The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-10-27
BRIEF MINING MATTERS.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MINING BUSINESS.
Operations of fhe Monitor Mise Resumed
ca an Erfensire Seafe- The HoHisfer
Mine sin there bar aof Uost-
ing-Ofhcr Workings.

Work has been resumed ut the Monitor
mine, adjoining the Paint River mine.
This property Is a continuation of the
Paint River vein and WIS discovered dur
ing the summer OF 1887 by W. :. Coff-
man, OF Chicago; j. II. Clapp, of South
Lyon, Mich; Capt &. II. Roberts. ofMas-
todon and Others, whoarc stillintereste,l
In the mine. The ore was encountered
about thirty feet below the snffnce and
penetrated 10y "A shaft seventy-eght feet
deep. some drifting and cross-cutting
done and about one thousand tons oforc
raised, since then the property has re-
manned idle. The new work was COM
menced from the bottom of the Paint
River "B'' shnit, a depth of l2O feet A
drift will Toe driven under the Monitor
shaft and "A connection made by raising
As large force aspussible will be worked
and shipments To Chicago continued dur
ing the winter. The ore Is very fine
grade OF nom Besscmer. Mr. Clnpp. IL
thoroughly competentman viii snperin-
tend the work and expects 10 make a.
good showing this winter.
The situation ioreshadowed some time
since in these columns can be better un-
derstood when IL is stated that the Phil
adelphin & Reading Railway Co., has this
week placed an order for two thousand
combination coal and ore ears. The
Reading 4 Lehigh Valley roads have
carried some considerable ore this SUM
iner, and they like the experience suiti-
cicntly well to wish for mn increase.
Inquiries Tor winter prices rscontinuestrong
and in some instances. pressing. One
local firm has been requested to make IA
bid for 2O, 900 tons az BesSetner ore Ia hs.
delivered in Chicago in January, and an
other firm has rejected mn offer for 30
900 tons 81 a high grade of ore for June
delivery, at an advance oi ninety cents
over the price last paid, for the same
class OF ore. Ore dealers themselves ars
surprised by the continued demand for
ores Of every grade, but having nothing
more 20 sell, they have timefor rgrtting
the cheap sales made during June and
July H. may now be predicted that
1883 prices will be fully established next
January. cleveland Iron Trade Review.
IL ~ probable that operations viii he CONS
ineured az the Hosfrr mine. Crystal Fails.
within tcw months. The lGoster vein. which
is "a continuation ot the smith vein. Is composed
partly OF Be@@emer and partly OF non BgSsener
are. Onethird % the property ~ owned by
Capt Tho~ Hawlcy. of Green Bay; Ons-fhlrd by
MessiS. Ball. Blake l.ongyenr ana Case. at Mar.
guette. and the remaining third by Capt James
TObin os tloruce, Mike Gonyou. ~ Orontn.
and j VI Parks, oiCryStnl Falls Mining News.
$. d. llolliSter, Sr., of this city the
lease holder ~ the property, isnot aware
OF the fact that the property iA to be
wrought ln few months. or few weeks
or anytime. During an interview be- re-
marked that the property is still there
ms good as ever, but II any persons had
arranged tu work IL in "A Few months he
did not know il, and hc also said he wls
very glad Co hear such news.
H. Flpradn now has his hands pretty
full Oi business lie il Ssuperintendingt be
work at both the Dunn and smith mines.
Situated as the properties are it is a biz
piece 81 work Tor one man 10 handle, bnt
Mr. Florada II "a man enuneptly capable
oi doing IL and doing Il well.
The Dunn mine will next year crowd
some 81 the heavy shipping mines oi this
range as TO output. The product his
season viii reach loo 600 tons This *
Il remarkable record for a property ~
tire nge ~ the Dunn.
II is probable that the smith mine viii
ship ore during the winter. The r,lilroad
company, il isunderstOod, has agreed to
keep the road open.
1t is almost % certainty that a diamond
drill will not he placed on the Volunteer
property; exploratory work will, how
ever, be continued.
Uron River correspondence
The Iron River Co. has struck lnrrc
vein 81 ore IN the north end oi it's mine
at Stanbaugh, which promises TO eclipse
anything yet found On that property.
0SC will buy q Scotch cap, worth so