The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-29
NUMBER 81.


To the ledge. A shaft sixty feet deem il
all the way in ore from the sand down.
and a cross-cut east and west eighty feet
Is all ore; Also test pit, sunk from the
surface twenty-four feet beyond the end
OF the cross-cut, came into ore. Thus
proving width oi ore of 1OI feet. II il
very nice, clean brown ore. have seen
several analyses OF il that give above
sixty per cent. iron and within the Res
semer limit IN phosphorous. The com
pany has mo- machinery, and at the time
was at the location a pit had been
commenced in low ground TO the south.
The pit was down sixteen feet in soil.
There are other explorations in progress
IN this locality, among them on the south
east quarter of the northeast quarter 81
section twenty-three, Thomas McCusker
has. just begun, but his pit showed some
ore. MIR McCusker now has a number
oI pits bottomed in ore, ALLEGING To show
that his chances for becoming a mine
owner are very bright. Also i'm the
northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter Of section twenty.three. 43-32
Paul DnCharme has sunk forty-two feet.
and was IN mixed ore and rock The ex-
ploration is undertaken by Tobin. Parks
aud Gonyou. The James and R.hcr ex-
ploration is about hall mile east OF the
kimball mine ON the west side of the
Paint river, in lot No q, southeast
quarter az the southwest quarter of
section twcnty-cight, 1892. They lave
developed u body OF mixed ore fifty feet
wide and one hundred feet long"
There is an increasing demand for Bes-
semer ores, and not aday passes without
bringing To Cleveland from one to hall "A
dozen buyers. The ore menare surprised
1T this great demaud, coming, ms il dogs.
late in the season, andarc looking for its
cause. With steel rails at S2S ut tide
water, and $50 in pttsburg, aud with
the absence of orders from RAILWAYS. the
extraordinary demand for Besserners
seems hard 20 understand Careful I'M
vestigaiion, however, discloses the fact
that the heconsumption of Bessemer pig for
purposes other than rails il something
enormous. 1t is extensively used Tor
structural purposes, nais,' boiler plate,
wire, and what has seldom been the case
before, an immense quantity has been
rolled into bars, TO take the place 81 iron
bars. Steel bars have probably displaced
iron TO the extent oftwenty-fiyc percent.
in the western market, this year II the
steel rail market were strong, aud tho
other conditions named remain. there
would be a veritablehmine in Bessemers.
Ores for mill and foundry irons are in
good demand. Prices have advanced at
least ia proportion with the Increase in
lake ircights, which would be a benefit to
mine owners, had they any quantity 20
sell. Most az the product was placed
early in the season and the advance in
frcights is hardship TO producers. To-
day probably one-half Of the ore shipped
each week is wild, and the same ratio will
remain Tor the balance uf the season
Owing to the increased demand, there is
II disposition Co get down asmuch ore ~
possible in excess ofsales. toeven up. IT,
ia quote one producer, one firm should
be- able 60 get down 10000 tonsin excess
OF sales, aud get seventy-iive cents ton
more than was the early price, the forty
cents Of extra freight would leave mar
gin of thirty-five cents, which would 20
toward meeting the loss ON a similar
quantity sold cheaply, and ON which the
freights had increased Cleveland Iron
Trade Review
The Smith mine has been sold, not ta
the York Iron Co., as has been stated,
but Co gentlemen interested in the York
Iron Go. A full plant Of mining machin-
cry has been purchased and will he placed
ON the property ~ soon as the wngoa
road il repaired, the work II which iSnow
in progress. The spur track will be com
pleted 60 the property this fall and the
will undoubtedly send out
some ore.
Test pitting is all that is now being
done nc the Volunteer mine. The man.
agement il figuring on placing diamond
drill ON the property.
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