The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-02-04

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ent appearance from what IL did four
months ago. The stripping is well under
way andwill he completed In N short time,
while the other work, such as sinking
drifting, etc, Is about where IL il wanted
Work has not gone on rs fast as was
calculated, owing To the extreme cold
weather, but now that there has been a
break IN the weather, the preparatory
work rs being rushed to completion with
all possible speed An immense amount
OF dead work was planned last fall, and
it was predicted that the whole Of il
would not be accomplished in time for
use in the early spring, but a glance
shows that the management will run
ahead OF its planning. BY the opening
Of navigation the mine will be found IN
condition to mine ore in a manner that
speaks for il an output OF 100000 be-
fore the season ends. The property il
big one and the York Iron Co., il selecting
Supt. Florada and Capt. Bennette 10
manage it, not only exercised wise judg-
ment but secured two men the superiors
Of whom can not be found.
A shaft was commenced about forty
feet north Of the main shaft at the Smith
mine, and lowered down TO the ledge and
drift is now being driven TO connect
with the main shaft. Apt was pntdown
on the south end Of the property near
the swamp and when depth Of thirty
five feet had been reached caved in and
was lost The same thing occurred only
last week in pit short distance south
OF the one just lost. Another pit has
been started a little To the north and is
progressing mostiavornbly. TIE utmost
care has to be taken battle-ground Is very
unreliable and heavy. he cross-cut in
the main shaft shows width of vein Of
nincty-six feet and only one wall A
plant of machinery in soon TO be placed
on the ground.
The main shaft at the Parks, Gonyon
ami Tolin exploration is down nearly
sixty feet and crosS-cut has been start
cd west. IonSiuerableofe has been found
but not quite 80 clean as is desired.
The closs-cut will be carried To tine wall.
A boiler ana pump will soon be- placed IN
position which will augment the work TO
great extent. Owing to circumstances
but one shift can he worked which per-
mits Of water running in all night and
from two Ia three hours each morning Is
occupied in clearing the shalt.
1heexploration which recently revel ted
To IA. &. himball from the Iron County
Exploring Co, has been closed down,
temporarily, it is thought. DIR. kimb'lll
has great iaith la the success 81 the ven
ture and will in all probabilities resume
work in a short.time. Only one pit WAS
worked by the company and that one
lowered 60 depth Of over fifty feet with
out encounteling the ledge, Though il can
not be far off and from the Indications
it w,uld seem that when found 1t would
be thatwh was sought.
Work ON the new shalt near the engine
hourc at the Great Western mine has
been discontinued until spring. The
shaft now has depth 81 thirty-three
feet and il going down very nicely. The
surface has depth al about sixty ieet
and all sand, aud in sinking n shalt OF
this kind a great deal 81 engineering skill
and perseverance has to be brought into
use. Work viii. be resumed early in the
apring 80 that the shaft will becomplcted
at tho time IL viii be needed.
A strike Occurred nc the Paint River
mine ON Wednesday and about fifteen
men went out. The mine was being
worked under contract and the contrlc-
tors came TO the conclusion they were
not making money enough and therefore
went out and were followed by the men.
This will 81 course not be- a very serious
loss TO the owners as more men can soon
bc found Co replace the strikers and
things will soon be moving along as
sereneIy AZ ever.
s. ID. HOLSTER has moved over the
line into the southeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter Of section thirteen,
f3-32. aud has two pits down one n
depth az iifty-fonr feet, encountering the
ledge when down forty-one fcet, the rc-
mainder being practically all good one.
Gre OF very fine grade is being taken
out OF the Kimball exploration near the
junction Of the Sheldon 4 Shaier spur
and the main railroad track, though the
extent Of the find Is not known. NJ
B,sl<irk is conducting the exploratory
work.