are n ow resid ing at Red J ac k et haft locatio n

Always a lert-ne ver hu r t L 08( - One Bfagle ra hb it h o u nd

S ubsta n tial re wa rd to fi nder-u Caesae Zu ui en a o f t h e F o u ndry

On o ve m be r 1 4th t h e emplo ye )~

un G K in gstrom s s hi ft a t Cent enshyn ial Iin e cO lllp le t ed on e year with shyo u t a cOlllpe nsabl e acc id e n t Conmiddot grat ul a ti on s to t h tse m en and w

hop e th e goo rl work eo n t in ues in a( shycid c ll t Ilr event ion

On e of t he hig hest total s e r ies in l ea~u e mutc h bowli ng 011 th e S uper ishyor All e ys in Calu met wa s r oll e d on ove mbc r 7th wh en P e t e Di mJll ()r r olled t hree ga mes of 197 216 a nd 24 5 for a tota l of 65 8 Pet e is all ~m ploy ee of th e Ca lu me t Carpen t i r shop

1middot0 1 expert a d lce on h ow to exte rmiddot IIIj nat~ cats cons ult Nea ] Ben tli e ll of t h e Ahm ee k Cl il l

T h e La k e Li nd e n Ah m ee k Mill cdmiddotpen to lmiddots who ale u n de r th e supe r shyvis ion of El1l il Ma r cot t e on October 1 tlLh e njoye d a d el ie- io ll s s lippe r preshypa led by P e te Mon Nte T h e s uppe was h pld a t Emil ~ cottage at Li ttle T ravers- Bay Re fnsh me nts card s a nd middot tall storiegt we re e njoyed by a ll

On Nov e mhe l ] Gt h t h e e mplo) legt

or th e Ce nte nnial Mi n e co mpleted 26 days without a compensa ble acshycid e nt and now have onl y 10 0 d ays te go to make a on e year safety reshytard It s u re ly would look goo d t o see th ese m e n g o a year w ithout a comshypensa bl re acc ide n t

Everet t Cha pma n of the Smel t er an d Ca r son H od g es o f Ahmee k Mill spent a wee k ph easan t h untin g in North Dakota Bo t h m e n r e ported ha vi n g ha d a s uccessfu l hunting tr i p

For a d vi ce on setting sights for I jft s cons ult Ch arles lcLaughlin of t h e Ta m a r ac k R ec la mation P lant

W e ap preeiate t h e many good safcshyt~middot s uggestions an d id eas t hat we have I ece ivi rl and we hope to r ece ive more of th e m Re me mber safety is e ve ry shybodys hu siness

A ma n h o be ieves in takin g th e e ry hest ca r e of hi s eyes a t a ll times is ~rect Ca rlson a min e r at I roquois Shaft

At a rece nt m eeti n g of the COllper Ci ty Fire De partment Clax Hadose ich of tlH Ahmeek Mine Blacksmith ~ hop a s ele(( e d Assistan t F ire Chief W a ino Ka u ppila of Ahmeek Min e was e leded Ca ptai n a nd John Pet e rs of Ahm eek Min e is t h e secreshytary

iluhe rt Kl e ill has rece iv e d hi s hUII shyora bl c cl isc h a rg e f r om th e Arm y a n d is iJa l k at work at t h e T a ma rac l R ecshyh mution

Th e e m pl oyees of th e La llte L indell

Sti l l House hav e o lga nized a bald shyIHad ed bo wling t ea m a nd th ev issu ( hall c lI g c to a ny d e partment 0

Chali es 13 rin klll an or t h e La k ~

L ild ~ 1I Boi P- r Pl an t p r o u dl y d i splay~

I n I S- pollnd pill e that h e (aught 0 11

Se ptellliJer I ~tl l J ay L ink e r wa d o ll g to d o t he landin or this lis h

J ohn Sa nd re tto an e m p loyee of t il(gt Ca lu lll e t V ater worl s knows ho w to ra ise t hose big ducks

plant of ba ldheade d bow le rs Ga m es m a y be a rra n ged by call in g Claren ce K us who is t h e tea m ca ptai n

On Nov emhe r 8 th th e e m ployees of th e Lak e Linde n Powe r Pl a n t h a d d

party a t Fre d P ell e r in s cottage a t Td ee La ke in honor of Arma nd P e l shyle r in who ha s been honora b ly d is shycharge d f rom th e Army Armand h a ll been in th e Arm y fo r 3 Ih yea rs an d sa w se rvice in Europe since D-d a y Les Burgan wa s t h e ch e f a nd p r E pared t de licious chic k e n dinn er Ca r d we re enjoye d a nd lt r a nk Loc k middot woo d ca rrie d off t h e booby p r ize

On Su n da~ eveni n g No vc mhe 1 1 th t h e Copp e r Coun try Chor ) 1 Club e nte rta in ed the public with a eonee rt a t th e Armory in Ca lu me t The peopl e who atte n d ed t his eo nltert acclai m ed i t t o be a ile of th e best conce rt tha t t h ey h a ve hea rd in a Ion t im e T en C amp H e mp loyees a re me mbe rs of the Cho ra l Cluh T h ey a r e RudY S pe har Fran l To r reshyano Horace Darrett EcI Messn ~ r

Jo hn Kanan e n Lawre n ce K le in lltmile I anmiddototte J o hn Du d le r Vel de ll Kraft a ncl J a mes G n1) V i is th e m a successful ~eason an d h opE w

Will have th e pleasure of hearin~

th e m again r ea l SOOIl

Amon g the succe~sful pheasant r un ter~ return ing irom South Dak ot1 Wfre E R LOe ll Geurge Cr ai g J t h n Ben n e tts an d A E P t e r ma nn

T he m e n a t NO3 Ahm ee k u nder t h e s upe rv ision of Ed P e t erm a nn f om Au g us t 31 middott 19 44 t o Nove m shybe r 1 2t h 19 45 ha ve no t h a d a n a emiddot c ident 0 1 a n y na tu re- not on i m a l ha s hac t o g o to a doctomiddot Oil ac (ou nt

of a n inju r y in t h e min e du ri n g that

tim e- a wonde rfu l r ecord in accident preve ntion

Matt Pomroy af t e r s e rvin g three yea rs in the Army has been honor shya bly discharge d a nd is back to work at th e T a ma ra ck R clama tion

On Se pt emb e r 3 Mrs Hubert Abrahamson of Osceo la whil e out C1eeuro p s ea trollin g ca u gh t a n II - pound la k e t ro ut

S ince Jun e 1 Tom Hosk e lly of COl traJ Min e has t rap ped 1 2 coyotes

Th e m a n who I now s h is job is a sa fe work er

Jo h n Ai m o n e a nd Il ill Ha nnukse la in [ rent of lare pi e ( (~ of magts tollp er it Ce n tral r -j1 oration

A ppare ntly a se riou s glIn e took pace wh e n th e e mp loyeell or the ~ m e l ter

l echH n ica l De partm en t a nd W Pa u ll s sh i ft or No 1 Ahm 3e i met at a safcty pa rt y

OSCEOLA IN DOO il BAS]IlALL TbAl 190 1

F ro nt R ow (Le ft to Ri g h t) T im l-Ia lTin gton Joh nn ie Be nn e tts Ca llt T homas Ed wa ld s Cent e l Row Iltre rl Butle r Fle d J Consta nce Manage r a n d Ca p W hite Back Row Jo h nn y Sulli va n J oh n Sweeney Jim W atson a nd J oh n Sh ea

8 C amp H NEWS - IE S NOmiddotE MBER 194 5

STOCKPILING OF MINERALS IS SEEN AS ANATIONAL SECURITY MEASURE

BUILDING ARESERVE OF COPPER IS URGED

T h e stoe kpili llg of va riou s mi ne rshya ls whi ch a r e mined in th e Gn it ed Stat es is r eeo m men df d by re re nL uL t e rances on t he part o f pe rson s higil in VasliIl i t o ll S o ffieia ld om Tlw sta t e m e n ts ( a rr ied i ll s pve ra l n ~ ls

pa pe r s a n d pe r iod icals r eee n tly ar0 o f th e g rea t es t interest in t he COPll ltr Cou ntry wh er e th is sub jeet h as bee ll proposed for m ore t ha ll a qu a r ter of a centu r y by copper produce rs 11 i

s(oek pii iIl g o f co pp er throu g h till-

past yea IS would ha ve prov id ed a r fady su pply whe n th e gov e rn llle ll t n eeded it badly in the wa r e ffo rt a nd would al so ha ve provided st ead y e mshyployment fO I m e n oper a tin g th e m ines

The Setore ta ry of the Interior su gshygest s a n a ll o ut inc rease in th e exshyploration of mine ralized a r eas in t he country t o find new ore bodi es f r om which t o r eeove r va rio us min er a s This explora tory idea is one whi c ll Ca lume t and H ecla h as been wor k in on cons tantl y not onl y du r ing- t h e wa r bnt IJ rio r t o 19 4 1 Diam on d drillin g and othe r exa min a t ion of the und er g r ound a r ea s ha s bee n go in e Oil h er e for a numher of yea rs a nd a t th e present time is in full s win g throughout the district Eve r y fac il middotmiddot ity of th e compa nys exploratory branch is at work on this proj ect with the hope that ne w veins will be found a nd opened for prod uction ------ - - _ -_ shy

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lrequ ently people who dri ve thru th e To rch Lak e district a t ni ght are concern ed about the refl ection in th e sky ca used by la r ge fir es burning a long th e lake shore n ear the Smeltshying Plant There is no cause fo al a rm as th ese fires are a part 0[ th e process fo r recovering co ppe r an d othe r metals from insula ted scr ap w hich has been shipped to this d isshytrict from manufa cturin g pla n t s throughout the country

Aft e r the Insulation has been Lurned a way th e m etal is recover ed and replmiddotocessed

Safety En g inee r Alt and Ilis a ssis t shyant Matt Fink a r e occupy iTl ~ ne w qua rte rs in th e Centra l Offic e in Cal shyu m e t movi ng from t h e second fl oo r to rooms on th e m ai n floo r next t o t h e e n tra nce to th e bu ildi ng Ma t t sa ys It is a sa fe r pl a ce t o wor k beshyGtU se th ere a re no sta ir s to ltIi mh middot

Susie has a n iee ne w ski r t So neat so b r i ~ ht so choosy

It never sh ows a s pec k of di rt But gos h ho w it shows S nsip

Ove r 80 0 fee t of be ll an d sp ig-ol ty pe cast iron pi pe was retoverell f ro m the g rou n d at t h e o ld Sou th Kear sa r g-e loca tio n th is fal l T h l li n l

th ere by not oll ly provid ing- t o ppe r hut prov idin g wo rk for additi onal (ll1 ployce a n d a d din g to t he secu ri ty of the co nHnull it y

Th e Secretary of the In te rior in a lEeen tl y publ is lw d inte r ie w s t a t ed

e lII us t k eE p our m il itary forrlj - o ur a r m y nav y a n d ai r arm-- middot strong pno ugh to do ou r sha re ill Ill ai u taill i l1~ th e pea ce o f th e wor id - - lt1 peace th a t is n ecessary if we are to hr illg ill wh a t we r equ ir e fo r Oll l (cmiddoto nomy it h ou t a st ron g m il itan t orcmiddote we wou ld be la yill g ope n till

l it e li n es of ra w mate r ial s t o th e fi rst a g-~I e ss()r wh o eo u ld gath er a si za bl _ m il itary for ce a bou t h im

One o f t he s u res t ways of ass urshying o u r hasi c seeu ll ty ill m in era ls i ll li llie or need is to buil d up s tockpil es A huge-sca le stoc k piling pr og r a m wo uld provide a r ese rvoir in to w hi ch do mesti c m a t e r ials m ight be pla ced in tim es o f de pressioll he s ta tes

Our second line of defen se is ou r ma r gi na l a nd submarg in al I(sour(es E xplora t ion for n e w de posits s hou ld bl can ied on vig-o rousl a nd pla n s made fo r e m e rg-e ney pr od uet ion S in (c t he j e f Co h ~e of t he nation is in middot volved t h e wor k vf p r ivate ind ustry shoul d be a id ed by govern m e n t r eshysea rch a n d by govern ment-s ponso reti ( xplo ra t ion s

V e mu s t en coulage a nd s upport mor a ll y and financi a lly th e in vesti gashytions o f our re~ea rch work e rs and scientists Furthe r we should spe nd time a nd m one y in seeking new and bet te r ways to r ec ove r metals from scrap

of pipe wa s install ed about fort y-five Y( a rs ago to service th e pl a nt a nd d we llings a t th e loca tion The pi p lin e se rvi ce was discontinued seve r a l yea rs a go and its r e m oval added a co nside r abl Co supply of this t ype of equ ipme nt to the supply on ha nd

Th e Copper Ci ty Ho nor Roll loeated 01 one o f t h e ma in corn e rs

1~Y BlTris -RE S HOT

A la r ge n um li er of compa n y e mshypl oyees ha ve s pent so m e ti m e in t he woods durin g t h e pa s t two wee ks in sea rch of ve n ison a nd m an y o j th e I ha ve been sll ccessf ul in fi lling their l ire ll s2s th e r e hy prov i d i n~ a io od s lI Pply o f meat fo r t h e fa m ily la rd gt r this wi n te r

Se era l large bue ks have been reshypor ted amo n ~ those shot f n 1 te - ews-V iews is an xiolls to ge t ]Jie t u r ~ s

or th e big fe llo ws which have bel rI s h ot

If a ny e mp loyee was successtu I in a ddin g a bea r t o hi s bag a r epo r t of h iB huntin g t rip ill be we lco med by th e ~ews-V i ew s

stRVEY EIlt(THllt-I PLAY

E ngin eers of the S tone and W ebstshye l Com pany a re makin g a surv e y of t he e lectri cal gene rato r s yste m o f Ca lumet a nd Hecla with a vi e w to maki ng eq u ipm ent cha nge whi r will e ffee t gr eater effic ien cy in th e plant s pow e r produ ~ tion The worl will ile compl e t ed a bou t th e fi r s t ) f th e year

-1 ose charged with th e ft was Oll th e wi t ness s ta nd a nd t h e ju dge sou g h t t o discov e r if h e ne w t hmiddot va lu e o f a n oa tll He sa id

vl ose if you t ) 11 a l ie und er oa th do yo u kn o w wh a t ha pp ens

los l sa id Ya ss1lh Judge I goes t o ~ [ e l l

And if yo u t e ll t he truth pe rshys s t ed th e judge

I goes to jai l sa id ~lose

YOU ll g Ha rry Fa t he r what s t he d i ffe r en ce between a gun and a machin e g un

Da d There is a big di ffe r e nce It i~ just as if I spok e and then your 11 0t he r s poke

F-e-e- t the teac he r sig hed Johnny what does that spell Johnn y didn t know

W el l co n t inued th e teac h er wha t has a cow foul of and I ha ve ()nl y two of

J ohnll YS a nsw e r thre w th e class int o a n uproar a nd th e t eache r into a s t a t e of e mbarrassme nt

Sa il ing vefs~ 1 di s~ h ald n g it s cargo at t il l C amp II dod in Lake L inclplI I R94

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C amp H NEWS - VIEWS O EM B ER 19 45

01 amp 1 NtUlB-1IJtrUlB P u b lish e d Mon th l y by th e

Ca lume t a nd Hecla Con so lidated Copper Company

I n th e I nte r es t o f Its E m ployees Editor- Ge r vase T M ur phy Associa t e Edito r - J W Alt

p O Box 2 3 1 Ca lum et Ilich igan Ne ws a nd Vie ws of Michigan s Great

Coppe r Mining Compa n y a nd its Va riou s Branc h es

Vol 4 Nove mbe r 194 5 N o 1

On e day last s u m m er a t ouris t s t opped to a s k A ndre w B eHr ic k of A hmeeh Min e wh e re Co pp e r Cit y is Wh e n Andre w t old h i m h e sa id h e h a d jus t dri ve n throu gh t he r e b u t d id n t t hin k t ha t i t was Co pp e l City be(au s e h e h a d expected to s ee large q u a n tities of copp e r t here

Vh en Rob F a Ue r or t h e Sm e lter go t hom e a n d showe d h is wi f th e two panr id ge h e shot hi s w ire said Wh e re is you r g un Bob haJ

iert th e g u n lean in g against a stUIllP at Rice Lak e He went ba( k th en middot a n d t h e gl n was st i ll wh ele h e h ad

IE- t t it Th e olcl fa mil iar sto ry 1 cl idn L

t hi nk it amoun ted to much is ti llt ca u se of m a n y in fec tion s S m aU s eratc h es an d cuts p ro m ptl y tak e n cu r e o t will not beco m e in fect ed First A id ma t e r ia l is a l ways a va ilshy

ltt b le J all Cad we ll o f Ce n t ral 8 x plor shy

alio n c1tims h e is t h e Sunda y ( ook George Pop Ve lll e r of the S m elshy

t e r Iee ps t he ne ig h holllO od su pplie(

w it h r ah bits J ac Le n7- of t h e Lak e L ind e n

H ec lama tion says h e ca n t ta ll( A t n igh t J imlllY W hi tfo r d o r

0 1 Allo ue z uses a flash li gh t t o s h o w hi s ch ic k e ns the way to till

COOI1 J oc Co te o t No4 K ea rsarge los t

aU his g ray h a ir d u rin g t h e World

Ha ball S e ries Vll ti l ~oye Jllb e r 10t h 194 4 Pet~

l1u rp h y IHld a lw ays ce le bra te d his bilt h da y o n Jun e 6th I n 194 4 a rte J u ne 61h h e foun d ou t the r ig h t d ate

p re Jos f p h St efa n ic who was min e r a t - 0 4 I( earsa rge hefor e n t ( r ing t h e a r med ser v ice is n o w w it b t h e arm y o f occu pat ion ill Ge rm any H e- wou id l i k e to heal f ro m so m e of t h ose with who m h e wo r k ed h e r e His a ddress is Co H 40 7th In AP O 10 1 0 2 c o Postm as t e r Ne w York K Y

of hi s birth was Novem bel 10th Tha t yea r h e celebrated h is birth day twice

Som e m e n say t h ey can t h a n dl e sc r a pe r cable wh e n th ey wear g loves W e w onde r if t hos e same men e ve r thin k o ( what they d do if th ey had a ba d in fection in t h ei r ha nd or on e of th e ir fi n ger s Glov es w il l protect you r h a nd s a nd fi n ge r s f rom puncshytu r e wound s

Whe n F erg us Th err ia n of I roquois S ha f t was a dril l boy at A h m e k Mine h e saw three g hosts- Ho t only did h e see th e m but th e y ch ased h i m

Vi c G iacole tlO of Ah m eek Min e is ra is ing a pi g th a t is 6 feet 6 inch es le n g an d we igh s 200 pou n ds

W h e n Osca r K a u ra a n Ahm ee k m ine r was ~ years o ld he was a drill boy in Fin la n d a nd was pa id 1 2 ce n ts clay-middothe was ear n in g his ow n livshyin g

Just try to w ork safe ly a nd you w ill succeed

On Oc to be r 18th Joh n Hankin en C amp H Office Yardman h a d spl ing fev e r

P rom 1917 to 1920 T a na Go so n 0 th e F o un d ry was w it h th e llic h iga n Sta t e Poliee a nd was locate d in Sou the rn lIlichigan Du r ing that tillll he worlpcI o n severa l n otoliou s cases

Fo r the past four years Rrock a ~

Myers of the Lake Linden P owe 1middotlanl h a s gone dee r h unting a nd hasnt had on e shot at a bu ck He r es ishill g him s u cce~s t h is year

Ed Hj o rt of Ahmeek Min e d roe ou e hu nd r ~ d mi les on 25 cent wortl

of gasoli n e h ell Les B urgan of t h e Lake

Li ll d e n Pow e r Pla n t eat s a quart o f ilec rea m a t a m ea l h e puts p le nty o f salt and pe p pe r o n i t

Bat Diga n do C amp H P a in t e l

claims t hat t h e w ea t h er is co lder ill Lake Li nd e n t h a n it is in Cal u m et whil h e wo rked d own there h e h ad to ke p his ea r -laps dow n

Lawre nce Brouille tt e of the Lake L ind e n Ilec lama ti on lost t h e k e y to Lis cahine t an d cou ldn t shav e

Previ o u ~ t o t h e ope n in g o f the d eer sea so n t h e r ea l hu n ti n g star ted in th e T amara ck R eclamationmiddot- As J c rdan sa ys-Str e tch yo u r sto r ies h u t n o t yo ur hags Pl e nty o f im aginshyary shots we r e fircd a n d giant hu ck

we r e s lain

(() IIE~ S BLE ( WE~TS Octobe r

( lItJal ]xplolat io n rnllltI1lOUlld

Oc t obe r 2 2- W esley H Clark Shirt Boss Pi eCE- o f roCk fell from th e bac k o f a drift a nd struck his s ho u ld er Fracture of right claviltlc a nd (o n t u sed h ip Time lost

Twu boatloads of ltoa l tota lin g sOllie 18OOl tons were received at the C I H Dock duri ng the past month It is hoped that ad d ition a curgoes will be r ece ived before Lhe ltlose of navigatio n

lodifi ca ti on of t he ban o n (oal s h ipm e n ts m e ntion ed in the last isshys u e of ~e w s- iews accou n ted fo r th e

Nove mbe r clelive r ies Eve n if a cld itio n al coal is r eceived

the ut most economy must be prac ticshye d in o rd e r to m ak e th e coa l stock

pile last u n til th e openin g o f nav iga shyti o n n ext season

[ Boys and Girls J THE RESP NSIBILITY IS

Mr a n d Mrs Emil Primea u a r e th e parents of a son born Octobe r 21 1l4 5 E mil is a Warehouse Man a t t h e Sm elter

Il l a nd IIrs Lou is Gribaldo are t he parents o f a daughte r born Oct 25 1945 -ouis is a tra mmer at Ah middot mee k Mine

11r and Mrs Sam u e l Juvingo a le th e parE n ts of a s on borD Nove mber 4 19 4 gt Samuel is e mployed at th e

Sm elter MI a nd Mrs Albert K orkk o are

t h e parents of a daughter born No vlln bcl 6 1945 Albert is empl o ~ei

a t Ahm eek Mine as a trammer

VISITORS AT CA IUMET

W W L yn ch New York sales repshyr esenta tiv e for Calumet and H ecl a and K S Willia m s or Pittsb u r g SeCshyoEdary De partme n t sc rap metal JlUIshye haser were in Calumet d urin ) t h e wee k of ~ovember 5th T h ey I r c a ccompanie d by Messrs Rangs all([ Dietz of th o Nassau Smelling a n d npshyfi n ing Company

Th e Nassau Company lik e Cainshymet and Hecla is inte res ted in th e nonferro us metal scrap bll Sillf~ f

lroblen ls of th e husiness whic-h ClllIshy

ceuro r n 110lh companies we r e disc ussed

UOW UG T E iHlS G OLrG STHOG

Th e C amp H Bowling League I S

mov in g r ight a long as per schedul ~

An inte rested glDUP of ho w cl s a nl spectators a l tend lll ~ middotatclws el l Sunda rt Iloon at the ~ u)Jc ri n AImiddot leys Calulll e t ald Ih e White 1I011 S

Alleys loh a wk Se o re~ of 200 a nd ovel alc )p middoton middotmiddot

ing Inole freque n t as th e pin s ll dl middot r ega in t h e ir form Bill Chapman wh)

won the l ion s sha r c of the indiv idual h o nors in t he loo p last seaso n is u p a mo ng t h e leaders again bllt fi n cli n g more c()m Jl ~ tit ion this year As thi s a r ti ltl e g oes to press G eorg~ Schn 31shyIe I a m e mue r of Rill s Lak e Lind ell

ON YOUR SHOULDERS

1 ~e1a m a li on l eu m has th e ind iidual top S ~o r e with a m urk of 241 He i followe d by Ja ck l1 u )fold Office anrl Pat Ra pso n Ahm ee k Surface who nr o liecl fo r ~e(o lld p a( ~ wiTh 2middot~3

The l lagll~ s Ched ul e rOj Uece mlJ e [olloll~

rk c 2--Consl Iltcmiddott ion S Sm e lter 01 ~ uperior a l e ~ Foundry s Ah IIHlmiddot SUImiddotrae at S uper ior alle~middots

()i iel middotS Ah n( k l nderground aL hi[( 1-Ot~S2 a ll c~ ys

i~Fl l - Constll l(LioJl s T a m arac ~ cehn at inn a T Superior alleYR O ffi ce S Iroqu ois 11 S UIlPrior alle~ middot s nailmiddot roa d vs Ioue( at Whit e Hous

a l le s De~ IG- r~ou nd r~ vs hI IlPe llt lJl shy

d c rground Jt SUIJ ~middotri olmiddot al leys SIllPltcl middotS L1k Li ndell R Ee1amaLioll a t Sushyp riol alloys hmeek S ur hp vs

Ccut( n nia l at hi t e H ousc a ll eys

dmiddot S 1 1middot IST LE U

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~ t111ed at t h e Tamarac lte clamul io1 l allt Tle eOllnetl ilnse for th e sca lt IS pou r ed in t o Ila c e in on d ay lI h -1 th cre w in c hal p wo rled t wlt consccati vc h irts to COlllp Jc t the joh II I~d[r un aorah l weather co nd ishytio ns

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