Show PROBLEMS IN MINING the practical miner of today must be a man of varied abilities a resourceful sort of chap who is able to meet emergencies as they appear upon occasion he is a carpenter blacksmith metallurgist civil engineer doctor lawyer cook jj and the problems lie he meets underground are not the least of his troubles the enormous masses of native copper 0 er which were encountered in the lake superior district in the early days often taxed the ingenuity of the operators and miners A recent find of this kind between the twell ty fifth and twenty sixth levels of the tri mountain mine belonging to the copper range consolidated mining company of michigan again brings up the diffin difficulties unties of breaking these masses into sizes which can call be handled this sheet of copper averaging arty feet wide and from six to eight inches thick has been traced for more than feet with no indication of coming to an a than n end larger masses of pure copper this have been found before one in the calumet hecla extended soo feet on 11 the dip another in the ahmeek jahmeek reached from the surface to the sixteenth level an od the presented a arb extraction has always lem the sheet 1 in n the trimountain Tri mountain is be t chisels caise ing cut up by means of air driven at w work two men being kept continually on it this gives an interesting illustration of the hie difficulties many and varied that are met inet with every day in actual mining loose running and swelling ground chambers full of water or gas old fillings to be removed with the resultant timbering experimentation with powder for best results it is small wonder that mining holds a certain fascination and that it is hard for the experienced miner to break away and take up another calling |