The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-01-07

Drty-iIvc feet. from the bottom Of which
= The west a crosr-QDt has been carried
b snty lent, showing the ore in very
q Ia state Mixed ore was found at a
<iepth ~ eighteen feet, but on going
,wn has cleaned up well The vein IL
IMPOSED to b. eighty-five feet wide and
the ore inclined to be soft. though seams
Of blue ore OF steely, grape" nature
are found in the south cross-cut and will
run very high in metallic iron and is be-
yond doubt OF Bessener character.
The shaft will be carried on down until a
depth OF one hundred feet reached when
a series OF drifting and prosecuting will
be inaugurated. There remains hardly a
question but that mine OF large pro-
portions will be developed.
Capt. Thomas McCusker. Of the Wan
netta mine, has found iron ore at his
exploration ON the southeast quarter 81
the northeast quarter Of section twenty
three, 1872. The surface IL about
thilty-three feet in depth and three pits
have been put down. in one 81 which ore
was found. The ore was not penetrated
to any depth but drift was driven from
the pit along the top Of the ledge 20 a
distance Of fifteen feet showing the ore
the entire distance. The ore is yet slight
~ mixed but nothing else can beexpectcd
as il il taken from the top Of the ledge.
II will no doubt clean up and prove a
valblc find.
Two shifts are now being worked ut
the smith mine ON section twcnty-three,
4:;-32, aud under the supervision Capt.
Il. Riley things are going ON very rapidly.
At present the width ~ the vein is being
tested In Il crnss-cut from the main
shaft the west wall was located and now
cross-eutting 60 the east wall is going ON.
The main shaft is about fifty-tive feet
deep with croSs-cuts about seventy feet.
From PIT put down on the east il is
shown that the vein will have a width az
at least 106 feet. Machinery is soon To
but in
II j. now safe To say that the new firm
OF CINCINNATI people will soon assume
control Of the Sheldon x Shafcr mine.
The transfer papers were made out some
time ago, hut smart lawyer found "A
flaw and the entire thing had To be done
over. This time everything has been
satisfactorily arranged and on Thursday
morning Mr. G. ID. Sheldon departed for
CINCINNATI to consummate the sale, or
athcr the Lease of the mine. The
names Of the purchasers or the consider
'aton has not yet been made public.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Caledonia Iron Mining Co.,
will bc held in the office OF the company,
at Florence, Wis, oil February /, 1888.
The compuny's property tx situated ON
section seventeen, 43-3l. ON the Michi-
CANINE river, seven miles Al little north al
east Of here and is considered a very
promising mine. No work is being done
there now but it is quite presumable that
the mine will be actively wrought before
long.
The South Mastodon mine continues
to improve. In drilling a hole IN the
breast Of the drift ON Wednesday, the
drill went through the holders hands and
disappeared. A blast was put in which
showed that the drift had run into "A
Govern or natural drift, the walls and
roof Of which IL one mass of beautiful
grape" ore, even hanging in clusters
from the ceiling The cavern will be
thoroughly explored forthwith.
The lease of the Ralcr 4 james mine
has been transferred to Negaunee parties,
OF which Saml. Mitchell il at the head.
4 company will he formed and go to
work ON the property which IL very
valuable one The new people will pay
up the ground rent, etc, and will pay
Rahcr q james no ready cash but will
give them forty per cent OF the net PRO-
ceeds OF the mine, which will bc big
item.
Supt. j. n. Porter, Of Stambaugh, was
in town greater part OF last week and
had nothing new TO say regarding the re-
sumption Of work at they oungstown mine
II appears, however, To be the general
impression among mining men that the
mine will be actively wrought in the Lear
future This property Is IN excellent
condition and can achieve great out
put during the next season.