The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-29

The report Of Prof G. d. Lawton, com
missioner 81 mineral statistics for Mich
igan, for 1883, has been received and as
usual is u very able and thorough com
pilation. Mr.. Liwton visited the mines
in this section in January last and his
report of the mines in the great Crystal
Falls iron district is very elaborate and
occupy many pages Of the valuable book,
from which the writer takes the liberty
TO extract his views of the newly dis
covered mines in this district feeling
certain that they will be found Of great
interest TO readers of this journal. Ills
reports Of the older mines are pretty
much the same as in the last piece oiwork
issued by him and are familiar TO many
readers. He speaks OF the new mines
and explorations as he found them in
January, aSfollows '"rhe Monitor Iron
Manufacturing Co., hold lot six in the
southeast quarter dissection twenty, AZ
- The company has a body of ore in
which shaft has been sunk seventy feet
deep az twenty-five feet west of the
boundary line, 100 tons were mined hast
year that are still lat the mine. The shaft
is twenty-five feet in ore, having passed
through forty feet of sand and rock, and
they have drift south fifty feet, all in
ore, and one west twenty-five feet. II is
also an ore through east Go the Paint
River mine. II is apparent that quite y
large output could Lee made il the ore
can be sold. II Is "A continuation OF the
Paint River deposit. The officers are
W. :. CofIman, president and treasurer;
+. III. Rood, secretary, Chicago; G. T..
Roberts, superintendent, Mastodon
The Juniata is name recently given to
the Kimball mine, which is situated in
tine outskirts oi the village of Crystal
Falls The mine Is in the southeast
quarter OF the southeast quarter uf sec
ton twenty-eight, 1872, and near the
south line The work under ground may
be described in brief No. | shaft 10
feet deep. No ., eighty.six icet the for
mer the east shaft They are 2l5 feet
apart and are connected 10y adrft mt the
eighty-six feet level. At No /, cross-cut
north forty feet aud between the shafts
is another cross-cut ciehty-lour feet.
There are few other short cross-cuts TO
explore ground All Of the openings are
in good ore formation. Orc--lean ore
and mixed ore. There Is considerable
good ore but il is not yet found Of suili-
cient width The outlook is favorable
for further exploratory work. The best
ore analyzes atsiXty percent in ironand
.07o per cent phosphurous. ON sec
tion one, 1898, is the Dunn mine, now
the property OF the York Iron Co., winch
has been opened the past year and has
developed in manner 20 verify the most
favorable expectations Of it's owner.
The deposit lies north and south and s
worked in open cut. The ore lies in two
lenses, overlapping To the north and
separated 10y rock the south lense gives
a horizontal length Of 20 feet, and the
north one double that distance. The
walls ON the east and west 60 down vcr-
tically. The bottom of the mines is clean
ore and at one place IL has width OF
40 feet. The showing is remarkably
good. The stripping" is pretty heavy;
they estimate the amount removed ut
1900 yards. The company shipped in
1887, pa, ,470 tons, and estimate pro-
duct of 40 900 tonsfor 1888. IL is good
hematite ore, aN Neragcs sixty per cent. or
upwards In iron and about twenty-five
per cent. in phosphorous. The Chicago
4 North Western Co, has built n branch
TO the mine and the company has con
venicnces, suitable for the present, 20
handle the ore. Machinery comprises
two five-foot drums. [Since Mr.. Law
tons visit considerable additional ma
chinery has been added and many valua-
ble improvements made. The propcrtyis
now worked largely under ground and Is
in excellent condition.. Officers +.
Schlesingcr, president and treasurer, Mil
waukcc; Hugo schlesinger, secretary,
Crystal Falls; T.. Florada, superintend-
ent; r. 2. Bennett, mining captain.
The Manhatten mine is close 90 the
Mastodon. IL is simply shaft sunk
several years ago 30 the depth Of ninety
feet, from the bottom OF which a small
amount Of drifting was done, but no ore
was found and the attempt was givenu up.
A short time ago Mr.. Edw. Blake, having