The Calumet And Hecla

In these times ol the elasiag of milis and tactorles, ii is quite relreabinfr id note a Michigan Institutlon -liit-li liever clOSeB down. HOT luis strike-, .rn:l ii ( matler what he market -. ii makes momey. This [g the -re.-u Oaltumet and Heela copper mine erf the upper península. lis iH-inled stateliient i-huw s a u.a.11 in surplus tiie past tliree years ni a militan niel a balt dollars, and in i;i.ii tinio thcre lias been imid six and a half inilliim oí dollars in divldendfi -ttairteen dividends of half a milHom oaeh. It has ateo put in the most espetksive inachinery. Bpendlng si-veral millions on reduplMMitinjT all its inachinery, in niiv Khafts and bnüdiniis. It OWBB aboot 24,000 aeres of land and last year smelted 30,214 tona of refined copper, ;i galn of 2,000 over the preeedimji year. To show how well eqntpped thi wonderful property Ls, it is only ne es sary to say that the aiigregate horse power of the englnes is 40,000. Tlieir water works pomdis have a capacity of 100.000,000 gallons, and one of their tripte expansión pumping engines has a capacity of 00,000,000 gallóme Uaily. The eleotrlc dynamos wlU rum 2,000 lampa and about 800 ares. Tilt' eqUipilHMlt OI tlM' inilLCS ÍS ilhoilt completed and th' dividends are like]y ui be Increased. The directora have complete hosfiuals and help the mea when they can nut work, from ui aid fund of m-arly $100,000. Last year paymeints were made to the men from Hm aid finid, ei 981,000. The oinpany lias targely helped the L'O churchcs on ts prupcrty, as well as the híx schools. As i he (-upper eosts them alumt 5 cente a ponad and it sella fo ckrable that amonnt, the prerflta niay be seen fco be as good as a R-old mine. Tiiím-tuiiatcly lmt littlo of the Btccfe is íicld in Michigan., the moet ol it by a i.'w Boetan famdli.ee, who net 8 per c.'in. os wiiat the BtecK now Bella :it. by the four dlvWemdfi per year. AU thf (upper '-uias o! the country as weU as all the d.-rj i-ie Ughi wire, comes Irom ou Lake Superior cop]i..r. and with tlu' rapid inereaJW in nflaee there lias growu up ImmeoM demand tor the bart gradea ol oopper. Only one Othef mine in world , .nip.t s with Calninct and Hecla ..ud f.iat is thf Kio Tint.). Ot Spain. The Montana mines have interior ores which cannot be nsed the best copper. Michifian people OUght to owm nd ])roíit by this great mine, which has ore in si-ht. fOT 30 yenrs.