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60 years ago
NEGAUNEE -- With the opening of another school year little more than a week away, Police Chief Ralph Carlson today suggested that parents of children who will be entering school for the first time familiarize youngsters with the route they should follow. "Some of the kindergarten children have been prepared in many ways for their first school year by enrollment in Operation Head Start, but our principal concern is that they be well aware of any traffic hazards they may encounter along the way to and from school," Chief Carlson said. "This is particularly true for youngsters who are crossing U.S. 41 and M-35, which are two busiest thoroughfares in the city limits. We recommend that next week one or both of the parents walk with the children several times over the route between school and home. Caution them to be sure to walk on sidewalks and not in the streets, and warn them to cross streets only at intersections, walking between the pedestrian traffic lines at various corners. Before crossing, advise them to look both ways to be sure that no vehicles are approaching, and impress upon them that, in the vicinity of school buildings, they must obey the directions given by school traffic officers or safety patrol members. If adequate precautions are taken, we should be able to eliminate the possibilities of accidents as far as these new pupils are concerned."
90 years ago
ISHPEMING -- Of the three organizations now active in the Ishpeming gold field, the Michigan Gold Mining company has bought its operations closets to mill run basis. The property, located eight miles west of Ishpeming, is the scene of considerable activity. New machinery is being installed for an oil flotation system of gold recovery. Under this system, the gold rock, when going through the crushers, is dumped into a ball mill, where it is pulverized; from here it foes into the jig and then into a classifier. Ore of 65 mesh or smaller passes over blankets into the flotation machine, the larger stuff being passed back into the ball mill. Oil and chemical treatment brings the metals to the top of the flotation machine and the concentrate given either a cyanide treatment or send to the smelter. As soon as machinery is installed, mill run will be started, with expectations that 50 to 100 tons will be produced per day.
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