The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-01-28


In the absence OF something elise TO
write about one or two of the range
newspapers have considerable 10 say
regarding the building Of "a town ON the
new iron range east and north Of this
city, and talk ns il such a thing would
certainly come 60 pass and right off, too,
but there seems 60 be no such talk
among the property holders OF the range,
in fact majority have nothing 60 say,
but the more talkative are quite sure
that no town will be built there, but that
all Of the business Of the mines viii be done
from Crystal Falls, whether or not the
Milwaukee 4 Northern puts its road in
there. The range Is continuous and has
been traced distance oI fifteen miles
and il would be a very foolish net TO
locate a townat any one Of the mines for
the reason that there would be nothing 60
back it IN a way, from the fact that the
range il new and many more mines viii
be opened upin ayear rorsoand each mine
will have its location and be provided
with a store, meat market, etc, and IL
can be plainly seen that town located
at any one 81 the mines would be- fail-
ure, unless "A group Of mines would go in
together aud support IT,, a thing not at
all likely, as such thing would not be
equally advantageous 10 all concerned.
There has been made on the new range
seven openings and each one Is a.
mine, The Gibson find .on the Hem
lock river is about fifteen miles from here
and quite alone. The next opening is the
IloIlister mine, and the Parks x Tobin
mine which are about three and a hall
miles from The city, followed IN an nd
joining section is the MceuslScr and the
Parks, Tohin and Gonyou finds and the
Smith mine, then the Lee Peek mine
The distance between the Hollister and
Gibson mines Is about twelve miles, in
which no exploring has been done, but it
is understood that all of the ground Is
under option 10 men who will begin an
active campaign as soon as the spring
break mp takes place. Men who are in
positions 10 know, say that II ever a
town does spring up ON that range IL viii
be- located In the neighborhoud of the
Gibson mine and will have no effect ON
the business interests OF Crystal Falls,
one way or another The country near
the Gibson mine is high and covered with
beautiful hard wood and is "A MEDICATION
for town. The range is new yet and IL
iS too early TO be building towns on il ;
there will be plenty oi time when the
range is more fully developed.
The sinking Of the main shaft at this
I.ec Peek mine Is being continued. Sink
ing was commenced ON the seventh
instant, at depth. Of sixty-six feet and
from the inct that the main shaft now
lacks only few feet Of a depth OF one
hundred feet shows that some hustling
has been done. The work cannot be
carried much lower on account OF water
which il making in SO fast that II will be
almost impossible ia 90 ON without
machinery. II possible a series of drifts
and cross cuts will be carried on from
the bottom 81 the shaft which will form
the second level. Test pitting II soon
20 he innuguIstted ON thenorth extension
OF the vein. The ore in the main shaft
holds well up 10 its standard Of excellency
to the bottom and is likely 20 prove a
very large mine. itisnot known whether
machinery will be- put ON before another
year or not.
The llollistcr property, ON section
thirteen, 43-32. is showing up greater
every day. The vein has bccf test-pitted
distance OF nearly two thousand feet
and continues in an excellent grade of
ore. Where prosecuting has been done
the vein shows width Of iifty-five feet,
but from the present work done there II
no way Of ascertaining just how wide the
vein viii average, though enough has al
ready been shown up Co prove that a.
mine Il assured and very large one at
that.
The Sturgeon River mime is lHlhipg
well, and IL in good working copditioifs
The vein of ore isgrowing wider az il goes
down in the foot wall, WHICH Is a pretty
good Indication that there is larger
body OF ore close nt hand A cross-cut
viii be driven into the loot wall for quite
distance, with a view OF striking an