PAPERS. Some Early Mining days at Portage Lake, by Graham Pope, President ...............................................................12 Steel Construction for Mines, by J. F. Jackson ...............18 Historical Sketch of Smelting and Refining Lake Copper, by Jas. B. Cooper. ...........................................................23 No. 5 Shaft at the Tamarack Mine, by W. E. Parnall, Jr..26 The Crystalization of Mohawkite, Domeykite and Other Similar Arsenides, by Dr. Geo. A. Koenig........................31 A Cause for Inaccuracy in Colorimetric Copper determinations, by Dr. Geo. A. Koenig ............................32 The Testing and Control of the Product in a Modern Copper Refinery, by Geo. L. Heath .................................33 [For brief description see paper by J. F. Jackson on page 39.] Corliss Cross-Compound Pumping Engine in Penobscot PROCEEDINGS Mine, by Jno. A. Redfern .................................................40 OF THE The Invasion of the Water Tube Boiler into the Copper Lake Superior Mining Institute Country, by O. P. Hood....................................................42 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING A New form of Mine Drill Bit, by Walter Fitch...................44 HOUGHTON, MICH., College View of Mining Graduate, by F. W. McNair, MARCH 5-9, 1901. Pres’t M. C. of Mines........................................................47 A Plea for Accurate Maps, by L. L. Hubbard ...................49 VOL. VII. Tapping the water in the old Minnesota Mine, by S. Howard Brady ..................................................................54 PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE. OFFICERS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINING PRESS OF IRON ORE, INSTITUTE, 1901. ISHPEMING, MICH. INDEX Officers of the Institute ...................................................... 1 List of Members................................................................. 2 List of Papers Published in Preceding Numbers............... 4 Rules of the Institute ......................................................... 5 Minutes of Seventh Annual Meeting ................................. 6 Candidates approved for Membership 1901................... 10 Financial Statement ........................................................ 11 Members and Guests in attendance 7th Annual Meeting11 Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute – Vol. VII. - March, 5-9, 1901 – Page 1 of 54 HONORARY MEMBERS. Collick, Alfred, Ishpeming, Mich. Mich. Floeter, Albert Henry, Collins, S. J., Milwaukee, Wis. Redridge, Mich. Conover, Abram B., 171 Lake Formis, Andre, Ishpeming, Raphael Pumpelly, Newport, R.I. N. H. Winchell, Minneapolis. St., Chicago, Ill. Mich. T. B. Brooks, Newburg, N. Y. Cooper, James B., So. Lake Frangquist, August, Crystal Linden. Mich. Falls, Mich. Copeland, F., Vulcan Mich. Coventry, F. L., Garberson, W. R,, Grand Commonwealth, Wis. Pacific, Chicago, Ill. ACTIVE MEMBERS. Cowling, Nicholas, Ely, Minn. Gardner, W. A., Chicago, Ill. Crowell, Benedict, Cleveland, Gay, Joseph E., 11-13 Ohio. William St., New York City. Abeel, G. H., Hurley, Wis. Brewster, Edward E., Iron Cundy, Jas. H., Quinnesec, Gibbs, George, Baltimore Adams, John Q., Negaunee, Mountain, Mich. Mich. Locomotive Works, Mich. Brigham, E. D., Chicago, Ill. Cundy, Joseph J., Quinnesec, Philadelphia, Pa. Ahbe, F. R., Soudan, Minn. Brown, E. F., Iron Mountain, Mich. Gibson, Thoborn, Amasa, Allen, W. J., Humboldt, Mich. Mich. Curry, Geo. A., Houghton, Mich. Alvar, Geo. A., Norway, Mich. Brown, Glenn Charles, Mich. Gilchrist, J. D., Sunrise, Ames, A. F., 5580 Canal St., Eveleth, Minn. Curry, S. S., Ironwood, Mich. Wyoming. Chicago, Ill. Brown, Wm. C, Box 14, Goldsworthy, Martin, Iron Anderson, G. A., Brooklyn, N. Y. Dalton, H. G., Cleveland, Mountain, Mich. Commonwealth, Wis. Browning, Richard C, Iron Ohio. Goodsell, B. W., 33 So. Canal Appleby, Wm. R., Mountain, Mich. Davidson, O. C, St., Chicago, Ill. Minneapolis, Minn. Coggin, F. G., Jr., Redridge, Commonwealth, Wis. Goudie, Jas. H., Ironwood, Mich. Dee, Jas. R., Houghton, Mich. Mich. Baer, Henry L., Hancock, Campbell, Duncan, Dee, John B., Houghton, Grant. U. S., Minneapolis, Mich. Ishpeming, Mich. Mich. Minn. Baker, Fred J., Ishpeming, Carbis, Frank, Iron Mountain, Denton, F. W., Atlantic Mine, Greatsinger, J. L., Brooklyn N. Mich. Mich. Mich. Y. Ball, Edwin, Birmingham, Ala. Carbis, John, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, E. S., Norway, Green, R. B., Two Harbors, Barber, S. S., Bessemer, Mich. Mich. Minn. Mich. Carey. John, 513 Rookery, Drake, Frank, Ironwood, Mich. Green, Howard Jr., Barr, H. A., Escanaba, Mich. Chicago, Ill. Drake, Marcus M., Jr., Marquette, Mich. Bayley, W. S., Waterville, Me. Carmichael, Thos., Beacon, Houghton, Mich. Bayliss, Willard, Ironwood, Mich. Dubois, Howard W., 1527 N. Haire, Norman W., Ironwood, Mich. Carter, R. B., 96 Lake St., 29th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mich. Beattie, S. T., Florence, Wis. Chicago, Ill. Duncan, John, Calumet, Mich. Hall, C. H., Evanston, Ill. Begole, F. H., Marquette, Chadbourne, T. L., Houghton, Duncan, Murray M., Hanna, L. C, Cleveland, Ohio. Mich. Mich. Ishpeming, Mich. Hardenburgh, L. M., Hurley, Bennett, R. M., Minneapolis, Chamberlain, Morrow, Dunn, Bird W., Greenland, Wis. Minn. New York Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. Mich. Hardly, J. Wheeler, 11-13 Bennett, S. E., Crystal Falls, Channing, J. Parke, 34 Park Dunstan, Thos. B., Hancock, William St., New York City. Mich. Place, New York City. Mich. Harper, Geo. Vance, Bjork, Arvid, Crystal Falls, Chinn, Wm. P., McKinley, Dyer, H. H., Biwabic, Minn. Marquette, Mich. Mich. Minn. Harris, S. B., Hancock, Mich. Blackwell, Frank, Ely, Minn. Chynoweth, James, Calumet, Edwards, A. D., Atlantic Mine, Hartman, Frederick, Bohman, Chas. E., Iron Mich. Mich. Kearsarge P. O., Mich. Mountain, Mich. Clancey, James, Ishpeming, Ellard, H. F., Ironwood, Mich. Haselton, H. S., Cleveland, Botspord, Chas. W., Mich. Elliott, Mark, Palmer, Mich. Ohio. Trimountain, Mich. Clark, Alonzo Webster, Jr., Emmerton, F. A., Cleveland, Hayden, Geo., Ishpeming, Brackenbury, Cyril, Hancock, Eveleth, Minn. Ohio. Mich. Mich. Clarkson, Jas. F., 159 La Esselstyn, John N., Baker Hayden, Joseph M., Bradt, E. F., Iron Mountain, Salle St., Chicago, Ill. City, Oregon. Ishpeming, Mich. Mich. Clergue, Francis H., Sault Elliott, S. R., Ironwood, Mich. Heath, Geo. L., So. Lake Brady, Samuel, Rockland, Ste. Marie, Mich. Linden, Mich. Mich. Coggin, F. G., Jr., Redridge, Fairbairn, C. T., Virginia Minn. Hellberg, Gustuf A., Norway, Brady, S. Howard, Rockland, Cole, T. F., Duluth, Minn. Fesing, Herman W., Calumet, Mich. Mich. Mich. Hendrick, C. E., Ishpeming, Brandecker, Frank, Ironwood, Findley, A. I., 27 Vincet, St, Mich. Mich. Cleveland, Ohio. Hillyer, V. S., Iron Mountain, Breitung, Edward N., Fisher, H. D., Florence, Wis. Mich. Marquette, Mich. Fisher, James Jr., Laurium, Hodge, Chas. J., Houghton, Brett, Henry, Calumet, Mich. Mich. Mich. Fitch, Chas. H., Oak Park, Ill. Holland, James, Iron Cole, W. A., Ironwood, Mich. Flewelling, A. L., Crystal Falls, Fitch, Walter, Beacon, Mich. Mountain, Mich. Cole, Wm. H., 117 E. Third Mich. Honnold, W. L., 310 Pine St. St., Duluth, Minn. Flodine, Nels P., Marquette, San Francisco, Cal. Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute – Vol. VII. - March, 5-9, 1901 – Page 2 of 54 Hood, Ozni Porter, Houghton, Mountain, Mich. Lathrop, J. H., Calumet, Mich. Newett, Geo. A., Ishpeming, Lawrence, Chas. E., Amaso, Mich. Hopkins, E. W., Leopold, Nathan F., 108 Mich. Nicholls, Frederick W., Commonwealth, Wis. Dearborn Chicago. Lawton, C. A., Depere, Wis. Houghton, Mich. Horn, A. R., Milwaukee, Wis. Lewis, Hartwell T., North Lawton, Nathan Oliver, Iron Houghton, Jacob, 51 E. Tamarack, Calumet, Mich. Belt, Wis. Olcott, W. J., Duluth, Minn. Elizabeth St., Detroit, Mich. Linsley, W. B., Escanaba, Lee, Matt, Crystal Falls, Mich. Oliver, H. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. Howe, Geo. C, Duluth, Minn. Mich. O’Neil, F. W., Painesdale, Howe, John A., Duluth, Minn. Longyear, J. M., Marquette, Mich. Hubbard, Lucius L., Mich. Houghton, Mich. Lord, A. W., Hancock, Mich. Orrison, J. Iron Mountain, Sanders, M. S., Crystal Falls, Hughes, C. W., Amasa, Mich. Lord, Edward J., 825 B. St., Mich. Mich. Hulst, Nelson P., Milwaukee, Iron Mountain, Mich. Osborn, O. S., Sault Ste. Savicki, Wm. Vaclav, Wis. Luxmore, T. L., Iron Mountain, Marie, Mich. Houghton, Mich. Hulst, Harry T., Houghton, Mich. Osborne, Nathan Sanford, Scadden, Frank, Crystal Falls, Mich. Lynch, Thomas F., 1510 Old Houghton, Mich. Mich. Hyde, Welcome, Appleton, Colony Bldg. Chicago, Ill. Osgood, S. W., Jr., Copper Scott, Dunbar D., Houghton, Wis. Harbor, Mich. Mich. Maas, Arthur E., Negaunee, Seaman, A. E., Houghton, Jackson, J. F., Houghton, Mich. Palmer, E. V., Mass City, Mich. Mich MacNaughton, Jas., Calumet, Mich. Searles, E. C., Crystal Falls, Johnson, Edward, Virginia, Mich. Parker, Richard A., Boston, Mich. Minn. Manville, H. E., Milwaukee, Mass. Senter, Albert W., So. Lake Johnston, Wm. H., Ishpeming, Wis. Parker, Wm, A., 509 Home Linden, Mich. Mich. Manville, T. F., Milwaukee, Insurance Bldg., Chicago, Shephard, Amos, Iron Belt, Jones, B. W., Vulcan, Mich. Wis. Ill. Wis. Jones, Charles Colcock, Marr, Geo. A., Houghton, Parnall, S. A., Globe, Arizona. Sherlock, Thomas, Escanaba, Marquette, Mich. Mich. Parnall, Wm. E., Jr., Calumet, Mich. Jones, J. T., Iron Mountain, Mars, Wm. P., Duluth, Minn. Mich. Shields, Jas. W., So. Lake Mich. Martin, Thomas H., Paull, H. B., Globe, Arizona. Linden, Mich. Jopling, J. E., Ishpeming, Ishpeming, Mich. Peacock, Dan C, Shields, John C., Hancock, Mich. Mather, Wm. G., Cleveland, Commonwealth,